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“My country needs a championship,” said Venezuelan star Ronald Acuña Jr. of his team’s World Baseball Classic tournament victory.
The victory represented a symbolic triumph for the Latin American nation over the US after it ousted Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuela beat a U.S. team filled with MLB superstars 3-2 in the final of the World Baseball Classic championship to claim its first title.
Despite a heralded roster of stars led by Aaron Judge, Harper and Paul Skenes, the U.S. lost its second straight final of baseball's premier international event and remained without a title since 2017.
The United States' win over the Dominican Republic in Sunday's World Baseball Classic semifinal delivered historic viewership numbers.