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The World Baseball Classic is just a few days out from wrapping up, and the quarterfinals are set to take place this weekend, with two games per day on Friday and Saturday.
Friday’s matchups include Korea taking on the Dominican Republic at 5:30 p.m. CT on FS2 and Team USA battling Canada at 7 p.m. on Fox. Saturday’s matchups feature Puerto Rico against Italy at 2 p.m. on FS1 and Venezuela facing Japan at 8 p.m. on Fox.
The Brewers still have players on five of the eight teams (though only four of those
teams feature players on the 40-man roster). Going in order of this weekend’s schedule, this includes:
- Dominican Republic: RHP Abner Uribe
- USA: 2B Brice Turang
- Canada: UTIL Tyler Black & LHP Rob Zastryzny
- Italy: MLB Pipeline Team No. 6 prospect 3B Andrew Fischer
- Venezuela: C William Contreras, OF Jackson Chourio, and LHP Ángel Zerpa
Tune into the action this weekend, and feel free to weigh in in the comments with your takes.
