Team Venezuela beats the defending champion and advances undefeated to the Super Round in the U23 World Cup
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Published at: 11/11/2026 09:46 AM
The Venezuela Baseball Team beat
Japan 7-1 in Managua to close the Opening Round unexpectedly in the
Venezuela made five runs in the first
inning, once again relying on their pitchers who were once again
unbeatable against the defending champions.
In that sense, Andrés Parra started and in two
innings he received the only race allowed in the tournament, the result of a home run by Natsuki Fujiwara
. Josbel Garcia relieved in 1.1 innings with two hits and a
strikeout.
For his part, Juan Rojas threw two-thirds,
then Saúl García, Riskiel Tineo and Miguel Mejías threw the remaining three innings, and struck out four.
The Team's offense was led by Joan Delgado who
went 2-2 with two scored, in addition to Brailyn Antunez 3-1 with two RBIs and JohnFrank Salazar who hit 4-2 with scored and
pushed.
With this result, Venezuela previously beat South Africa, Cuba and Great Britain (7-0) and South Korea (7-0) by knockout (10-0).
Mazo News Team