Wednesday's Pool C game between the USA and Colombia may very well determine the outcome of the World Baseball Classic. If the United States loses the important matchup, it would create a three-way tie in Pool C. A loss for the U.S. would lead to a tie with Colombia and the loser of the game between Team Mexico and Team Canada.
"Team USA now controls its own destiny. If they beat Canada and Colombia then they will advance through pool play," Talkin' Baseball tweeted.
Entering the World Baseball Classic, the United States was one of the favorites to win the entire tournament. However, depending on the results of today's games, the Americans face the risk of being eliminated in the opening round.
While the Americans will be heavily favored against the Colombian squad, if we have learned anything from this year's international tournament, any team can beat any other team.
How to watch the WBC matchup between Team Colombia and Team USA
For fans hoping to catch the action, all games will be broadcast live exclusively on FOX, FS1, FS2, Tubi and FOX Deportes.
While fans cannot watch the games directly on the MLB Network, there will be highlights, recaps, condensed games and other tournament coverage available there (as well as on MLB.com, WorldBaseballClassic.com and in the MLB App).
"And now it's Canada-Mexico for all the (first-round) marbles, as it was always going to be. If Canada loses, they go into a tiebreaker with Colombia &Team USA if Colombia beats the US tonight, but they can only win that tiebreak if Colombia wins an incredibly high-scoring game," Mike Wilner tweeted.
For those who do not have access to any of the programs listed above, there will be streams available online, namely on Reddit. Sites such as VIPBox and Sportsurge offer a variety of streams for fans to catch both the World Baseball Classic as well as MLB spring training.
Tickets for the game between the United States and Colombia
If you are lucky enough to have the option of being able to attend the game Wedneday in Phoenix, Arizona, here is the current ticket pricing information on VividSeats.com. As of 3 p.m. ET, the cheapest seats available vividseats.com are being sold for $32 USD.
The game is set to begin at 10 p.m. ET and will be held at Chase Field, the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks.