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Spring training is entering its final stretch for the Baltimore Orioles, and the club has continued to evaluate how its lineup will look heading into Opening Day. After an active offseason that reshaped several parts of the roster,
Italy continues its unlikely run at the World Baseball Classic and will next take on Venezuela in Monday's semifinal game. The Venezuelans are having their own storybook run after eliminating Shohei Ohtani and defending WBC champions Japan in the quarterfinals.
Shohei Ohtani walked off the infield after Japan’s World Baseball Classic ended, just like three years ago, only the final out could not have been more different.
With Venezuela trailing in the sixth inning, the right fielder crushed a 409-foot, three-run home run off Japanese starter Hiromi Itoh to flip the game and spark an 8-5 victory that sent Venezuela to its first WBC semifinal in 17 years.
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