@USABaseball // @USABaseball_PR // [email protected] // USABaseball.com Team USA Media Contact: Eric Doennig - [email protected] USA Baseball Media Contact: Brad Young - [email protected] UNITED STATES (3-0; 2-0) vs VENEZUELA (3-1; 1-1) LHP Matthew Liberatore (1-0, 1.80 ERA) vs RHP Anibal Sanchez (0-0, 6.75 ERA) June 5, 2021, 7 p.m. ET - Clover Park; Port St. Lucie, Fla. USA BASEBALL PRO TEAM VS. VENEZUELA // ALL-TIME RECORD: 9-8 BASEBALL AMERICAS QUALIFIER DATE EVENT LOCATION RESULT MEDIA POLICIES 12/1/2000 2000 Pan American Cup Panama City, Panama W, 7-3 Members of the media can pick up their media 10/4/2002 2002 Americas Series Saltillo, Mexico L, 2-7 credentials beggining at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 31, 8/30/2006 2006 Olympic Qualifier Havana, Cuba L, 9-12 3/8/2009 2009 World Baseball Classic Toronto, Canada W, 15-6 at the VIP/ADA entrance at FITTEAM Ballpark of the 3/11/2009 2009 World Baseball Classic Toronto, Canada L, 3-5 Palm Beaches and at the Clover Park Ticket Office. 3/18/2009 2009 World Baseball Classic Miami, Fla. L, 6-9 9/10/2009 XXXVII World Cup Regensburg, Germany L, 9-13 (10) To apply for late registration, members of the media 9/22/2009 XXXVII World Cup Florence, Italy W, 6-3 can send a request to [email protected]. 10/9/2010 2010 Pan Am Games San Juan, Puerto Rico W, 6-3 10/14/2011 XXXVIII World Cup Aguadulce, Panama W, 7-4 (7) All event press conferences will be held virtually on 11/11/2015 2015 Premier12 Taoyuan City, Taiwan L, 5-7 Zoom and will also be streamed on the WBSC YouTube 3/15/2017 2017 World Baseball Classic San Diego, Calif. W, 4-2 channel. 10/25/2011 2011 Pan American Games Lagos de Moreno, Mexico L, 1-2 3/10/2013 2013 World Baseball Classic Scottsdale, Ariz. W, 9-4 7/17/2015 2015 Pan American Games Ajax, Ontario, Canada W, 4-1 7/19/2015 2015 Pan American Games Ajax, Ontario, Canada L, 6-7 (10) 3/12/2017 2017 World Baseball Classic Miami, Fla. W, 8-0 2021 WBSC BASEBALL AMERICAS QUALIFIER SCHEDULE/RESULTS THE LAST TIME OUT: VENEZUELA Date Opponent Location Time (ET)/Result Venezuela carried a two-run lead into the bottom of the seventh inning before Team USA rallied for a 4-2 OPENING ROUND (GROUP A) win in the second round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic on March 15, 2017 at Marlins Park. Drew Smyly 5/31/21........ Nicaragua .........................Clover Park........................... W, 7-1 6/1/21 .......... Dominican Republic .....FITTEAM Ballpark ............. W, 8-6 allowed just one run over 4.2 innings, but Rougned Odor’s solo homer in the seventh gave Venezuela a 6/2/21 .......... Puerto Rico ......................Clover Park.....................Canceled late 2-0 lead. Team USA then tagged Hector Rondón for a run in the bottom of the inning before Adam SUPER ROUND Jones hit a game-tying solo homer in the bottom of the eighth. Eric Hosmer followed that with a go-ahead 6/4/21 .......... Canada ..............................FITTEAM Ballpark ...........W, 10-1 two-run homerun and Luke Gregerson shut the door in the ninth to clinch the victory in the first game of 6/5/21 .......... Venezuela .........................Clover Park........................... 7 p.m. the second round. WBSC BASEBALL AMERICAS QUALIFIER MISSION: TOKYO SUPER ROUND STANDINGS Team USA has two more chances to qualify for Tokyo 2020, beginning with the Baseball Americas Qualifier. TEAM .......................... W-L ..................OVERALL The U.S. has participated at the Olympic Games in 1988 (demonstration sport), 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2008, USA............................................................2-0 ...................................................3-0 winning a gold medal in Seoul 1988 and Sydney 2000. In order to qualify for the Olympic Games from the Dominican Republic ...........................1-1 ..................................................3-1 Baseball Americas Qualifier, the U.S. will need to win the tournament. If the U.S. does not qualify for the Venezuela ...............................................1-1 ...................................................3-1 Canada .....................................................0-2 ...................................................2-2 Olympic Games out of the Baseball Americas Qualifier, but finishes second or third, they will participate in the Final Qualifier that will take place in Puebla, Mexico from June 22-27. 2021 USA RESULTS WHEN... Overall Record ..................................................................................................3-0 PROSPECT WATCH Super Round Record ......................................................................................2-0 “Home” Game ...................................................................................................2-0 The U.S. roster features seven players who are in their respective organization’s Top 30 Prospect List. “Away” Game .....................................................................................................1-0 Triston Casas (Boston) and Matthew Liberatore (St. Louis) are both the top prospects in their organizations. Day Game .......................................................................................................0-0 Nick Allen (Oakland), Jarren Duran (Boston) and Simeon Woods-Richardson (Toronto) are all featured in Night Game .......................................................................................................3-0 vs. Left Starter ..................................................................................................2-0 the Top Five of their organization’s prospect lists. Joe Ryan (Tampa Bay) and Luke Williams (Philadelphia) vs. Right Starter ...............................................................................................1-0 are also top organizational prospects. 1-Run Games ....................................................................................................0-0 Liberatore (No. 30), Casas (No. 34), Woods-Richardson (No. 74), and Duran (No. 93) are also recognized by 2-Run Games ....................................................................................................1-0 5+ Run Games ..................................................................................................2-0 MLB Pipeline as one of the top-100 prospects in all of baseball. Extra Innings......................................................................................................0-0 Shutouts .......................................................................................................0-0 WHOLE LOTTA HOMERS USA Scores 0-2 Runs ....................................................................................0-0 USA Scores 3-5 Runs ....................................................................................0-0 Team USA’s roster has combined for 637 major league home runs. Matt Kemp (287) and Todd Frazier USA Scores 6-9 Runs ....................................................................................2-0 (218) carry most of the weight. Four other members of the roster have hit major league home runs: Logan USA Scores 10+ Runs ...................................................................................1-0 Forsythe (71), Jon Jay (37), Anthony Gose (12), and Tim Federowicz (12). Opponent Scores 0-2 Runs .........................................................................2-0 Opponent Scores 3-5 Runs .........................................................................0-0 Opponent Scores 6-9 Runs .........................................................................1-0 REPPIN’ MANY STATES Opponent Scores 10+ Runs ........................................................................0-0 Fourteen different states are represented on Team USA’s 26-man roster. The most well-represented USA Scores in First Inning ...........................................................................2-0 Opponent Scores in First Inning ................................................................0-0 state is California, with six players born in the Golden State. Florida is next; the U.S. roster features five USA Scores First .............................................................................................3-0 Floridians. Alabama, Illinois, and Texas all have two representatives on the roster. The following states Opponent Scores First ..................................................................................0-0 have one player on the U.S. roster: Arizona, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South USA - After 6 Leading ....................................................................................3-0 USA - After 6 Trailing .....................................................................................0-0 Carolina and Washington. Edwin Jackson grew up in Georgia, but was born in Germany where his father USA - After 7 Leading ....................................................................................3-0 was stationed for the military. USA - After 7 Trailing .....................................................................................0-0 USA - After 8 Leading ....................................................................................3-0 USA - After 8 Trailing .....................................................................................0-0 BACK IN THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE USA Hits 0 Home Runs .................................................................................0-0 12 members of the roster have previous playing experience with Team USA, with six of them winning