ESPN.com · Mar 18
Venezuela defeats Team USA to win World Baseball Classic
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MIAMI -- With one swing the nervous energy coursing through LoanDepot Park on Tuesday night flipped to pandemonium.
Bryce Harper had upended the World Baseball Classic final's momentum for Team USA with one swat in the eighth inning, tying Venezuela when the Americans were flat all night long. The pro-Venezuela crowd went quiet. That didn't last long.
After Luis Arraez drew a walk to lead off the ninth inning and after pinch-runner Javier Sanoja barely stole second base, Eugenio Suarez swatted the most important hit of his career, a go-ahead double that proved the difference in Venezuela's 3-2 victory.