USA vs Venezuela

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.

Team USA face off with with Venezuela in a game that is the final-before-the-final as two of the best teams meet in the World Baseball Classic ...

He rips a change up to the gap in right, falling for a single. Anthony Santander comes to the plate and pops one high on the left side. The USA are challenging the call of safe and the call is overturned. Suarez heads to second and the throw is not in time. Mookie Betts comes to the plate and Venezuela will play the shift. This time, he looks everyone back and takes his time to make the throw to first for the out. Santander now at the plate and Bard's delivery is in the dirt, and squirts back to the backstop. Arraez makes the play and takes it to the bag himself. The 0-2 to Gimenez is check-swing blooped in the infield, between the mound and short. Tim Anderson makes the nab and gets the throw to second for an out. JT Realmuto now comes to the plate and tags a line drive to right field. Line drive to left and Kyle Tucker charges it for the third out.

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.

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The game will take place at LoanDepot park at 19:00 hours USA ET time. With a capacity of 36.742 people, a great party is expected tonight. Managers and Coaches: Mark DeRosa (4-Manager), Jerry Manuel (11-Bench Coach), Brian McCann (34-Bench Coach), Ken Griffey Jr. (15). Receivers: Kyle Higashioka (66), J.T. In the 2009 edition, they faced each other three times, with an initial victory for USA by 15-6, then Mexico won twice by scores of 5-3 and 10-6. Lance Lynn is scheduled to start today's game for the USA. Martin Perez is in charge of opening today's game for Venezuela. And each coach individually started the preparation." Omar Lopez: "It was a matter of time, we thought, that the U.S. Defensive switch from third base to first base for Eugenio Suarez. 8- Up

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.