Team USA faces Mexico in the World Baseball Classic on Friday at 9 p.m. ET. It will be a must-win game for Mexico and the U.S. will try to start the tournament successfully as they look to make a run at the championship, something they've never done at the WBC. Watch the live stream if you can't see the game on television.
For the United States, they come into the tournament ranked second in the world only behind Cuba. They have an amazing array of hitters in their lineup, but some are wondering if their pitching can handle the workload. Whatever the case is, it's too late now to add or remove a player from the roster, so Joe Torre will have to do his best with what he has.
For Mexico, it will be an attempt to bounce back from a tough loss against Italy on Thursday. They had the game won, but Sergio Romo didn't get good defense behind him and then Jorge Cantu had a chance to win it, but he couldn't strike again with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth.
You can catch stars like Adrian Gonzalez in Mexico, but enjoy an almost All-Star lineup as Team USA takes the field in Arizona. To keep it simple, the U.S. will have Giancarlo Stanton batting seventh in their lineup. That's not your typical seventh place hitter, but if guys like Joe Mauer, David Wright or Eric Hosmer can't drive in players, then Stanton's duty will be to clean up the mess.
You can watch the game live on MLB Network at 9 p.m. ET/7 p.m. Local Time. However, if you can't watch the game, click here for the live stream between the U.S. and Mexico.
As for the live stream's availability to everybody, if you can't watch the game then settle for the gameday play-by-play by clicking here.
