MIAMI (AP) \u2014 Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 Tuesday night on Eugenio Su\u00e1rez\u2019s tiebreaking double in the ninth.<\/p>\n
Maikel Garcia\u2019s third-inning sacrifice fly and Wilyer Abreu\u2019s fifth-inning homer off rookie Nolan McLean built a 2-0 lead before a roaring pro-Latin America crowd. Meanwhile, left-hander Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez and lights-out relievers limited the Americans to two hits through the seventh.<\/p>\n
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