VEN 4, ITA 2 | Mar 16, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, March 17, 2026•loanDepot park•72°F, Roof Closed

VEN

Venezuela

ITA

Italy

Final

WIN

Angel Zerpa

LOSS

Michael Lorenzen

SAVE

Daniel Palencia

The Venezuela defeated the Italy 4-2.

Key Moment

Top 7: Ronald Acuña Jr. singles on a ground ball to shortstop Sam Antonacci. Andrés Giménez scores. Jackson Chourio to 2nd.

Weather: 72°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 12:00 AM UTCT: 2:42Att: 35,382Venue: loanDepot park

Ump Audit

Jeremie Rehak

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92.7%B

10 missed calls

+0.9% VEN

+0.38 runs ITA

Win Probability

ITA WinVEN Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
VEN	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	8	0
ITA	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Game 788093 • Sources: MLB

Batting

Venezuela

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Ronald Acuña Jr.RF	5	1	1	1	0	1	.261/.414/.565
Maikel Garcia3B	4	0	2	1	0	0	.435/.458/.652
Luis Arraez1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.348/.385/.783
Eugenio SuárezDH	4	1	1	1	0	1	.188/.235/.563
Ezequiel TovarSS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.462/.500/.692
Andrés Giménez2B	1	1	0	0	0	1	.125/.300/.125
Wilyer AbreuLF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.238/.320/.381
William ContrerasC	2	0	0	0	2	2	.000/.188/.000
Jackson ChourioCF	3	1	1	0	0	0	.250/.333/.250
Bench
Gleyber Torres2B	2	0	2	0	1	0	.308/.438/.385
Keider MonteroP							.000/.000/.000
Ricardo SánchezP
Totals	33	4	8	4	3	8	-

HR:Suárez (4th off Nola, 0 on, 1 out)

TB:11

RBI:Jr.; Suárez; Garcia; Arraez

Team LOB:6

Italy

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Sam AntonacciSS	5	0	0	0	0	3	.105/.261/.368
Jon Berti2B	4	0	1

Pitching

Venezuela

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Keider Montero	1.1	2	2	2	3	1	34-14	93.6	4.15
Ricardo Sánchez	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	23-12	90.1	2.45
Luinder Avila	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	32-21	93.2	0.00
Angel ZerpaW	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	13-9	94.1	0.00
Eduard BazardoH	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	9-7	87.5	3.38
Andrés MachadoH	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	9-8	95.8	0.00
Daniel PalenciaS	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	15-11	93	0.00
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	5	9	135-82	-	-

HBP:Marsee (by Avila)

IBB:Zerpa

Inherited runners-scored:Sánchez 3-1; Zerpa 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Montero 34-14; Sánchez 23-12; Avila 32-21; Zerpa 13-9; Bazardo 9-7; Machado 9-8; Palencia 15-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Montero 2-0; Sánchez 5-0; Avila 4-2; Zerpa 0-0; Bazardo 1-1; Machado 1-0; Palencia 0-1

Italy

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Aaron Nola	4.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	59-38	86.5	1.00

Bot 2 • ITA

0-1

J.J. D'Orazio walks. Zach Dezenzo scores. Jac Caglianone to 3rd. Andrew Fischer to 2nd.

0-2

Dante Nori grounds into a force out, second baseman Gleyber Torres to shortstop Ezequiel Tovar. Jac Caglianone scores. Andrew Fischer to 3rd. J.J. D'Orazio out at 2nd. Dante Nori to 1st.

EV: 107.6 mph6 ftLA: -17°

Top 4 • VEN

1-2

Eugenio Suárez homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 102.8 mph💣 386 ftLA: 29°

Top 7 • VEN

4-2

Luis Arraez singles on a line drive to center fielder Jakob Marsee. Ronald Acuña Jr. scores. Maikel Garcia to 3rd.

EV: 85.9 mph271 ftLA: 21°

3-2

Maikel Garcia singles on a line drive to left fielder Dante Nori. Jackson Chourio scores. Ronald Acuña Jr. to 3rd.

EV: 89.6 mph246 ftLA: 14°

2-2

Ronald Acuña Jr. singles on a ground ball to shortstop Sam Antonacci. Andrés Giménez scores. Jackson Chourio to 2nd.

EV: 97.7 mph37 ftLA: -2°

Bench
J.J. D'OrazioC	1	0	0	1	2	0	.385/.438/.692
Aaron NolaP							.000/.000/.000
Michael LorenzenP							.000/.000/.000
Kyle NicolasP							.000/.000/.000
Ron MarinaccioP							.000/.000/.000