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WBC: \u201cRelentless\u201d Great Britain, \u201cHungry\u201d Mexico Prepared<\/h2>\n

PHOENIX, Mar. 14 \u2014 The World Baseball Classic game between Great Britain and Mexico has the potential to make the Pool C standings topsy turvy. A Great Britain win would take the title of \u201cbiggest win in British baseball history\u201d away from Monday\u2019s victory over Colombia. It would also threaten to keep Mexico from advancing to the quarterfinals. A victory for Mexico, however, would put them in control of their own destiny.<\/p>\n

Great Britain manager Drew Spencer<\/a><\/strong> expects to see \u201csome very hard-hit baseballs\u201d and \u201cgood pitching.\u201d He called Mexico \u201ca team that’s going to be hungry and want to attack.\u201d Spencer added, \u201cI think they want to make sure they put themselves in a good position. We’re expecting them to be on the attack, looking to hunt and probably ambush as well.\u201d Spencer also said his team will have the same mindset they\u2019ve had every game. In previous pregame press conferences, he has said that their mindset is to have a \u201crelentless ability to punch back.\u201d Pitching-wise, he feels confident, saying he has \u201ca lot of guys fresh, a lot of guys ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mexico Manager Benji Gil<\/h3>\n

Mexico, despite being favored, is not taking Great Britain lightly. Manager Benji Gil<\/strong><\/a> thinks they\u2019re \u201cgoing to be relentless.\u201d He added, \u201cThey’re going to do everything they can to kind of put themselves back in the tournament. Obviously, they’re not thinking about anything else other than winning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scouting-wise, he said, \u201cI know they have good speed. Maybe not as experienced a team as the other ones in our group. And that’s kind of to be expected, right, being that they don’t have much history as far as baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we’re not looking past them. We’re not going to look past them. We’re going to look at them like it’s the U.S. team. The only thing is with a little less information than we had on them. At the end of the day, it’s obvious they have less experience and accomplishments. But we’re not looking past them. We’re going to take this game as the most important game. We can’t do anything about the last two games. And we can’t do anything about tomorrow until tomorrow. So our main focus is being the best version of our team today against an opponent that’s trying to beat us.\u201d<\/p>\n

First pitch will be at 7:08 pm Arizona Time\/10:08 pm Eastern Time.<\/p>\n

Main Photo:<\/h4>\n

Embed from Getty Images<\/a>