{"id":111785,"date":"2026-03-06T18:23:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/venezuela-debuts-with-victory-against-the-netherlands-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:23:04","slug":"venezuela-debuts-with-victory-against-the-netherlands-in-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/venezuela-debuts-with-victory-against-the-netherlands-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela Debuts with Victory against the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Venezuela Debuts with Victory in the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/h2>\n\n\nMIAMI &#8211; The Venezuelan Baseball Team began its participation in the 2026 World Baseball Classic with a resounding victory over the Netherlands, with a score of 6-2, in the first match of Group D held at loanDepot park.\n\nThe Venezuelan team demonstrated its offensive power and secured the victory thanks to a four-run rally in the fifth inning, which made the difference in the score.\n\nThe Venezuelan offensive was led by Luis Arr\u00e1ez and Willson Contreras, who drove in two runs each. Javier Sanoja also had an outstanding performance, hitting a solo home run that fueled the attack.\n\nVenezuela took the lead in the first inning, when Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. hit a double and scored thanks to a single by Arr\u00e1ez against the Dutch starting pitcher Antwone Kelly.\n\nNetherlands responded in the second episode, tying the game with a run batted in by Druw Jones that allowed Hendrik Clementina to score. However, Venezuela quickly regained the lead and extended their dominance in the fifth inning.\n\nFrom the mound, the left-handed Ranger Su\u00e1rez led the Venezuelan pitching work, while the bullpen maintained control of the game to secure the victory for the team led by Omar L\u00f3pez.\n\nWith this victory, Venezuela starts off on the right foot in a competitive group that also includes the Dominican Republic, Israel, and Nicaragua.\n\nVenezuela&#8217;s next challenge will be against Israel, while the Netherlands will seek its first victory facing Nicaragua.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela Debuts with Victory in the 2026 World Baseball Classic MIAMI &#8211; The Venezuelan Baseball Team began its participation in the 2026 World Baseball Classic with a resounding victory over the Netherlands, with a score of 6-2, in the first match of Group D held at loanDepot park. The Venezuelan team demonstrated its offensive power [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,2182,216,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-111785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nationals","7":"tag-baseball","8":"tag-venezuela","9":"tag-victory","10":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}