WBC: Trea Turner's grand slam lifts U.S. over Venezuela; José Altuve suffers injury
Posted on AllSides March 18th, 2023
From The Left
The quarterfinal clash between the United States and Venezuela on Saturday night simultaneously represented everything wonderful and troubling about the World Baseball Classic. LoanDepot Park, scarcely occupied for the hometown Miami Marlins on most nights, was packed to the brim with a pro-Venezuela sellout crowd. It watched Team USA win a thrilling, seesaw game, 9-7, to advance to play Cuba in the semifinals Sunday. But sandwiched between the October-like delirium was a buzzkill that could alter the course of the upcoming Major League Baseball season for the defending World Series...
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