The three Canadians ejected aren't kicked out of the tourney.
Can easily blame the rules on this fight...when you only play 3 games in a round robin format, you're just asking for tiebreakers...and what other tiebreakers can you have besides run differential? Normally, unless your Bobby Valentine, you don't bunt when up by 6 runs in the 9th, its showing the other team up for no gain for your team.
In this case, there is value thoough in winning by not just 6 or 7 or 8, because those tiebreakers come into play. If the US lost tonight by 1 run, that extra 10th run Canada got today may have been huge tomorrow, where the US would have to win, and then win by 6 instead of 5 runs to advance.
Would be nice to beat the Americans on home soil tomorrow.
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