Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer hammered a two-run homer in the eighth inning on Wednesday night as the United States rallied to beat Venezuela 4-2 in the second round of the World Baseball Classic at Petco Park in San Diego.
Hosmer also singled and scored on a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning as the United States erased a 2-0 deficit. Outfielder Adam Jones, a San Diego native, tied the score at 2-2 with a solo homer in the eighth.
That set up Hosmer's go-ahead shot. With one man on, Hosmer crushed a two-run shot beyond the right-center field wall, homering in the same park in which he won MVP honors at the 2016 All-Star Game.