{"id":114125,"date":"2026-03-17T18:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/united-states-vs-venezuela-lineups-and-keys-to-the-2026-world-baseball-classic-final\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:58:14","slug":"united-states-vs-venezuela-lineups-and-keys-to-the-2026-world-baseball-classic-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/united-states-vs-venezuela-lineups-and-keys-to-the-2026-world-baseball-classic-final\/","title":{"rendered":"United States vs. Venezuela: Lineups and Keys to the 2026 World Baseball Classic Final"},"content":{"rendered":"MIAMI, FLORIDA \u2013 The highly anticipated final of the 2026 World Baseball Classic is about to arrive, with a stellar matchup between the United States and Venezuela this Tuesday. This duel will define the new baseball champion worldwide.\n\nThe game is scheduled for 8:00 PM (Eastern Time) at loanDepot Park.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Pitching Duel<\/h2>\n\n\nThe United States will bet on right-hander Nolan McLean, who will seek an outstanding performance after his previous exit. Venezuela, for its part, will trust left-hander Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez, who already had a confrontation in the group stage.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Confirmed Lineups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>United States:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bobby Witt Jr., SS<\/li><li>Bryce Harper, 1B<\/li><li>Aaron Judge, RF<\/li><li>Kyle Schwarber, BD<\/li><li>Alex Bregman, 3B<\/li><li>Roman Anthony, LF<\/li><li>Will Smith, C<\/li><li>Brice Turang, 2B<\/li><li>Byron Buxton, CF<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Venezuela:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr., RF<\/li><li>Maikel Garc\u00eda, 3B<\/li><li>Luis Arr\u00e1ez, 1B<\/li><li>Eugenio Su\u00e1rez, DH<\/li><li>Gleyber Torres, 2B<\/li><li>Ezequiel Tovar, SS<\/li><li>Wilyer Abreu, LF<\/li><li>Salvador P\u00e9rez, C<\/li><li>Jackson Chourio, CF<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Road to the Final<\/h2>\n\n\nThe United States secured its place in the final after defeating the Dominican Republic 2-1 in the semifinals, thanks to the good performance of its pitching and a solid bullpen. Venezuela arrives motivated after coming back against Italy 4-2, with a decisive rally in the seventh inning.\n\nBoth teams finished the preliminary phase with a 5-1 record. The home advantage was decided by a draw, favoring the United States.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s at Stake<\/h2>\n\n\nThe United States will seek its second title in the tournament&#8217;s history, while Venezuela aspires to its first crown. This matchup also has recent history, with a 3-2 advantage for the Americans in previous Classic duels, including the 2023 encounter.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, FLORIDA \u2013 The highly anticipated final of the 2026 World Baseball Classic is about to arrive, with a stellar matchup between the United States and Venezuela this Tuesday. This duel will define the new baseball champion worldwide. The game is scheduled for 8:00 PM (Eastern Time) at loanDepot Park. Key Pitching Duel The United [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,641,2182,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-114125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-venezuela","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114125","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=114125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}