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Aaron Judge wasted no time and hit his first home run in the World Baseball Classic.
Judge, the captain of Team USA, hit a two-run homer in the first inning, while Brice Turang had three hits and four RBIs to lead Team USA to a huge victory over Brazil in their World Baseball Classic opener on Friday night.
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Cal Raleigh #29, Byron Buxton #25 and Roman Anthony #3 of the United States celebrate after scoring on a double hit driven in by Brice Turang #13 of the United States in the fifth inning against Brazil during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Group B game between the United States and Brazil at Daikin Park on March 6, 2026, in Houston, Texas. (Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images)
There was one out and one in the first when Judge, the first player to commit to the team last April, connected off Bo Takahashi at Daikin Park in Houston.
Lucas Ramírez hit two home runs for Brazil with his father, 12-time All-Star Manny Ramírez, present. He cut the lead to 2-1 with his leadoff home run, and his solo homer in the eighth brought Brazil within 8-5.
Aaron Judge #99 of the United States celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning against Brazil during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Group B game between the United States and Brazil at Daikin Park on March 6, 2026, in Houston, Texas. (Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images)
At 20 years and 49 days, he became the youngest player in WBC history with a multi-home run game.
Byron Buxton was hit by a pitch in the fifth to increase the Americans’ lead to 4-1. Turang cleared the bases with his double to left field two pitches later to make the score 7-1.
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Brice Turang #13 of Team USA hits a three-run double in the fifth inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool B game presented by Capital One between Team USA and Team Brazil at Daikin Park on Friday, March 6, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Rob Tringali/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Brazil is in the WBC for the second time and first since 2013. The team fell to 0-4 all-time in the tournament after losing to Japan, Cuba and China in 2013.
Another highlight for Brazil came when 17-year-old high school senior Joseph Contreras got Judge to ground out into a bases-loaded double play to end the second inning. Contreras, the youngest player in the WBC this year, is the son of pitcher José Contreras, who played 11 seasons in the MLB.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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