The United States defeated Venezuela 9-7 at LoanDepot Park in Miami to secure their place in the semi-finals. World Baseball Classic, thanks to a huge Grand Slam tournament Three Turner and now they have to face a Cuban ninth player who has just eliminated his colleague from Australia.
In the first half, the United States began penalizing Martin Perez, with Mookie Betts, Mike Trout and Paul Goldschmidt towing the first three lines. from Team USA and forcing manager Omar Lopez to replace Pérez in the same first inning with Jose Ruiz, who ended up putting out the fire.
However Venezuela did not sleep, and on the same first episode, reigning American League batting champion Luis Arráez hit a home run that resulted in two runs. this put the game up by one point and kept the ninth American off the board.
In the fourth inning, Mookie Betts hit Kyle Schwarber with a sacrificial fly. to center field and finished fourth in the US. Kyle Tucker hid in right field in fifth and brought the fifth stripe to Team USA.. Lance Lynn came out in the fifth inning after a spectacular performance.
However, the fifth inning was a nightmare for the United States due to Daniel Bard’s memorable performance. that he could not get a single exit, and this also allowed Venezuela to react, which He managed to equalize with a Salvador Pérez shot and then got up thanks to a sacrificial fly by Ronald Acuña Jr..
Houston Astros pitcher Luis Garcia continued his excellent work despite allowing a home runbut held back the American bullying and completed the task assigned by Omar Lopez.
The seventh inning will also be a prolific one for a team led by Omar Lopez, who with a home run from Luis Arráez (his second of the night) he went 7-5 ahead and pushed the semi-finals closer and closer evento the South American ninth.
But the game wouldn’t end there. Trea Turner of the USA disappeared from a rented park with loaded bases, turned the game around and set the score at 9–7. bitterly welcome Silvino Bracho in the game in which everything happened.
As such, Ryan Pressley will be in charge of ending the match and securing the United States classification, which will be judged against Cuba next Monday for the Grand Final.
Source: La Opinion
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