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Team USA Wins 12-1 After Removing Mets from Lineup, Re-Inserting Phillies

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Mar 14th, 2023 · 9:34 AM EDT

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Team USA improved to 2-1 in the World Baseball Classic with a 12-1 thumping of Canada on Monday.

The catalyst was removing all New York Mets from the starting lineup and re-inserting Philadelphia Phillies J.T. Realmuto (the BCIB) and Trea Turner. Dorkface Pete Alonso came off the bench to strike out, while Jeff McNeil entered as a defensive sub in the 7th, when the game was out of reach and he couldn’t screw it up with a fielding error.

Realmuto had a couple of hits and a couple of RBI, knocking in Nolan Arenado in the first and giving ’em the salute:

SALUTE 🫡🇺🇸

J.T. Realmuto drives in Arenado & Team USA leads 4-0 in the first!

📺: WBC on FS1 pic.twitter.com/euIAsxXtwF

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) March 14, 2023

Turner grounded into a force out later in the first, then capped it off late with a bomb:

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIE TREA TURNER SENDS ONE TO CANADA! pic.twitter.com/AsUsozbSaf

— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) March 14, 2023

This should not be surprising to anybody at all. You remove the Mets players and re-insert a couple of Phillies into the starting lineup, and voila – it’s hittin’ season. Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil shouldn’t sniff the lineup for the rest of the tournament. We’re trying to win this thing. It’s not a charity.