New York Mets And Philadelphia Phillies To Play In U.K. In 2024

Just a few days ago, the United Kingdom rolled out the royal red carpet for the crowning of King Charles III at his coronation.

Next summer, the U.K. will get ready to roll out the red carpet for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies.

According to Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci, the Mets and Phillies will square off in London at some point in 2024.

The United Kingdom last hosted a Major League Baseball game in 2019 when the Yankees and Red Sox played a couple of wild ball games at West Ham London Stadium. The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals were scheduled to play in London in 2020, but COVID-19 hit the world, and the series was obviously nixed.

The Cubs and Cardinals are set to play in London on June 24.

Playing overseas is nothing new for the Mets. They played the Marlins in Puerto Rico in 2010; played two games against the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo, Japan to open the 2000 season, and played three games against the San Diego Padres in Mexico back in 1996.

This will be the Mets' first trip to the United Kingdom. It should be a smashing good time!

A classic it was. The World Baseball Classic came to a close last night in thrilling fashion. Japan edged out Team USA by a final score of 3-2. To commemorate the series, we've compiled this "World Baseball Classic Championship in 10 photos" gallery.

It came down to the arguably the two best players in the game facing off in the final out. Japan's Shohei Ohtani struck out USA's Mike Trout in the top of the 9th inning to secure the title. Ohtani and Trout are teammates with the Anaheim Angels.

The 2023 World Baseball Classic championship was held at LoanDepot Park in Miami, FL (the home of the Miami Marlins). Twenty countries were represented in the form of professional baseball. A tournament-style competition held over three weeks brought us to just Japan and USA still standing Tuesday evening.

Since its founding in 2006, there have been five tournaments held. Japan now has three titles with team USA being the most recent winner (2017) prior to last night.

Team USA took a 1-0 lead last night, with Trae Turner's solo home run in the second inning. Japan responded with three runs by the end of the fourth. Kyle Schwarber made it close in the eighth with another solo smash. Ultimately, it was not enough with Ohtani on the mound for Japan to close out the game.

The 2023 WBC was a great success. In conclusion, 47 total games were played. Almost 27,000 fans attended each game on average. This year's rendition made up for the disappointment of the 2020 tournament being canceled due to COVID. As a lead in to the 2023 MLB season, we saw the greatest players in baseball compete in exciting fashion.

Here is a look back at the World Baseball Classic Championship game in 10 photos.