Venezuelan men's softball adds its second Pan-American victory in the Argentine discipline

Published at: 09/10/2025 01:30 PM

The men's under-18 softball national team won its second consecutive win and tied for second place in the Pan-American standings in the category, which is held in Bahía Blanca, Argentina.

In his second appearance at the Pan-American Championship, Venezuela defeated his Guatemalan counterpart 8 races by 1 at the Parque de Mayo stadium.

Second baseman Sebastián Silvera was the most outstanding with the Madero for the Criollos, starting 4-2 with a triple, a pair of RBIs and the same number scored, while shortstop Francisco Quijada scored 3-1 with the same number of RBIs and RBIs and right fielder José Gregorio Navia took a ball out of the park, chartered a couple of teammates and stepped on the plate twice, the Ministry of Sport press reports.

The victory was once again for pitcher Maikel García, who worked for 6.0 episodes in which he allowed a couple of hits, a dirty run, gave a walk and fanned 13 opponents to leave his 2.80 ERA.

The defeat went to Javier Meza after receiving seven uncatchers, eight scores, seven of them dirty, with eight tickets and six strikeouts.

This result keeps Venezuela tied with Canada in second place in the standings with a record of two lauros and a setback, being surpassed by Argentina, which has three wins and no losses.

The standings are completed by Guatemala and Peru with a 0-3 record.

The next match of the national team will be tonight when they face Argentina, starting at seven o'clock in the evening, and a victory will qualify Venezuela to the round for the medals and secure one of four tickets to the next world championship in the category in 2027.

Mazo News Team