How Ezequiel Tovar’s Surprising Leadership Sparked a Rockies Revolution in the World Baseball Classic
Team Venezuela (6-1, World Baseball Classic Champions)
Sometimes it is best to let the footage speak for itself.
Venezuela, take a bow. You are the 2026 World Baseball Classic champions!
At the cost of losing the chance in the Rockies starting rotation to start the season, right-handed pitcher Antonio Senzatela instead decided to join his native Venezuela’s bullpen for the WBC. Senzatela had previously pitched three scoreless innings with four strikeouts for Venezuela in a pre-tournament exhibition match against the Washington Nationals.
Senzatela’s lone outing during the Classic came against an incredibly potent Dominican lineup. He quickly earned two outs—including a strikeout against Seattle Mariners star Julio RodrÃguez—to start his inning of work, but then found himself in trouble with a walk and a single. He then threw a slider high that didn’t break, and was punished for it via the bat of Fernando Tatis Jr for a three run home run.
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