{"id":113789,"date":"2026-03-15T22:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/julio-rodriguez-steals-epic-homerun-from-the-usa-in-world-baseball-classic-semifinals\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T22:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:22:19","slug":"julio-rodriguez-steals-epic-homerun-from-the-usa-in-world-baseball-classic-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/julio-rodriguez-steals-epic-homerun-from-the-usa-in-world-baseball-classic-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Julio Rodr\u00edguez Steals Epic Homerun from the USA in World Baseball Classic Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"Miami, Florida. Dominican outfielder Julio Rodr\u00edguez became the center of attention during the 2026 World Baseball Classic, thanks to a defensive play that will be etched in the memory of fans.\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Heist for the Ages<\/h2>\nIn the crucial semi-final match between the Dominican Republic and the United States, Rodriguez starred in a key moment by denying a home run to the renowned batter Aaron Judge.The play occurred in the fifth inning, with the United States leading the score 2-1. Judge hit a powerful hit that, at a speed of 109.9 miles per hour, seemed destined to surpass the center field fence.<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00a1EL SHOW DE JULIO RODR\u00cdGUEZ LLEG\u00d3 AL WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC! \ud83d\ude31\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf4<br><br>Julio Rodr\u00edguez le ROB\u00d3 el HR a Aaron Judge con una atrapada ESPECTACULAR. \ud83e\udd2f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qBaKVmHrgL\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/qBaKVmHrgL<\/a><\/p>\u2014 MLB Espa\u00f1ol (@mlbespanol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mlbespanol\/status\/1636402447957388801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 16, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/figure>\nHowever, Rodr\u00edguez, demonstrating outstanding speed and athletic ability, launched himself in a desperate race towards the zone, jumping just before the ball went over the fence.With an impressive catch, the Dominican outfielder prevented the United States from extending its lead, robbing Judge of the home run.This spectacular home run robbery reminded many of Adam Jones&#8217; iconic play in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami, Florida. Dominican outfielder Julio Rodr\u00edguez became the center of attention during the 2026 World Baseball Classic, thanks to a defensive play that will be etched in the memory of fans. A Heist for the Ages In the crucial semi-final match between the Dominican Republic and the United States, Rodriguez starred in a key moment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[738,2222,12285,2010],"class_list":{"0":"post-113789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-julio-rodriguez","10":"tag-theft-jonron","11":"tag-world-baseball-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113789","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=113789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}