Team USA. Venezuela. We have ourselves a World Baseball Classic Championship Game.
Venezuela took down surprise squad Italy in Monday’s semifinal game after having defeated defending champions Japan.
Awaiting the South American squad in the final is Aaron Judge and Team USA, who took down the Dominican Republic in the semis.
The game will be Tuesday, March 17 at 8 p.m. ET on FS1.
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USA manager Mark DeRosa will go with New York Mets starter Nolan McLean for Tuesday’s final. He started in the USA’s lone loss at the WBC, a 8-6 setback to Italy in Pool B play. The 24-year-old McLean had a 2.06 ERA in 48 innings for the Mets down the stretch last season.
“I’m built for this,” McLean said. “I’ve been waiting my whole life for something like this.”
Here’s the Team USA lineup, which features Byron Buxton and Will Smith in place of Pete Crow-Armstrong and Cal Raleigh.
Team Venezuela has had an amazing run at the WBC, defeating Italy in the semifinals and the reigning champs Japan in the quarters. Now they face the ultimate test in Tuesday’s matchup if they want to take down the USA for the first WBC title in its history.
Venezuela will go with Eduardo Rodriguez on the mound against the USA. The Diamondbacks pitcher allowed three runs in 2.2 innings against the Dominican Republic in Pool D play.
Luis Arráez has been a hitting machine for Venezuela. The Padres star has two home runs and 10 RBI with a solid .348 batting average. In the win over Italy, Eugenio Suarez hit his first home run of the tournament. Royals star Maikel Garcia and Ronald Acuña Jr. had homers in the win against Japan, as did Wilyer Abreu who hit the definitive three-run homer that sealed the win over Japan.
Tuesday, March 17: USA vs. Venezuela (8 p.m., LoanDepot Park in Miami on FOX)
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