Brazilian baseball team surprises and beats Venezuela at the Pan American Games in Santiago

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Brazilian baseball team beats Venezuela at the Pan American Games in Santiago

The Brazilian baseball team's debut at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, was a highly positive surprise. On Thursday (19), Brazil beat Venezuela 3-1 to take the lead in Group B, which also includes Colombia and Cuba.

O Brasil – que não tem tradição na modalidade – voltou a disputar uma partida no Pan depois de 16 anos. A última vez foi em 2007, quando foi país-sede do Pan realizado no Rio de Janeiro. Em Guadalajara (2011), Toronto (2015) e Lima (2019), ficou de fora.

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Venezuela, although it hasn't taken the best of the best, is a world power in the sport. Some of the country's names play in the MLB, the US league, considered the best on the planet. The country has one gold and two bronze medals in baseball at the Pan American Games. However, it arrived in Santiago with a team considered to be on the second tier of what Venezuela has to offer.

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In the opening game, Brazil took a 3-0 lead in the second inning, Venezuela reduced the deficit in the fifth but couldn't avoid defeat.

After the win, pitcher Felipe Natel, known as Pelé, spoke about his expectations for the tournament.

“Viemos nos preparando para o Pan para conquistar medalha. E para isso sabíamos que teríamos que enfrentar potências como Venezuela, Cuba e Colômbia. Não foi nada surpreendente. O pessoal nem comemorou tanto, porque nosso objetivo é medalha. Queremos ganhar de todos e vamos conquistar essa medalha para o beisebol brasileiro”, disse o jogador, em depoimento ao Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (COB).

Brazil's next match is against Colombia on Sunday (22).

Brazil's schedule for Friday (20)

In addition to the official opening of the Games at Santiago's National Stadium at 8pm (Brasília time), the Pan will see the continuation of the baseball and boxing competitions and the debut of the diving events. The competition has live streaming on Brazil's Olympic Channel.

In the ring, at 11am, Brazil will be represented by Viviane Pereira, who will make her debut in the middleweight category (up to 75 kg) against Argentina's Lorena Soledad Balbuena.

At the same time, there's the opening of the diving calendar with two Brazilians in action. In the preliminary phase of the 10-meter platform event, Giovanna Pedroso and Ingrid de Oliveira are among the 17 athletes taking part.