Team USA's manager mistakenly boasted it had already advanced in World Baseball Classic before shocking loss to Italy

The United States is on the ropes in the World Baseball Classic after a shocking 8-6 loss to Italy on Tuesday — and now U.S. manager Mark DeRosa is on the hot seat for a premature celebration

The United States is on the ropes in the World Baseball Classic after a shocking 8-6 loss to Italy on Tuesday — and now U.S. manager Mark DeRosa is on the hot seat for a premature celebration.

The U.S. — the favorites to win the WBC — lost to Italy after failing to complete a wild comeback. The States fell behind 8-0 before rattling off six straight runs, but the U.S. ultimately couldn’t make up the deficit and fell to 3-1 in pool play.

Though the United States entered Tuesday’s game undefeated, it had not yet clinched a spot in the knockout stage. A win against Italy would have put the U.S. through, a fact that DeRosa was seemingly unaware of prior to the game.

During an interview on MLB Network on Tuesday morning, before the Italy game, DeRosa spoke as if the U.S. had already secured a spot in the quarterfinals.

“Ton of respect for Italy. It’s weird, we want to win this game even though our ticket’s punched to the quarterfinals because Mexico plays Italy actually,” DeRosa said. “So, the way the schedule lines up, this is an important game for us.”