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Shohei Ohtani<\/a> and his Japanese teammates will not repeat as World Baseball Classic champions after falling apart against Venezuela in the quarterfinal round.<\/p>\n

Ohtani\u2019s third home run of the tournament was wasted as Japan saw its 11-game WBC winning streak snapped.<\/p>\n

Wilyer Abreu hit a go-ahead, three-run homer after Maikel Garcia sparked the comeback with a two-run shot, and Venezuela beat the defending champions 8-5 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Venezuela reached its first WBC semis<\/a> since 2009 and clinched a spot in the six-nation field for the 2028 Olympic baseball tournament, along with the United States and the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n

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Venezuela will face unbeaten Italy<\/a> on Monday, a day after the U.S. plays the Dominicans.<\/p>\n

Abreu gave Venezuela a 7-5 lead when he homered off loser Hiromi Itoh in the sixth, driving a 2-1 four-seam fastball 409 feet to right for his first home run of the tournament. Ezequiel Tovar made it 8-5 in the eighth, leading off with a double then scoring on a throwing error by Atsuki Taneichi on a pickoff attempt.<\/p>\n

Ohtani, the 2023 WBC MVP, led off the bottom of the first by lifting a 2-1 slider from Ranger Su\u00e1rez 427 feet to center after Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. homered on the second pitch from Yoshinobu Yamamoto, driving a fastball 401 feet to right-center for his second home run of the WBC.<\/p>\n

SHOHEI OHTANI OPENS WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC WITH EXPLOSIVE GRAND SLAM AS JAPAN ANNIHILATES TAIWAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Enmanuel De Jesus pitched 2 1\/3 scoreless innings for the win, and Daniel Palencia got the save, ending Japan\u2019s fate by getting Ohtani to pop out for the final out.<\/p>\n

Japan led 5-2 after a four-run third in which Shota Morishita, who replaced the injured Seiya Suzuki at center field, hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer off Su\u00e1rez. The veteran left-hander who picked up a win in a group stage game against the Netherlands pitched 2 2\/3 innings on Saturday, allowing three hits, five runs and two home runs.<\/p>\n

Garcia homered on the eighth pitch against Chihiro Sumida to pull Venezuela within 5-4 in the fifth.<\/p>\n

World Series MVP Yamamoto<\/a> allowed four hits and two runs while striking out five in four innings.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

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Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/venezuela-japan-wbc-quarterfinal-upset <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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