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Trea Turner made a stadium explode on Saturday in Miami.
Behind an eighth-inning grand slam from the Philadelphia Phillies shortstop, Team USA rallied to beat Venezuela 9-7 and advance to the semifinals of the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
The Americans entered the inning down 7-5 and six outs from elimination after blowing a three-run lead in the fifth. Venezuelan reliever José Quijada, having shut down a U.S. rally in the previous frame, quickly got into trouble with a walk of Tim Anderson, single by Pete Alonso and a hit-by-pitch of J.T. Realmuto.
Venezuela then replaced Quijada with Silvino Bracho, who faced a nightmare task: bases loaded, no outs, about to face Turner, Mookie Betts and Mike Trout, with Paul Goldshmidt and Nolan Arenado looming if things got ugly. He started off well, going up 0-2 on Turner, but then he hung a changeup and, well, see for yourself:
Turner knew it as soon as it was off his bat, and he made sure the American dugout knew it, too:
Turner was asked after the game where the moonshot ranked in his career. He said "It's probably No. 1, homer-wise," and that he couldn't think of one better.
Pretty good for the quarterfinals of a tournament that (allegedly) doesn't matter.
Venezuela put the U.S. down in order from there but had two runs to make up. They had previously been on track for what would've already been a wild win, as they scored four runs in the fifth inning after Daniel Bard lost his command and opened the door for Venezuela to take the lead. However, they lost star second baseman Jose Altuve to a hit-by-pitch to the hand in the process.
Before Turner's slam, the majority of Team USA's runs had come in the first inning, and they probably should've scored even more. USA began the game with five straight singles, but an out on the basepaths by Kyle Tucker gifted Venezuela a break and stanched the bleeding.
The win sets up the U.S. for a semifinal game against Cuba at 7 p.m. ET Sunday (FS1).
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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