On March 17th, Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, beating the United States 3-2 after blowing an eighth-inning lead. Eugenio Suárez hit a double in the ninth inning to help Venezuela retake the lead.
 　Daniel Palencia struck out two in the final inning to secure the win and get his third save of the WBC. He struck out Roman Anthony to end the game. Venezuelans ran onto the infield to celebrate.
 　Venezuela became the second Latin American nation to win the WBC, after the Dominican Republic in 2013. Venezuela’s success was not that surprising. Sixty-three players born in Venezuela appeared on Major League Baseball opening-day rosters last year. Despite a star-filled lineup, the U.S. has not won a WBC title since 2017.
 　Before the game, players and coaches avoided discussing political tensions between the nations, especially after the U.S. military captured Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro in January.

　3月17 日，委內瑞拉在第八局被逆轉後，最終以3-2 擊敗美國隊，奪下隊史首座世界棒球經典賽冠軍。斯瓦瑞茲在第九局擊出二壘安打，幫助委內瑞拉重新奪回領先。
　委內瑞拉隊的帕倫西亞在最後一局投出兩次三振，守住勝果，同時在本屆經典賽第三次救援成功。他在比賽最後時刻成功三振美國隊的安東尼，結束了這場比賽。委內瑞拉觀賽民眾興奮的衝進場內歡呼慶祝。
　委內瑞拉成為繼2013 年多明尼加共和國之後，第二個贏得世界棒球經典賽冠軍的拉丁美洲國家。委內瑞拉的成功其實並不令人意外。2025 年美國職棒大聯盟開幕日時，大聯盟名單上共有63 名委內瑞拉裔球員。儘管美國隊擁有眾多明星球員，但自2017年以來一直未能在經典賽奪冠。
　在這場比賽開打前，球員和教練都避免談及兩國之間的政治緊張局勢——尤其是在美國軍方1 月時逮捕委內瑞拉的總統馬杜洛之後。