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Canada has advanced to the World Baseball Classic’s playoff round for the first time in the international tournament’s 20-year history.
Bo Naylor had an RBI double and Otto Lopez followed that with a two-run single as Canada scored three in the sixth inning to beat Cuba 7-2 on Wednesday in San Juan, Puerto Rico to reach the quarterfinals.
Although Canada has participated in all five WBCs (2006, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2023), it has never reached the knockout stage.
James Paxton struck out six over 2 2/3 scoreless innings…