World Baseball Classic USA vs. Japan final: How to watch, streaming and much more

The 2023 World Baseball Classic comes to a close with one last game, pitting the defending champion Team USA vs. two-time winner Japan for the title.

Despite a couple high-profile injuries, it's been a wildly successful tournament, shattering attendance and television viewing records and resulting a raucous atmosphere among the sold-out crowds for each of the final four games played in Miami.

Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Merrill Kelly will start the game on the mound for the USA, while left-hander Shota Imanaga gets the nod for Japan.

The championship game takes place on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET, FS1) at loanDepot Park in  Miami.

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What do we know about Team USA?

A star-studded United States squad, fueled by MVP winners Mike Trout, Mookie Betts and Paul Goldschmidt, has rolled into the finals with some clutch hitting and solid pitching.

Managed by former major leaguer Mark DeRosa, Team USA seems to be peaking at the right time, hitting .382 with 23 runs, five doubles, one triple and six homers in its last two games.

The U.S. is coming off a convincing 14-2 victory over Cuba in Saturday's first semifinal. Trea Turner hit a pair of home runs and Goldschmidt added another in the rout.

Turner's four homers are the most by a USA player in WBC history.

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What do we know about Team Japan?

Japan won the first two World Baseball Classics in 2006 and 2009, and it is the only nation to make it to the semifinal round in each of the tournament's five editions.

Japan's roster features perhaps the best baseball player on the planet in Shohei Ohtani, who's playing for his homeland in the WBC for the first time. Ohtani helped lead Japan to a thrilling comeback win in the semifinals over Mexico on Monday night, hitting a leadoff double in the bottom of the ninth and scoring the tying run on Munetaka Murakami's walk-off two run double.

MLB fans are also very familiar with Yu Darvish, who was expected to be the starting pitcher for Japan in the final, from his 10-year major league career with the Rangers, Dodgers, Cubs and Padres.

However, Japan's manager Hideki Kuriyama made the surprising announcement last night he was going with the 28-year-old Imanaga. There's also a possibility Ohtani could be used in relief.

In addition, Team Japan also has St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar on its roster. (His mother is Japanese.) Also, outfielder Masataka Yoshida is playing for Japan before he begins his first MLB season with the Boston Red Sox. Masataka also has driven in 13 runs in the tournament, the most in WBC history.

How to watch USA vs. Japan in the 2023 WBC championship game

The last of the tournament's 47 games will be aired Tuesday on FS1 at 7 p.m. ET, with a Spanish-language broadcast available on FOX Deportes. The title game will stream live on foxsports.com and the FOX Sports app. Streaming also available on fuboTV.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: WBC schedule championship USA vs. Japan: Streaming, how to watch