The men's under-23 baseball team was crowned Pan-American champion and qualified for the world championship in the category

Published at: 26/10/2025 11:29 AM

The men's national baseball team was crowned undefeated (6-0) in the U23 Pan American Championship after defeating Peru 9 races by 1 and thus obtaining the only ticket to the World Cup in the 2026 category.

Venezuela, in the tournament that ended this Saturday in Lima, made use of the combined pitching of six pitchers who allowed only a couple of hits and a line in the seventh act.

The victory, according to a press release from the Sports Ministry, went to Sebastián Araque with 1.2 acts in which he allowed an unstoppable, gave two tickets and handed out four strikeouts.

The offensive of the Venezuelan national team produced a line in the second episode, three in the third, one in the fourth and four more in the fifth chapter to complete the nine scores that sealed the victory.

Jhom Balderrama hit 3-2, including a home run, chartered four and scored two; Wilkerman García 3-2 and Danyer Sanabria hit 2-1 with a home run and three RBIs, they were the most productive.

The all-star team of the tournament included Criollos Mikel Manzano (starter), Giovanni Rivero (receiver), Gabriel Rodríguez (forerunner) and Wilkerman García (center fielder).

The ninth Venezuelan went through both rounds of the tournament with victories over Brazil (4-3 and 1-0), Argentina (4-3 and 6-2) and Peru (6-0 and 9-1), which gave her the title.

The U23 World Cup will be played next in the cities of Managua, Masaya and León in Nicaragua, to which Panama, Puerto Rico and Cuba were already qualified.

Mazo News Team