The United States had just a 13% chance of beating Venezuela after falling into a 7-5 hole. After Turner's blast, the odds soared to 87%.
teammate J.T. Realmuto got hit by a pitch to load the bases. He took a strike from right-hander Silvino Bracho, then fouled off a fastball. Bracho tried to put away Turner with a changeup, but the pitch stayed over the plate.He may have turned Team USA’s fortunes, too. The Americans had a sluggish start to the WBC. They lost to Mexico in the second game and eked out a victory over Colombia to advance to the knockout round.
But when Turner’s blast landed 407 feet away in left field, Team USA’s odds soared to 87%. Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber, who exited for a pinch hitter earlier in the inning, spilled out of the dugout with other teammates to meet Turner at home plate. Realmuto turned and waited for Turner to get there.
“It was electric,” Turner said in the postgame interview. “Wow, that was really fun. I didn’t really know what I did. I feel like I blacked out.”Edwin Díaz’s injury has people questioning the World Baseball Classic. But there is an answer. The game see-sawed from the start. Team USA scored three runs in the top of the first inning before Venezuela came back with two in the bottom half. In the fourth, Schwarber singled, advanced on Realmuto’s single and a throwing error by Venezuela shortstop Andres Gimenez, and scored on Mookie Betts’ sacrifice fly.
After Kyle Tucker homered to give the U.S. a 5-2 lead, Venezuela scored four runs in the fifth inning. Arraez’s homer could have been the dagger in the seventh.“It was a big homer. It was fun,” Turner told FOX. “That’s why we’re playing. That’s why we’re here. Just back and forth all day. It was unbelievable.”
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