Intro:

Adam Jones doubled in the tying and go-ahead runs in the eighth inning as the United States beat Canada 9-4 on Sunday, to advance to the second round of the World Baseball Classic.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Joe Torre, United States Manager:
"We all know short series. Play one hundred and sixty-two (games), yeah, the cream comes to the top. Usually the best teams get to the post-season. But when you start playing these short series - and you look at Italy, they had a tough game against Mexico, they came, they almost gave it back, who knows what happens if Mexico comes back and wins that game. But momentum carries you here. Momentum is yesterday's game. And they play, not only the fact, it breeds confidence. And then to go up there, they're aggressive as opposed to trying not to make an out. It's a huge difference. But the competition I have seen has been ferocious and when, I've said many times before, when you got the letters across your chest like we have, they always put a feather in their cap if they can take care of us. And that's really a credit to us and a compliment to us, I should say, in understanding what our country represents."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Ernie Whitt, Canada Manager:
"No, I'm not happy with the results. I thought it was a good ball-game, they got some key hits in timely situations so, tip your hat to them."