US Edition"Shohei Ohtani Pulled a Aaron Judge": Fans Erupt as Venezuela Dethrones Japan’s World Baseball Classic Reign with 8-5 Stunner
Venezuela ended Japan's 11-game winning streak and secured a semifinal spot and 2028 Olympic qualifying by winning 8-5 in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals.
- On Saturday night, Venezuela national baseball team eliminated defending champion Japan 8-5 after Wilyer Abreu's go-ahead three-run homer in Miami.
- After an early flurry, Ronald Acuña Jr.'s leadoff homer and Shota Morishita's three-run shot built Japan's lead before Maikel Garcia's two-run homer pulled Venezuela within one in the fifth.
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out five over four innings before Japan's bullpen faltered and Ezequiel Tovar added an insurance run in the eighth, scoring on Atsuki Taneichi's throwing error.
- Venezuela will face unbeaten Italy on Monday after reaching its first WBC semifinals since 2009 and clinching a spot in the 2028 Olympic baseball tournament.
- Japan's 11-game WBC winning streak was snapped despite Shohei Ohtani hitting his third home run of the tournament, ending their semifinal run before 34,548 fans at Miami's loanDepot park.
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Strikes out Ohtani and sinks Japan... De Geisus, who left KT, delivers the pitch of a lifetime in the WBC; Lee Kang-cheol says, "I should have pitched like this last year." OSEN Gwangju = Reporter Lee Seon-ho. "I should have pitched like this last year." Enmanuel De Geisus, a right-handed pitcher for the Venezuela WBC national team and former KT player, brought down Japan.
Baseball: Japan out of WBC after quarterfinal loss to Venezuela
Wilyer Abreu launched a go-ahead, three-run homer in the top of the sixth inning as Venezuela came back to beat Japan 8-5 and eliminate the defending champion at the quarterfinal stage of the World Baseball Classic in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Wilyer Abreu’s HR carries Venezuela into WBC semis over Japan
Wilyer Abreu hit the go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning Saturday night for Venezuela, which eliminated defending champion Japan with an 8-5 win in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals in Miami.Venezuela, the runner-up in Pool D with a 3-1 record, will face Italy in Monday night's semifinal. Italy outlasted Puerto Rico 8-6 in Houston earlier Saturday.The winner of Venezuela-Italy will advance to Tuesday's championship game against t…
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