Baseball-Venezuela ready for US challenge in World Baseball Classic final
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March 16 : A battle-tested Venezuela squad said they respect the star-studded U.S. team but have no plans of backing down in Tuesday's final after pulling off a thrilling come-from-behind victory to reach the World Baseball Classic championship game.Venezuela, who rallied to stun defending champions Japan in
March 16 : A battle-tested Venezuela squad said they respect the star-studded U.S. team but have no plans of backing down in Tuesday's final after pulling off a thrilling come-from-behind victory to reach the World Baseball Classic championship game.
Venezuela, who rallied to stun defending champions Japan in the quarter-finals, did the same to Italy in Monday's semi-final behind a two-out, three-run seventh inning to emerge a 4-2 winner in front of a delirious, pro-Venezuela crowd in Miami.
"In the beginning of this competition, a lot of people didn't believe in our team. But now we're here, going for our first time to the final," said slugger Eugenio Suarez, whose solo home run in the fourth inning got Venezuela on the board.
"We have to do it for our country."
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