Venezuela Posts Starting Lineup for WBC Quarterfinal vs. Team USA Saturday

Team Venezuela and Team USA will meet in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. ET at loanDepot Park in Miami, Florida. The winner will advance to the WBC semifinals and play Cuba. Here's a look at the Team Venezuela's lineup for Saturday's WBC game.

Team Venezuela and Team USA will meet in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. ET at loanDepot Park in Miami, Florida. The winner will advance to the WBC semifinals and play Cuba.

Team USA has yet to release its starting lineup for Saturday's game, but Venezuela has.

Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve will lead-off, with Anthony Santander, Luis Arraez, Salvador Perez and Ronald Acuna Jr. hitting behind him. Martin Perez will take the mound for his country.

At age 31, Perez experienced a career year in 2022, logging a 12-8 record and 2.89 ERA over 196.1 innings pitched and 32 starts. Perez received his first trip to the All-Star Game in 2022.

Perez will be a part of an entirely made-over Texas Rangers pitching staff in 2023. Perez accepted a qualifying offer to return to the Rangers for 2023. In addition to retaining Perez, the club added Jacob deGrom, Andrew Heaney and Jake Odorizzi, to bolster its pitching rotation. The club signed Jon Gray as a free agent a year earlier.

Just five teams remain in the World Baseball Classic. Team Japan will play Team Mexico in the semifinals, while Cuba awaits the winner of the Team USA-Team Venezuela clash Saturday night. The tournament's championship game will take place Tuesday night in Miami, before players return to their Major League club for the final week of spring training.

Here's a look at how Team Venezuela will line up against Team USA for Saturday's WBC quarterfinal game:

1) 2B Jose Altuve

2) RF Anthony Santander

3) 1B Luis Arraez

4) C Salvador Perez

5) CF Ronald Acuna Jr.

6) LF David Peralta

7) 3B Eugenio Suarez

8) DH Gleyber Torres

9) SS Andres Jimenez

SP Martin Perez

Lineup de Venezuela 🇻🇪:

1. José Altuve 2B
2. Anthony Santander RF
3. Luis Arráez 1B
4. Salvador Pérez C
5. Ronald Acuña Jr. CF
6. David Peralta LF
7. Eugenio Suárez 3B
8. Gleyber Torres DH
9. Andrés Giménez SS

Martín Pérez P

— Daniel Álvarez-Montes (@DanielAlvarezEE) March 18, 2023

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