Boston's Top Team Drops Shockingly to Venezuela, 9-0失利震撼全场！
Garrett Whitlock and Roman Anthony weren't able to save Team USA in the WBC final.
Red Sox Stars Fall Short In USA's Crushing WBC Loss To Venezuela originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . For the second straight World Baseball Classic final, the United States is going home empty-handed.
USA was upset by Venezuela in the WBC championship game on Tuesday night, dropping a 3-2 nail-biter at loanDepot Park in Miami. Despite being road underdogs after beating Italy on Monday, Venezuela narrowly prevailed for its first WBC title. Venezuela struck first on Maikel Garcia's sacrifice fly in the top of the third, taking a 1-0 lead.
In the fifth, Wilyer Abreu tacked on another run with his second huge home run of the tournament, extending the lead to 2-0. Meanwhile, Eduardo Rodriguez stifled USA's star-studded lineup, which was coming off a rest day, over 4 1/3 shutout innings, yielding just one hit -- a Bryce Harper single. VENEZUELA WINS THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC!
🇻🇪 pic. twitter. com/xDTe2ckkik — FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) March 18, 2026 USA was held scoreless until the eighth, when Harper finally broke through with a game-tying two-run homer off Andres Machado, giving USA a much-needed spark.