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Morning News: Kris Bryant goes deep and Cubs make impact in World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic Update

The day started off with a bang giving us some truly exciting World Baseball Classic games. Japan and the Netherlands battled into extra innings before Sho Nakata hit a two run single to take the lead and Kazuhisa Makita closed it out. Japan now is 1-0 in the second round of the Classic.

The Dominican Republic pulled out some more late game heroics as they took down Colombia in 11 innings and now have a 3-0 record in the first round and will be advancing to the next round.