Baseball World Classic

2023 - 3 - 18

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World Baseball Classic live updates: USA-Venezuela battling in thriller (FOXSports.com)

Team USA takes on Venezuela in a highly-anticipated quarterfinal matchup of the World Baseball Classic!

After José Altuve left the game following a painful HBP, his team notched a run of a wild pitch with the bases loaded. Arráez was teaching a masterclass on fastball hitting in this one. And the stadium was electric after the big blast. The U.S. [Martín Pérez](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/martin-perez-player) [out of the action](https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1637232848183623688?s=20). [Tim Anderson](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/tim-anderson-player), who made a potential [run-saving stop](https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1637260918630371328?s=20) to collect an out. View the full schedule [loving the team's start](https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1637231945267437569?s=20). [Paul Goldschmid](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/paul-goldschmidt-player)t. [Mike Trout](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/mike-trout-player). [here](https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/how-to-watch-the-2023-world-baseball-classic). ET, FS1](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/final-finalist-2-vs-finalist-1-mar-21-2023-game-boxscore-37)) in Florida.

USA vs. Venezuela live score, updates, highlights from 2023 World ... (Sporting News)

The Venezuela vs. USA quarterfinal matchup is a bit inverted from the game many expected heading into the World Baseball Classic. In one corner is Team USA, ...

The United States and Venezuela will begin at 7 p.m. Betts scores as the ball goes out of play, and Trout capitalizes on the deep outfield with a single and an advance to third on a fielder's choice and an error. He gets Schwarber late on a fastball and Schwarber flies out to left to get Venezuela out of the inning. -- Realmuto found a pitch there off the end of the bat and drops it in for a leadoff double. He ropes one into the corner for a double, and there is a runner on second with two out for Tim Anderson, who needs to find a way to break his funk. Schwarber advances to third on the miscue for the Venezuela infield, and Turner comes up with runners on second and third and nobody out. -- Lynn is back out for the US for another inning, as Pérez grounds up the middle and is tossed out for the first out of the inning. Jason Adam came in in relief, and Tim Anderson made a terrific play at second on a ground ball off the bat of Arráez to get a force at second. is going to run for Alonso after one AB for the Mets first baseman, and Realmuto comes up in a big spot against Quijada after a mound visit. -- Devin Williams is in the bullpen for the United States, one of the team's top relievers out of Milwaukee. -- Big block there by Realmuto on a changeup in the dirt, and he picks another changeup easily. -- Pressly immediately catches Giménez looking at a curveball, before getting Giménez to fly out to right center for the first out of the inning.

LIVE: USA's title defense meets 4-0 Venezuela for spot in semis on ... (MLB.com)

MIAMI -- Undefeated Team Venezuela is taking on the reigning champion Team USA in a World Baseball Classic quarterfinal right now.

[Mike Trout](https://www.mlb.com/player/mike-trout-545361), CF, USA: Trout powered USA to a 3-2 victory over Colombia on Wednesday. Follow her on Twitter [@jessicacamerato](http://twitter.com/jessicacamerato), Venezuela most recently advanced to the semifinals in 2009 before falling to South Korea. USA rallied for a three-run eighth inning -- including home runs by Adam Jones and Eric Hosmer -- to win, 4-2. “It's just a matter of time, we thought, that the U.S. But no, not shocked at all with the amount of talent that they have on that club.

Team USA score: Live updates vs. Venezuela as Americans try to ... (CBSSports.com)

Team USA is playing Venezuela in the quarterfinals of the 2023 World Baseball Classic on Saturday night. The tournament has shifted to a single-elimination ...

Nick Martinez is not scheduled to pitch again in the WBC and he's already back in the camp with the Padres. With Venezuela holding a 7-5 lead -- Arraez hit his second homer of the game in the seventh inning -- USA loaded the bases with no outs against lefty José Quijada on a walk, a single, and two-strike hit by pitch. Devin Williams and Ryan Pressly, two of the five or six best relievers in the world, nailed things down in the eighth and ninth innings, respectively. had a three-hit game back in 2006, and Jimmy Rollins had a three-hit game in 2009. He faced 15 batters in the first round and 10 reached base, then Saturday night he melted down spectacularly after entering the fifth inning with a 5-3 lead. He threw three scoreless and hitless innings against the Dominican Republic in the first round and followed it up with four innings of two-run ball against USA. -- and the bullpen made that 9-7 lead stand up. Tim Anderson made a stellar play on a hard-hit grounder to get an out at second base, otherwise the inning could have been a lot worse for the Americans. USA won the WBC in 2017 and this is the second time the Americans have advanced out of the second round overall. There has never been a cycle in the WBC. There was quite a bit of foreshadowing in the first inning. Venezuela answered right back with a two-run Luis Arraez homer in the bottom of the first.

USA v Venezuela: World Baseball Classic quarter-finals – live! (The Guardian)

Rolling report: Team USA meet Venezuela at Miami's LoanDepot Park for a place in the World Baseball Classic last four. Follow along with Hunter Felt.

On the next pitch, Tucker is called out on strikes to end the inning! This game feels like it is going to be tight to the end and a crazy play will end it. On the next pitch, Giménez grounds out so quickly that I don’t even have time to create a new block of text. He fouls off the next. Peralta is up next and he gets ahead of the count 2-0. Two out in the inning! He strikes out on the next pitch. The next pitch is low and he lays off this time. I think there’s a fair point here in regards to the fans actually at the stadium. Tucker fouls off the next pitch. On the next pitch, it looks like Torres might score a run but it’s right there for Mookie Betts to collect for the final out. Alvoardo’s next pitch is in the dirt.

How to watch Team USA vs. Venezuela in World Baseball Classic ... (NBC Sports)

Team USA looks to keep its title defense alive as it battles unbeaten Venezuela in the 2023 WBC quarterfinals.

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