Nicaragua is headed back to the World Baseball Classic! After defeating Chinese Taipei, 6-0, to close out the round-robin on Sunday, Nicaragua finished the Taipei Qualifier undefeated and will advance as the first-place winner.

Baseball always has room for surprises, and the World Baseball Classic was no exception. In the opening game of the qualifying phase in Taipei, Spain delivered a lesson to Chinese Taipei with a resounding 12-5 victory.

Taiwan's men's national team is set to play Spain at the Taipei Dome, in its opening World Baseball Classic qualifying match on Friday.

Alabama baseball completed the improbable on Sunday, beating Ohio State 12-10 after being down 10-0, to win the Jacksonville College Baseball Classic.

The Alabama Crimson Tide will be one-of-four teams participating in the 2025 Jax College Baseball Classic this weekend.

Alabama held Ohio State without a run after the fourth inning. Pitcher Aidan Moza entered for Beau Bryans with two outs in the fourth inning and immediately gave up a three-run home run. Then Moza struck out the next pitcher and rolled from there.

Judge was recruited to join Team USA's roster in the winter of 2022, but he was a little busy navigating his own free agency at the time. Plus, he had just finished a grind of a 2022 campaign; hitting 62 home runs with the media and fan frenzy that accompanied breaking a historic record can take a toll on anyone.

The Beavers leaned on timely hitting and a stellar outing from reliever Eric Segura to secure their biggest win of the year thus far.

It didn't take long for things to go sideways for No. 7 OSU, though, en route to an 8-4 loss to the Sooners at the Round Rock Classic in Round Rock, Texas. With the defeat, the Be