World Baseball Classic: Grand slam Trea Turner launches Team USA into the semifinals
Tria Turner blew up a stadium in Miami on Saturday.
Behind the grand slam in the eighth inning of Philadelphia Phillies Shortstop, Team USA rallied to beat Venezuela 9-7 and advance to the semifinals of the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
The Americans entered the half down 7-5 and six teams from elimination after being outscored three times in the fifth game. Venezuelan reliever Jose Quejada, after shutting down an American rally in the previous frame, quickly got into trouble with a walk Tim Andersonone from Alonso’s home and pitch-by-pitch JT Realmoto.
Venezuela then replaced Quejada with Silvino Bracho, who faced a daunting task: bases loaded, no hits, about to face Turner, Mookie Pets And Mike TroutWith Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado It looms large if things get ugly. He started well, going 0-2 on Turner, but then hung up a changeup, well, see for yourself:
Turner knew it as soon as he put out his bat, and he made sure the American dugout knew it, too:
Very impressive in the quarter-finals of an (allegedly) unimportant tournament.
Venezuela put the US in order from there, but had two ways to compensate. They were previously on their way to what could have already been a runaway win, as they scored four runs in the fifth inning after Daniel Bard He lost his leadership and opened the door for Venezuela to take the lead. However, they lost second star Jose Altuve into blow after blow of the hand in the process.
Prior to Turner’s tournament, the majority of Team USA’s runs had come in the first half, and perhaps they should have scored more. The USA started the game with five straight singles, but were out on the field Kyle Tucker Give Venezuela a break and stop the bleeding.
The win puts the United States into the semifinal match against Cuba at 7 p.m. EST Sunday (FS1).
