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Brice Turang's and Pete Crow-Armstrong's consecutive RBI singles proved to be the difference in the United States' 5-3 win over Canada in a World Baseball Classic quarterfinal Friday in Houston. The U. S.

will face the Dominican Republic, which crushed South Korea 10-0 in seven innings in its quarterfinal, in a semifinal Sunday in Miami for a spot in Tuesday's championship. The Dominican team has won all five games in this WBC by a combined margin of 51-10. It appeared the American squad was headed towards a cozy victory when it gradually built a 5-0 lead by the sixth inning.

A first-inning RBI groundout plated Bobby Witt Jr. and the U. S.

added two more in the third on an infield single by Alex Bregman compounded by a throwing error by Canadian third baseman Abraham Toro to make it 3-0. Turang's and Crow-Armstrong's back-to-back run-scoring singles from the bottom two spots of the lineup pushed that advantage to five runs, providing insurance that quickly became quite valuable. Following a three-run sixth inning highlighted by Bo Naylor's two-run homer, Canada put the tying run in scoring position with no outs the very next inning on a pair of infield singles followed by a passed ball.