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Venezuela rallies to stun Japan, advances to WBC semifinals
Wilyer Abreu crushes a three-run home run, giving Venezuela a lead in the sixth inning. (0:36)
MIAMI — Venezuela, a country steeped in baseball tradition, made history on two fronts Saturday night when its national team defeated Japan 8-5 in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals at LoanDepot Park.
With the win over the defending WBC champions, Venezuela not only advanced to face Italy on Monday in its first WBC semifinals appearance, but it also qualified for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, marking the first time the nation will participate in the Olympic baseball tournament.
"It's the most gratifying feeling you can have as a Venezuelan," manager Omar López said in Spanish.
2026 World Baseball Classic: Venezuela stuns defending champion Japan, advances to semifinals vs. Italy
Japan's World Baseball Classic title defense is over. Saturday night at loanDepot Park in Miami, Venezuela rallied from behind to eliminate Japan (VEN 8, JPN 5) and advance to the semifinals. Venezuela is one step away from Tuesday's Championship Game and Japan will head home following its worst World Baseball Classic finish ever.
Saturday's game started with a bang. Two bangs, actually. Ronald Acuña Jr. and Shohei Ohtani have combined to win the last three NL MVP awards and they opened Saturday's game with leadoff home runs. Acuña did the honors in the top of the first inning, then Ohtani responded in the bottom half. It's the first-ever WBC game with two leadoff homers. This, right here, is the good stuff:
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With Japan WBC exit, Shohei Ohtani experiences a rare sensation: Failure
MIAMI — They started to trudge of the clubhouse at 1:23 a.m. Sunday, their heads down, eyes glazed, mostly staring straight ahead.
The large contingent of reporters, perhaps 100 in all, waited behind a rope in the mixed zone in the corridor of loanDepot Park, and at 1:31 a.m., Shohei Ohtani came out of the door and stopped to talk.
It was a strange sensation for Ohtani, a feeling he knew that was inevitable, but he wasn’t prepared for it right now.
For the first time in years, after winning two World Series titles and two MVPs with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Ohtani finally lost.
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