It only took Team Canada one day to establish themselves as an elite force in the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC), setting history as the winner of the highest-scoring match in WBC history.

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The highest-scoring game in history goes to Team Canada.

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A massive driving force behind this 18-8 victory against Team Great Britain was B.C.鈥檚 own Tyler O鈥橬eill, who put on an impressive performance in the March 12 game, going for a perfect four hits on four at-bats.

鈥淭hat was awesome,鈥� said O鈥橬eill about his team鈥檚 performance. 鈥淭he boys kept the rally going today. A lot of good at-bats out there today, a lot of good walks, not giving anything away 鈥� it was really fun to watch.鈥�

Team Canada manager Ernie Whitt was equally proud of the team鈥檚 output and the fact that they were a part of making WBC history.

鈥淭here was a lot of offence out there,鈥� said Whitt. 鈥淲e hit the ball extremely well.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檇 like to score 18 every game we play.鈥�

Of Team Canada鈥檚 18 runs, O鈥橬eill personally scored four of them 鈥� the highest of anyone on the team.

What's better, the on-base percentage or the biceps?

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Typically an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, O鈥橬eill talked about what it meant to him to be able to represent his home country in the sport he loves.

鈥淭here鈥檚 something special about wearing this uniform,鈥� he said.

鈥淚 relish the opportunity to put it on every time I can. They come few and far between now. The last WBC was six years ago and now it鈥檚 2023 and I don鈥檛 know how many more opportunities I鈥檓 going to have to wear Canada across my chest, so I鈥檓 just trying to make the most of it every time I can.鈥�

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Unfortunately, Team Canada didn鈥檛 experience the same success in their next game against Team USA, which resulted in a 12-1 loss for the Canadians.

But on Tuesday, they rebounded and were able to secure a 5-0 win against Team Colombia, in which O鈥橬eill scored yet another run for his team.

Team Canada will next face Team Mexico on Wednesday at noon PST.

The 2023 WBC will wrap up on March 21.

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