Do you believe in miracles? Canada beats U.S. 8-6 at WBC

[tuvor]

PHOENIX (CP) - Just when you thought things couldn't get any stranger at the World Baseball Classic, Canada went from brutal to brilliant in a span of 15 hours and beat the powerhouse United States.

Less than a day after narrowly beating a collection of amateurs from South Africa, the upstart Canadians built an eight-run lead behind the hitting heroics of Adam Stern and held on against the all-star Americans for an 8-6 victory Wednesday.

It was tense by the end. Especially in the eighth when Stern made a leaping catch against the wall in centre to keep Canada ahead. But veteran Detroit Tigers farmhand Steve Green came on to close things out in the ninth, getting U.S. slugger Mark Teixeira on a grounder to first to end it.

The win puts Canada atop Pool B at 2-0 ahead of Thursday's first-round finale against Mexico (TV, 8 p.m. ET). A berth in the second round isn't guaranteed, however, as a loss to Mexico would trigger a three-way tiebreak to figure out who moves on.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/bbl_classic_us_cda

[V. Kid]

1. Bump-y...bump...

...I didn't watch all of the South Africa Game, but considering that they were the only other team in the group that should've been realy easy too beat, that we were having difficulty beating I was worried. But this is pretty awesome! :thumbsup:

[genie_weenie]

2. The WBC is bullshit

Even the best teams in the MLB are going to win only 2/3 of their games. Baseball is about being good for a long series, that's why the Braves of the 90s dominate the regular season but get "upset" in a best of 7 series...