MLB News: USA Falls to Venezuela, Yankee’s Cole Returns to Mound, Jays’ Berrios to Miss Time
As the stars of Team USA lick their wounds following a 3-2 loss, we take a look at some of the other headlines around baseball.
On Tuesday night, the vaunted American squad fell to Team Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic. As the stars of Team USA lick their wounds following a 3-2 loss, we take a look at that story and some of the other headlines around baseball. USA Falls to Venezuela in WBC The overwhelming favorite to win the WBC fell to Venezuela in heartbreaking fashion, with Bryce Harper smashing a home run to tie the game at 2-2 in the eighth inning before Venezuelan designated hitter Eugenio Suárez answered with an RBI double in the ninth.
“We put on this uniform, signed up to go out there and get a gold medal,” Team USA captain Aaron Judge said, as reported by Andy McCullough of The Athletic . “We just fell short. ” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dodgers Nation (@dodgersnation) Now, the long wait begins for more international baseball .
Yes, the 2028 OIympics in Los Angeles include baseball, but that’s only six teams, and it’s not yet decided that MLB players will be able to compete. That means it’s a four-year wait for another WBC. Sit tight.
Oct 30, 2024; New York, New York, USA; New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole (45) reacts after a play during the fifth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in game five of the 2024 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium. Yankee’s Cole Returns to Mound New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole took the mound for the first time in over a year on Wednesday, throwing a scoreless inning against the Boston Red Sox in spring training. “Cole threw 10 pitches, seven for strikes, including six four-seam fastballs that averaged 97.