MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 17: Salvador Perez #13 of Team Venezuela celebrates in the locker room after the 3-2 victory against Team United States at loanDepot park on March 17, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 17: Ronald Acuña Jr. #21 of Team Venezuela celebrates in the locker room after the 3-2 victory against Team United States at loanDepot park on March 17, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 17: Ronald Acuña Jr. #21 and Salvador Perez #13 of Team Venezuela celebrate in the locker room after the 3-2 victory against Team United States at loanDepot park on March 17, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 17: Salvador Perez #13 of Team Venezuela celebrates in the locker room after the 3-2 victory against Team United States at loanDepot park on March 17, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 17: Jackson Chourio #1 of Team Venezuela celebrates in the locker room after the 3-2 victory against Team United States at loanDepot park on March 17, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Relatives of political prisoners watch on a television screen the final of the 2026 World Baseball Classic between Venezuela and the United States, in front of Rodeo I prison in Guatire, Venezuela on March 17, 2026. Venezuela, where baseball is the national sport, capped off its dream tournament by defeating the favorite, the United States, on home soil, amid tense relations between the two governments following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces in January. (Photo by Maryorin Mendez / AFP via Getty Images)

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 17: Bryce Harper #24 of Team United States celebrates with Aaron Judge #99 after hitting a two-run home run against Team Venezuela during the eighth inning at loanDepot park on March 17, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 17: Jackson Chourio #1 and Ronald Acuña Jr. #21 of Team Venezuela celebrate with teammates after the 3-2 victory against Team United States at loanDepot park on March 17, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)