The United States is in trouble after losing to Mexico in their first game of the World Baseball Classic on Friday night.

Adrian Gonzalez leads the Mexican team, but their star power ends there.

David Schoenfield writes that the early loss could spell elimination for the U.S.

"Pool D is really interesting now," he writes. "It could all come down to run differential to see which two teams advance to the second round. If we assume the U.S. beats Italy on Saturday, and the U.S. and Mexico both beat Canada, then Italy, the U.S. and Mexico all finish 2-1. But Italy mercy-ruled Canada in a 14-4 victory, putting pressure on the U.S. lineup to do some damage in its next two games. The eighth inning could prove a key for the U.S., as Tim Collins and Steve Cishek worked out of a second-and-third, nobody-out jam."