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World Baseball Classic semifinals preview: Can Team USA bring home the title?

With a stirring victory over a star-studded Dominican Republic squad on Saturday night—highlighted by Giancarlo Stanton's towering home run and Adam Jones's spectacular homer-stealing grab—Team USA advanced to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic for the first time since 2009. They'll square off against Japan on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Pacific Time at Dodger Stadium; the Netherlands and Puerto Rico, the other two semifinalists, play at the same time on Monday. The two winners will then play for the championship on Wednesday night in the same time slot. Here's a quick breakdown of the four remaining teams.