Saturday\u2019s WBC schedule, how to watch<\/p>\n
Japan vs. Venezuela: 9 p.m. ET on Fox\/Fubo<\/p>\n
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Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:48 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Ezequiel Tovar got on board with a leadoff double.<\/p>\n
Then, with Tovar on his way to third, a pickoff attempt went very wrong, with the ball caroming into center field and Tovar scampering home.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s an error on Japanese pitcher Atsuki Taneichi and an 8-5 lead for Venezuela.<\/p>\n
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Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:42 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
That\u2019s 1-2-3 inning for Zerpa. If Japan doesn\u2019t get another baserunner, Venezuela won\u2019t have to face Ohtani again.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:40 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Angel Zerpa strikes out Ohtani. Venezuela exhales.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:38 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Shohei Ohtani got strike 2 on a foul tip, but insisted there was catcher\u2019s interference, to the point of taking his elbow guard off. The call stands on review.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:35 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:32 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Atsuki Taneichi takes the mound for Japan and throws a 1-2-3 seventh inning. Shohei Ohtani is due up second for the bottom of the frame.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:26 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:25 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
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Butt\u00f3 keeps the sixth scoreless. On to the seventh.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:20 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Emmanuel De Jesus gets a flyout from Munetaka Murakami and that will end his night with 2 1\/3 scoreless inning. A quiet hero for Venezuela tonight after Japan\u2019s early breakthrough.<\/p>\n
Jos\u00e9 Butt\u00f3 enters for Venezuela.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:15 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Hiromi Itoh ends the inning with a strikeout of Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr., but the damage is done. That\u2019s the 2025 Sawamura Award winner, Japan\u2019s equivalent of the Cy Young Award, that Venezuela just scored a haymaker on.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:13 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:13 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:11 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Wilyer Abreu crushes a high fastball to the second deck, and Venezuela has the lead again. What a game.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
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Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:09 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Now a hit-and-run with Gleyber Torres giving Venezuela runners on the corners with no outs. Dangerous time for Japan.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:08 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Ezequiel Tovar leads off the sixth with a single, and Venezuela now has the tying run aboard with no outs.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:05 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 11:03 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Emmanuel De Jesus throws a dominant fifth inning against the 3-4-5 of the Japan order. To the sixth we go as Hiromi Itoh takes the mound for Japan.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 10:55 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n
Eugenio Su\u00e1rez ends an eight-pitch battle with a pop-out to end the inning. Now we see if Japan responds.<\/p>\n
Sat, March 14, 2026 at 10:50 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Jack Baer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 World Baseball Classic continues Saturday with two quarterfinal showdowns. Italy opened with an 8-6 win over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,10504,33834,2372,2528,90,2002,10315,8814,129,4820,13770,313],"class_list":["post-624490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-baseball","tag-greg-weissert","tag-italy","tag-japan","tag-puerto-rico","tag-ranger-suarez","tag-seth-lugo","tag-team-japan","tag-venezuela","tag-willi-castro","tag-world-baseball-classic","tag-world-series-mvp","tag-yoshinobu-yamamoto"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116231184023936803","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}