Their 15 runs are now the most scored by any team in a single game this tournament. Japan is second with 13, the Dominican Republic third with 12, and South Korea fourth with 11.
Brazil walked a total of 17 batters in the loss - more than any other team in a single game so far this tournament - totaling an insane 221 pitches from their pitching staff.
Roman Anthony and Kyle Schwarber led Team USA with two hits each, combining for four runs, four walks, and two RBI. Starting pitcher Logan Webb earned the win after giving up just one run on one hit in four innings with six strikeouts.
The U.S. will face Great Britain, who are coming off a loss to Mexico (recap here), on March 7th at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. As for Brazil, their next game is against Italy on March 7th, but earlier in the day at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Recap and highlights
It took just three batters for the Americans to get on the board first in this matchup.
After Bobby Witt Jr. got on base with a single, the reigning American League MVP Aaron Judge cranked a two-run homer off a hanging slider to give the U.S. an early 2-1 lead.
That lead was slashed a half-inning later when Brazil's Lucas Ramirez launched a solo home run himself to cut the lead to 2-1.
Lucas is the son of Boston Red Sox legendary hitter Manny Ramirez and is only 20 years old.
Brazil starting pitcher Bo Takahashi was taken out of the game following his rough first inning that put Brazil down 2-0.
Then in came 17-year-old Joseph Contreras - the youngest player of any team in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Despite giving up a run on two hits and three walks, Contreras was able to force the reigning AL MVP into a double play to end the third inning.
After the game, Judge said with a smile on his face, "He's 17 years old up there throwing 100 miles per hour (fastballs) with a changeup and a sinker..."
The USA would continue to tack on runs here and there from awful pitching from Brazil. Cal Raleigh walked home to make it 3-1 before Byron Buxton was hit by a pitch that also brought home a run to make it 4-1.
Right after Buxton was hit, second baseman Brice Turang cleared the bases with a three-run double off the left field wall to make it 7-1.
He finished the game 3-for-6 with one run and four RBI.
It wouldn't be until the seventh inning that Brazil started to show some life in their bats.
After Lucas Rojo would bring home a run on an RBI single, Victor Mascai would hit Brazil's second home run of the game to make it 7-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Anthony would tack on another run for the Americans with an RBI single to make it 8-4. Then Ramirez got up to bat and launched his second home run of the game and third for Brazil to make it 8-5 in the bottom of the eighth.
But from there, it was all Team USA. They would go on to score seven more runs, with three from walking batters alone with bases loaded.
Turang, Anthony, and Bryce Harper all brought in runs during the inning before closer Mason Miller finished it off to end the 15-5 win.
