What channel is USA vs. Venezuela

The 2023 World Baseball Classic is in the knockout stage, with Team USA vs. Venezuela and Puerto Rico vs. Mexico on the schedule this weekend. The United States took down Colombia to punch its quarterfinal ticket, while Puerto Rico ousted the favored Dominican Republic (but lost closer Edwin Díaz in the process to a knee injury during the post-game celebration). The United States will play Venezuela on Saturday and Mexico faces Puerto Rico on Friday in Miami. 

The tournament is now a single-elimination bracket culminating with the final on Tuesday, March 21. Japan and Cuba are already into the semifinals after wins over Italy and Australia, respectively, in Tokyo.

This version of the WBC was originally supposed to be played in 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Action got started on Wednesday, March 8 (technically first pitch of the 2023 WBC opener in Taiwan took place at 11 p.m. ET on March 7), and there will be a total of 47 games. 

Below, fans can find the full 2023 World Baseball Classic schedule.

2023 World Baseball Classic schedule

All games on Fox, FS1 and FS2 can be streamed on fuboTV (try for free).

(All times Eastern)

Friday, March 17

• Puerto Rico vs. Mexico (quarterfinals), 7 p.m., FS1

Saturday, March 18

• United States vs. Venezuela (quarterfinals), 7 p.m., Fox

Sunday, March 19

• Cuba vs. TBD (semifinals), 7 p.m., FS1

Monday, March 20

• Japan vs. TBD (semifinals), 7 p.m., FS1

Tuesday, March 21

• TBD vs. TBD (championship game), 7 p.m., FS1

2023 World Baseball Classic scores

Thursday, March 16

• Japan 9, Italy 3

Wednesday, March 15

• Cuba 4, Australia 3 (quarterfinals)
• Venezuela 5, Israel 1
• Mexico 10, Canada 3
• Puerto Rico 5, Dominican Republic 2
• United States 3, Colombia 2

Tuesday, March 14

• Venezuela 4, Nicaragua 1
• Canada 5, Colombia 0
• Dominican Republic 10, Israel 0 (F/7)
• Mexico 2, Great Britain 1

Monday, March 13

• Korea 22, China 2
• Dominican Republic 6, Nicaragua 1
• Great Britain 7, Colombia 5
• Puerto Rico 10, Israel 0 (F/8)
• United States 12, Canada 1 (F/7)

Sunday, March 12

• Japan 7, Australia 1
• Italy 7, Netherlands 1
• Israel 3, Nicaragua 1
• Canada 18, Great Britain 8
• Venezuela 9, Puerto Rico 6
• Mexico 11, United States 5
• Australia 8, Czech Republic 3

Saturday, March 11

• Japan 10, Czech Republic, 2
• Chinese Taipei 9, Netherlands 5
• Puerto Rico 9, Nicaragua 1
• Colombia 5, Mexico 4
• Venezuela 5, Dominican Republic 1
• United States 6, Great Britain 2
• Korea 7, Czech Republic 3
• Cuba 7, Chinese Taipei 1

Friday, March 10

• Japan 13, Korea, 4
• Chinese Taipei 11, Italy 7
• Australia 12, China, 2 (F/7)
• Panama 2, Italy 0

Thursday, March 9

• Japan 8, China 1
• Italy 6, Cuba 3 (F/10)
• Czech Republic 8, China 5 
• Cuba 13, Panama 4

Wednesday, March 8

• Panama 12, Chinese Taipei 5
• Australia 8, Korea 7
• Netherlands 3, Panama 1

Tuesday, March 7

• Netherlands 4, Cuba 2

2023 World Baseball Classic teams

Pool A (Group play in Taichung, Taiwan)

• Chinese Taipei
• Cuba
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Panama