Rolling report: Team USA meet Venezuela at Miami’s LoanDepot Park for a place in the World Baseball Classic last four. Follow along with Hunter Felt
Santander represents Venezuela’s last hope. He looks at a strike. 0-1. He fouls off the next pitch. 0-2. Pressly throws one high upstairs, but Santander doesn’t chase. 1-2. Santander fouls the next pitch off. 1-2. He fouls that one off too. 1-2. The stadium organist plays some ominous chords. Santander pops it up into foul ground and that will do it!Eduardo Escobar is pinch-hitting here and Pressly quickly gets ahead of him 1-2 before he grounds out to Goldschmidt at first base.
Tucker is up next, he falls behind 0-2, then takes a ball. 1-2. Tucker fouls off the next pitch. 1-2 still. Alvoardo’s next pitch is in the dirt. 2-2. Tucker swings wide and gets nothing and becomes out number two.José Alvarado is out pitching the ninth for Venezuela, the announcers are wondering why he wasn’t in the game earlier. He gets Arenado to fly out to start the ninth inning.
Also, the word is that Altuve has a broken thumb, but it’s not yet confirmed. Terrible news, if true.Williams showed some cajones there. Leadoff double, then down 3-0 and comes back for a whiff, then strands Acuna at third,USA 9-7 Venezuela, bottom 8th inning Acuña steals third for some reason, it’s a bit of a weird situation to do so but it works out. Torres is at the plate and gets ahead of the count 2-1. Williams just paints the corner with a pitch for a called strike. 2-2. On the next pitch, it looks like Torres might score a run but it’s right there for Mookie Betts to collect for the final out. We’re going to the ninth inning!Suárez swings at a pitch that’s nowhere near a strike for strike one. 0-1.
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