MIAMI (AP) — Team USA's celebration after beating the Dominican Republic on Sunday night in the World Baseball Classic semifinals was electric and brief. NL Cy Young award winner Paul Skenes roared “Let's go!

The Dominican Republic fell to Team USA at the World Baseball Classic, but Albert Pujuols and Nelson Cruz are finding a silver lining.

United States' Tyler Rogers jammed Juan Soto with a ground out double play in his WBC debut to maintain the lead over the Dominican Republic.

After capping off a perfect 4-0 group stage play, the Dominican Republic is looking to keep their momentum going into Friday's quarterfinal matchup against Korea. The Dominican Republic finished the group stage as the highest scoring team with 41 runs across the four games and was the only team to average a double-digit run total (10.

MIAMI (AP) — Ten days later, the United States and the Dominican Republic would have kept on playing. Geraldo Perdomo watched Mason Miller's full-count slider appear to drop just under the strike zone and took a step toward his team's dugout on the third-base side,