Venezuela vs. Italy score and live updates: Eugenio Suáre...

What’s Happening

Alright so Follow live coverage as Venezuela battles Italy at loanDepot Park for a spot in the WBC finale World Baseball Classic Italy and Venezuela are meeting in the World Baseball Classic semifinals, with both aiming to reach a first WBC championship game.

Italy took a 2-0 lead after J. D’Orazio was walked with the bases loaded and Dante Nori added an RBI groundout, both in a second inning that saw Venezuela starting pitcher Keider Montero relieved early. (we’re not making this up)

Team USA awaits the winner in tomorrow’s final, also at loanDepot Park in Miami.

The Details

From now through the final out and beyond, our team of reporters at The Athletic will provide the latest news, analysis, play-by-play, reaction and more. Watch: FS1 Streaming: Fubo ( Stream Free Now ) your views: live@theathletic.

Com ▶️ Ezequiel Tovar bounces out to short for the second out. | Top 4th Italy 2, Venezuela 1 ▶️ Thats what he does!

Why This Matters

Eugenio Suárez yanks a breaking ball off the plate over the wall in left for a solo homer as Venezuela cuts its deficit in half. | Top 4th Italy 2, Venezuela 1 ▶️ Luis Arraez chops out to second for the first out. | Top 4th Italy 2, Venezuela 0 Venezuela will need its bullpen to get through this game, and give itself a shot to come back.

This could change the dynamics of the sport going forward.

The Bottom Line

“His awareness is unbelievable. ” ▶️ Sánchez holds Italy scoreless in the third as Zach Dezenzo grounds out to first.

Is this a W or an L? You decide.