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Team USA loses in World Baseball Classic final against Venezuela

Eugenio Suárez's ninth-inning RBI double secured Venezuela's 3-2 win over the U.S. in a final supported by over 36,000 fans, clinching the nation's first World Baseball Classic title.

  • On Tuesday, Venezuela national baseball team defeated Team USA to win its first World Baseball Classic final, ending a thrilling edition of the international baseball showcase.
  • Maikel Garcia's sacrifice fly in the third inning and Wilyer Abreu's homer in the fifth inning produced a 2-0 lead for Venezuela.
  • In the bottom of the eighth, Bryce Harper blasted a two-run home run to tie the game amid a heavily Venezuelan crowd in Miami.
  • The ninth began with a Garrett Whitlock walk and ended with an RBI double from Eugenio Suárez, while Daniel Palencia retired Kyle Schwarber, Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony to lock down the title.
  • In Miami, a heavily Venezuelan crowd produced ear-splitting support, and the win represents a moment of catharsis amid political upheaval, economic uncertainty, and emigration.
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By CNN en Español “Champion, champion, Venezuela! Nobody believed in Venezuela, but we did, like all the players (too). They played well, everyone was excited, and thank God we were world champions. Nobody expected it, and we were champions. Good night, my love!” said an emotional Henry Guerra, a retired Venezuelan Public Ministry employee, in Plaza Altamira Sur in Caracas, one of the country's most emblematic sites, after Venezuela's victory in…

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