Abreu Lights Up Series for Red Sox in Venezuela!
What a special tournament for Abreu.
Red Sox star Wilyer Abreu shines brightest on WBC stage for Venezuela originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Wilyer Abreu took two of the biggest swings for Venezuela during the World Baseball Classic.
And thanks in large part to the Boston Red Sox star, Venezuela is now the WBC champion. Abreu's name may not have been well known outside of Boston or his home nation before the tournament. Now, many baseball fans have learned just how special a player he is.
His biggest moment will remain that three-run home run against Japan in the quarterfinal. MORE: Cubs' Daniel Palencia completes improbable rise for Venezuela Venezuela trailed, and Abreu got a heater up and in, not a spot he'd had a lot of success against in his MLB career. But he's never stopped putting in the work, and it showed there.
Abreu's swing crushed a long home run to take the lead, and Venezuela moved on. Fast forward to the final, and Venezuela was holding a 1-0 lead when Abreu came to the plate in the fifth. This time, he went dead center, getting enough of it to double the lead to 2-0 with a solo shot.