Trea Turner

MIAMI -- Trea Turner's best known for his blazing speed – and perhaps his artful popup slides when he races around the bases. Over the last two nights ...

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After homering once for Team USA in its four pool play games, Turner, the former Dodgers shortstop, smashed the go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning of the ...

That does not change that Turner, a batting champion and two-time All-Star, is one of the best position players in the majors. Turner has excelled from the No. [the Dodgers acquired him](https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2021-07-30/dodgers-trade-for-max-scherzer-trae-turner-complete) along with Max Scherzer from the Nationals during the 2021 season. “I didn’t know that, but I can’t wait to have that conversation with him in the cage tomorrow. The guy can flat play.” He has a rare blend of speed and power at a premium position. But he hasn’t duplicated his regular-season prowess in October, batting .238 with three home runs and a .614 OPS in 197 career playoff plate appearances. He told them he hadn’t hit a home run during the exhibition season in four or five years. The 10 RBI are tied for tops with Earlier in the World Baseball Classic, before he became the greatest No. The four home runs are the most for a U.S. After homering once for Team USA in its four pool play games, Turner, the former Dodgers shortstop, smashed the go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning of the Americans’ 9-7 quarterfinal win over Venezuela on Saturday night.

Trea Turner and a stacked U.S. lineup won in a rout, with protests inside and outside the stadium marking Cuba's first game in Miami since at least 1959.

in the United States, the once-mighty Cuban team had faded on the international baseball stage. But a United States lineup of All-Stars and Most Valuable Player Award winners scored runs against all seven Cuban pitchers who appeared in Sunday’s game. With every run or hit — and there were plenty of both — fans cheered and waved the flag. But there was also a lot of vocal support for the United States. “Never in front of a crowd like that tonight. During the sixth inning, a protester with a sign that called for liberty for Cubans ran onto the field to applause from fans. Donning Cuban flags and shirts, fans cheered for the team after the national anthem was played before the first pitch and after big moments on the field. We were focused on the job we wanted to perform. “I haven’t hit a homer in spring training in like four or five years or something like that,” Turner said, referring to the fact that the W.B.C. [propelled the United States to the semifinal](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/sports/baseball/united-states-venezuela-wbc.html), homered twice against Cuba. when it was last played in 2017, will now face the victor of Monday’s semifinal game between Mexico and Japan. Behind its star-studded offense, the United States dismantled Cuba, 14-2, at loanDepot Park on Sunday and advanced to the World Baseball Classic final.

MIAMI (AP) -- Trea Turner, Paul Goldschmidt and an unrelenting U.S. lineup kept putting crooked numbers on the scoreboard, a dynamic display of the huge gap ...

"We would like for the other players to join," Johnson said. Cuban fans roared in the early going when their team's first four batters strung together three infield hits and a bases-loaded walk. Moncada was hit on the ribs but is OK, Johnson said. Play was briefly interrupted in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings when fans ran onto the field. [Turner homered twice to give him a tournament-leading four](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philadelphia-phillies-stubhub-ticket-sales-trea-turner/), driving in four runs to lead the U.S. Goldschmidt hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the first on a 112 mph rocket high over the left-field wall. Several hundred people gathered before the game outside the ballpark in Miami's Little Havana section to protest the presence of the Cuban team, whose country has been under communist rule since 1959. Fans in the sellout crowd of 35,779 at loanDepot Park sounded evenly split between the U.S. Mets closer Edwin Díaz sustained a season-ending knee injury during the celebration that followed Puerto Rico's win on Wednesday and Houston second baseman Jose Altuve broke a thumb when hit by a pitch while playing for Venezuela on Saturday. He added a two-run single in the fifth. Louis third baseman Nolan Arenado left after he was hit on his right hand by a pitch in the fifth inning, briefly raising another injury concern before X-rays came back as negative. Cuba went ahead when its first four batters reached off Adam Wainwright (2-0) without getting a ball out of the infield.

Trea Turner belted two more home runs as Team USA's potent lineup overwhelmed Cuba for a 14-2 win in the WBC semifinals.

Realmuto](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/jt-realmuto-player) or [Will Smith](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/will-smith-player). Typically, Schwarber has been starting at DH in lieu of Alonso and [Tim Anderson](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/tim-anderson-player) has been starting at second base over McNeil. 9 hitter of all time, [picked up where he left off](https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/trea-turner-grand-slam-leads-usa-over-venezuela-and-into-wbc-semifinals) against [Venezuela](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/venezuela-team), cranking a solo shot to left field and extending USA’s lead to 3-1. The dynamic red, white and blue offense now awaits the winner of Monday’s semifinal between [Japan](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/japan-team) and [Mexico](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/mexico-team). Turner added: "Getting our feet underneath us, just feeling what it's like to be out there and wear the jersey, play with each other, play with guys you had never played with before, play against teams you never played against before, just a lot going on those first four days. "It’s easy to get lost in the All-Star lineup. With just the two of them in the room, Betts implored the skipper to manage the next day’s quarterfinal like it’s the World Series. [Mets](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/new-york-mets-team) infielders [Pete Alonso](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/pete-alonso-player) and [Jeff McNeil](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/jeff-mcneil-player) received at-bats on Sunday, with the former knocking a timely RBI single in the third inning and the latter drawing walks to get on base for Turner. [Trea Turner](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/trea-turner-player), the greatest No. The reigning MVP of the National League has smacked 323 homers in his illustrious [MLB](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb) career, including eight in the postseason, yet described this blast as "one of my favorite home runs I've ever hit in my entire life." USA scored at least one run in seven of the eight innings it batted, including in each of the first six frames. [Cuba](https://www.foxsports.com/world-baseball-classic/cuba-team), 14-2, in the WBC semifinal on Sunday night at loanDepot Park.

The Phillies player homered twice to give him a tournament-leading four, and the defending champion United States romped over Cuba 14-2 to reach its second ...

Cuba and the U.S. The U.S. Cuba failed to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Games. Former All-Star outfielder Yoenis Céspedes also is on the roster. Play was briefly interrupted in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings when fans ran onto the field. Cardinals teammate Miles Mikolas pitched the final five innings. Fans in the sellout crowd of 35,779 at LoanDepot Park sounded evenly split between the U.S. Several hundred people gathered before the game outside the ballpark in Miami’s Little Havana section to protest the presence of the Cuban team, whose island nation has been under communist rule since 1959. He added a two-run single in the fifth. Mets closer Edwin Díaz sustained a season-ending knee injury during the celebration that followed Puerto Rico’s win on Wednesday and Houston second baseman Jose Altuve broke a thumb when hit by a pitch while playing for Venezuela on Saturday. The 41-year-old right-hander recovered to strand the bases loaded, and the American offense pummeled Cuban pitchers for 14 hits, including eight for extra bases. He followed his go-ahead, eighth-inning grand slam a night earlier against Venezuela with a solo homer in the second inning off Roenis Elias (0-1) and a three-run drive in the sixth against Elian Leyva.