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Team USA loses in World Baseball Classic final against Venezuela
Venezuela secured its first World Baseball Classic title with a 3-2 win over the U.S., highlighted by Eugenio Suárez's ninth-inning double, tournament MVP Maikel Garcia's .385 average.
- 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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