The 2026 World Baseball Classic final is upon us. Team USA punched its ticket Sunday night with a win over the Dominican Republic and will face Venezuela, which defeated Italy on Monday night. The U.S. and Venezuela are matching up in the WBC championship now on FOX.

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Eugenio Suarez’s ninth-inning RBI double gave Venezuela the lead for good as it won the World Baseball Classic for the first time. Wilyer Abreu also hit a home run and Venezuela’s pitching held the United States to just three hits.

Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s acting president, said that the victory symbolised the “passion, talent, and unity that define us as Venezuelans”

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For 17 years, Venezuela, one of the best countries at producing big league ballplayers, had failed to even reach the World Baseball Classic semifinals. That meant Salvador Perez hadn’t either. The Royals catcher has lined up for his country at every WBC since 2013,

President Donald Trump has responded to Venezuela beating the U.S. in the World Baseball Classic by calling for statehood.

Eugenio Suarez hit a go-ahead RBI double to drive in the Marlins’ Javier Sanoja in the ninth inning to seal the 3-2 win.

MLB star Bryce Harper showed tremendous sportsmanship despite Team USA’s dramatic defeat in the 2026 World Baseball Classic final. The Americans couldn’t get the job done on home soil during Tuesday’s final against Venezuela.

Venezuela won its first WBC title behind stellar pitching that held USA’s star-studded lineup to just three hits

The Los Angeles Angels will have young starting rotation reinforcements on the way in the coming years and they have impressed in spring training and the WBC.