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The United States defeated Venezuela with a 9-7 score at LoanDepot Park in Miami and sealed their ticket to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic, thanks to a huge Grand Slam of Trea Turner and now they will be facing Cuba’s ninth, which has just eliminated its counterpart from Australia.
In the first inning, the United States began by punishing Martín Pérez with Mookie Betts, Mike Trout and Paul Goldschmidt driving in the first three runs. from Team Usa and forcing manager Omar López to replace Pérez in the same first inning with José Ruiz who ended up putting out the fire.
However Venezuela did not fall asleep and in the same first episode the current batting champion of the American League, Luis Arráez, hit a home run that produced two small lines that placed the game by a single score and prevented the ninth American from taking off on the board.
In the fourth inning Mookie Betts drove in Kyle Schwarber with a sacrifice fly to center field and pitched fourth for the United States. Kyle Tucker disappeared it to the right field in the fifth and brought the fifth stripe of Team USA. Lance Lynn came out in the fifth inning after a spectacular performance.
However, the fifth inning would become a nightmare for the United States with a forgettable performance by Daniel Bard. that he could not get a single out, and that also allowed the reaction of Venezuela that He managed to tie with a hit from Salvador Pérez and then put himself up thanks to a sacrifice fly from Ronald Acuña Jr..
Houston Astros reliever Luis García, continued with his excellent work despite having allowed a home runbut kept the American bullying at bay and fulfilled the task entrusted by Omar López.
The seventh inning would also be productive for those led by Omar López, who with a home run by Luis Arráez (his second of the night) he took the lead with a score of 7-5 and brought the semifinal closer and closer evento the South American ninth.
But the game would not end here, Trea Turner for the United States disappeared from loanDepot Park with the bases loaded and turned the game around and placed the score 9-7 to give a bitter welcome to Silvino Bracho in a game where everything happened.
In this way, Ryan Pressly would be in charge of putting the lock on the match and sealing the classification of the United States that will be measured against Cuba next Monday for the pass to the grand final.
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