{"id":112976,"date":"2026-03-12T04:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/italy-dominates-the-world-baseball-classic-pasquantino-makes-history-and-advances-to-the-quarterfinals\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T04:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:55:58","slug":"italy-dominates-the-world-baseball-classic-pasquantino-makes-history-and-advances-to-the-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/italy-dominates-the-world-baseball-classic-pasquantino-makes-history-and-advances-to-the-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy dominates the World Baseball Classic: Pasquantino makes history and advances to the quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Italy Secures First Place in Group B of the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/h2>\n\n\nHOUSTON \u2013 The Italian baseball team demonstrated its prowess at Daikin Park in Houston, securing first place in Group B of the 2026 World Baseball Classic after a resounding 9-1 victory over Mexico.\n\nThe game was marked by a historic performance by Vinnie Pasquantino, Italian first baseman, who hit three home runs, becoming the first player to achieve this feat in a single World Baseball Classic game.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>With this triumph, Italy completed the group stage with a perfect 4-0 record, leaving Mexico out of the tournament and advancing to the quarterfinals.<\/p><cite>Alofoke Deportes<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn the mound, right-hander Aaron Nola also shone, pitching five solid innings. He allowed four hits and one walk, while striking out five batters, keeping the Mexican offense at bay.\n\nItaly took the lead in the second inning with Pasquantino&#8217;s first home run against starting pitcher Javier Assad. The lead was extended in the fourth inning thanks to another home run by Jon Berti.\n\nThe Italian attack continued in the fifth inning, adding three runs that established a score of 5-0. Pasquantino stood out again with two additional home runs in the sixth and eighth chapters, sealing his memorable night.\n\nIn addition to Italy&#8217;s advance, the result also secured the United States&#8217; qualification to the next round, where they will face Canada in the quarterfinals.\n\nWith explosive batting, consistent pitching, and solid defense, Italy has established itself as one of the surprises of the tournament, now seeking to continue its path in the next phase.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy Secures First Place in Group B of the 2026 World Baseball Classic HOUSTON \u2013 The Italian baseball team demonstrated its prowess at Daikin Park in Houston, securing first place in Group B of the 2026 World Baseball Classic after a resounding 9-1 victory over Mexico. The game was marked by a historic performance by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1117,512,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-112976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-home-runs","10":"tag-italy","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112976","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=112976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}