Team USA stars rip silver medals off necks after World Baseball Classic final loss to Venezuela

Several members of Team USA didn't look to privation thing to bash with a second-place decorativeness successful the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

The United States squad was fixed metallic medals aft falling to Venezuela, 3-2, successful the WBC last connected Tuesday successful Miami. However, soon aft receiving them from MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, respective players stripped them off.

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Kyle Schwarber of Team United States reacts aft receiving a metallic medal pursuing the 3-2 decision against Team Venezuela astatine loanDepot parkland connected March 17, 2026, successful Miami, Florida.  (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

Mason Miller could hardly hold to instrumentality his medal off, doing truthful earlier helium adjacent shared an clasp with manager Mark DeRosa. Kyle Schwarber waited a spot longer, taking it disconnected conscionable arsenic helium got to the steps of his dugout.

Logan Webb and Garrett Whitlock were besides captured with their medals successful their hands, alternatively than astir their necks.

This was Miller's WBC debut, portion Schwarber was connected the squad that mislaid successful the 2023 last to Japan, besides successful Miami.

Eduardo Rodriguez, the soon-to-be 33-year-old Venezuelan left-hander, had thrown to a 5.02 ERA implicit the past 2 seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but you wouldn’t deliberation truthful , the mode helium was surviving connected the corners and keeping Team USA disconnected equilibrium passim his 4.1-inning start. Team USA's discourtesy continued to get blanked until the eighth inning, erstwhile Bryce Harper tied the crippled with a two-out, two-run homer.

Logan Webb of Team United States reacts aft receiving a metallic medal pursuing the 3-2 decision against Team Venezuela astatine loanDepot parkland connected March 17, 2026, successful Miami, Florida.  (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

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But Venezuela didn't skip a bushed successful the apical of the ninth inning, arsenic Garrett Whitlock, who had been large successful a high-leverage relation earlier successful the tournament, didn't look similar his accustomed self. He issued a locomotion to commencement the inning, and aft Venezuela's pinch-runner, Javier Sanoja, stole 2nd base, Eugenio Suarez smashed a changeup to left-center tract for a go-ahead treble to retake the lead.

Daniel Palencia got the telephone successful the bottommost of the ninth for Venezuela aft closing retired Italy, and the Chicago Cubs agreed this would beryllium the lone infinitesimal helium could propulsion again. 

He made the champion of the opportunity, striking retired Kyle Schwarber, getting Gunnar Henderson to popular up to Maikel Garcia, and striking retired Roman Anthony to seal an affectional triumph for Venezuela.

Mason Miller of Team USA shakes hands with Manager Mark DeRosa aft receiving his metallic medal aft the 2026 World Baseball Classic Championship crippled presented by Capital One betwixt Team Venezuela and Team USA astatine loanDepot Park connected Tuesday, March 17, 2026, successful Miami, Florida. (Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

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Venezuela won its archetypal World Baseball Classic rubric successful the abbreviated past of the event, which began successful 2006. For the U.S., it was its 2nd consecutive nonaccomplishment successful the rubric crippled aft winning it each successful 2017.

Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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