The World Baseball Classic continues to advance, but the emotions do not stop, groups A and B are already defined, Cuba and the representation of Italy took the two available slots in group A, surprisingly the Cubans managed to advance, thanks to a victory of the Italians against the team from the Netherlands, It should be noted that the team from the lowlands had won their first two matches and looked like a fixed in the quarterfinals, unlike Cuba that started with two painful defeats, but in the two final matches of each set, things turned around and thanks to the championship conditions, the two aforementioned teams got the qualification.

While things in group B were clearer, the Japanese team won the first place of the group undefeated, 4 wins in the same number of matches, the second place was obtained by the Australian team with 3 wins and only one loss, which was against the team of the rising sun, The Australians left out the runner-up of 2009, none other than Korea, a team that was called to be the second of this group, it can be said that Italy was a surprise in group A and Australia was a surprise in group B, the quarterfinal matchups for these teams were as follows: Cuba is going to be measured against Australia and Japan against Italy, that leaves the Japanese and Cubans, as the big favorites of that stage of the tournament.

If these results are fulfilled, we would see Japan with its top star, Shohei Ohtani and Cuba, with Moncada and company reach Miami, imagine a semifinal between the United States and Cuba, and the other key with an inspired Venezuela against the power of Asia, is that speaking of the Venezuelans, yesterday Sunday deployed a fierce offensive, where they scored 9 runs in the first third of the game, the worst part of that offensive was taken by the right hand pitcher of the Puerto Rican team, Jose Berrios, who could only work for one episode, since the bats of the Venezuelans did not allow him to make a single out in the second chapter, practically sentencing the game.

Luego de un comienzo de mundial de manera exitosa, con triunfo ante los de la República Dominica, victoria que se puede decir que fue con autoridad, y que además termino con una seguidilla de 4 derrotas ante los antillanos, es decir, no habían podido derrotar a los dominicanos en ninguna de las ediciones anteriores del clásico, pero llego justo en el momento, donde el equipo comandado por Juan Soto es el gran favorito de este Clásico Mundial de Béisbol 2023, parece que este triunfo lleno de más inspiración al conjunto venezolano. Y eso quedo demostrado ante los boricuas el día de ayer.

Nuevamente, el Bate de Santander, con cuadrangular de tres carreras en el primer episodio, le puso la guinda al pastel y así se completó un rally de 4 carreras, posteriormente el receptor Salvador Pérez la desapareció entre el jardín izquierdo y central, Pérez redondeo una noche espectacular con el madero, se fue de 4 - 4 y 5 remolques, sin duda fue pieza clave en la segunda victoria de la selección de Venezuela, porque si le sumamos a ese aporte ofensivo lo que hizo detrás del plato guiando a un Pablo López que estaba intocable, podemos decir que este duo de Pablo y Salvador fueron los más valiosos de ese choque.

López lanzo por espacio de 4 entradas y un tercio, en donde permitió una sola carrera, que fue producida por el cuadrangular de Eddie Rosario, después de eso no dio mayores libertades, las carreras boricuas llegaron luego de que el lanzador relevista Andrés Machado, presento una crisis de descontrol, es que fueron hasta cuatro boletos los otorgados por Machado, como consecuencia entraron 4 carreras y los puertorriqueños se acercaron peligrosamente, pero los demás relevistas entraron e hicieron su trabajo, destacando a un Silvino Bracho que estuvo monumental en la lomita por parte de los vino tinto, lo que al final trajo consigo la victoria que los deja solos en la punta del torneo mundialista.

After a successful start of the World Baseball Classic, with a victory against the Dominican Republic, a victory that can be said that was with authority, and that also ended a string of 4 defeats against the Antilleans, that is, they had not been able to defeat the Dominicans in any of the previous editions of the classic, but it came just at the time, where the team led by Juan Soto is the big favorite of this World Baseball Classic 2023, it seems that this victory filled with more inspiration to the Venezuelan team.  And that was demonstrated against the Puerto Ricans yesterday.

Again, Santander's bat, with a three-run homer in the first episode, put the icing on the cake and thus completed a 4-run rally, then catcher Salvador Perez disappeared between left and center field, Perez rounded out a spectacular night with the lumber, He went 4 - 4 and 5 towing, he was undoubtedly a key piece in the second victory of the Venezuelan team, because if we add to this offensive contribution what he did behind the plate guiding Pablo Lopez who was untouchable, we can say that this duo of Pablo and Salvador were the most valuable of this clash.

Lopez pitched for 4 innings and a third, where he allowed only one run, which was produced by Eddie Rosario's home run, after that he did not give more liberties, the Puerto Rican runs came after the relief pitcher Andres Machado, presented a crisis of lack of control, there were up to four tickets granted by Machado, As a consequence, 4 runs came in and the Puerto Ricans got dangerously close, but the other relievers came in and did their job, highlighting Silvino Bracho who was monumental on the mound for the red wine, which in the end brought the victory that leaves them alone at the top of the World Cup tournament.

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Vemos un grupo D, que ha sido llamado el de la muerta por la presencia de tres grandes selecciones con un dominio por parte de Venezuela, a unos nicaragüenses oficialmente eliminados, ya con tres derrotas, ese triunfo que logro Dominicana ante Nicaragua los elimina, solo podrían alcanzar una victoria y eso no les sirve, claro en lo anímico sería algo maravilloso, pero su último encuentro es ante un duro rival como los criollos, que buscaran el día de mañana a las 11:30 am, su pase a los cuartos de final.

Por su parte en el grupo B, se ha venido cerrando, con la victoria categórica de los mexicanos sobre los Estados Unidos, y quedaron con registro de uno ganado y uno perdido, Colombia sigue batallando y al momento de hacer esta publicación estaba empatando con Gran Bretaña a 3 carreras, de ganar los granadinos se mantendría en la punta el día de hoy pase lo que pase, y dejarían la mesa servida para el choque ante los estadounidenses, definitivamente esto se está poniendo bueno y aún faltan días de buena pelota y así poder conocer al campeón del mundo del 2023.

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We see a group D, which has been called the dead for the presence of three great teams with a dominance by Venezuela, to a Nicaraguan officially eliminated, and with three defeats, that victory that Dominican achievement against Nicaragua eliminates them, they could only reach a victory and that does not serve them, of course in the mood would be something wonderful, but their last game is against a tough opponent as the Creoles, who will seek tomorrow at 11:30 am, their pass to the quarterfinals.

Meanwhile in group B, has been closing, with the categorical victory of the Mexicans over the United States, and were with a record of one won and one lost, Colombia is still struggling and at the time of this publication was tied with Great Britain to 3 runs, winning the Grenadians would remain in the lead today no matter what happens, and would leave the table set for the clash against the Americans, this is definitely getting good and still missing days of good ball and thus to know the world champion of 2023.

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