{"id":658703,"date":"2026-03-16T02:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/658703\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T02:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:22:16","slug":"venezuela-vs-italy-world-baseball-classic-starters-lineups-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/658703\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela vs. Italy World Baseball Classic: Starters, Lineups, How To Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\/italy-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Italy<\/a> continues its unlikely run at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">World Baseball Classic<\/a> and will next take on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\/venezuela-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Venezuela<\/a> in Monday&#8217;s semifinal game. The Venezuelans are having their own storybook run after eliminating <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\/shohei-ohtani-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> and defending <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WBC<\/a> champions <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\/japan-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japan<\/a> in the quarterfinals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Next up is a spot in the final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The game will be Monday, March 16 at 8 p.m. ET on FS1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/world-baseball-classic\/2026-world-baseball-classic-broadcast-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FOX is your exclusive home to the WBC with games spread across the FOX family of networks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The Italy vs. Venezuela semifinal is on FS1 on Monday (8 p.m. ET). The Championship Game will be on FOX on Tuesday, March 17 (8 p.m. ET).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">All games will be available for streaming on the FOX Sports app and FOX One. Catch the action on the following streaming options:<\/p>\n<ul displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\" data-v-7259cf83=\"\">\n<li class=\"ff-h\" data-v-7259cf83=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>FOXSports.com<\/strong><\/a> and FOX Sports app<\/li>\n<li class=\"ff-h\" data-v-7259cf83=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox.com\/hub\/league\/baseball-wbc-league-1\/wbc?cmpid=org=one::ag=owned::mc=referral::src=fs::cmp=10010071002::add=625a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>FOX One<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Italy vs. Venezuela Lineups, Pitchers<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\"><a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\/michael-lorenzen-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Lorenzen<\/a> will start for <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\/italy-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Italy<\/a> and <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\/keider-montero-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keider Montero<\/a> for <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\/venezuela-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Venezuela.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">A 34-year-old right-hander, Lorenzen pitched 4 2\/3 scoreless innings in the group stage 8-6 upset of the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\/usa-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United States<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">&#8220;I faced him many times,&#8217; said Italy manager Francisco Cervelli, a former big league catcher. &#8220;This is the perfect guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Lorenzen, an All-Star in 2023, was 7-11 with a 4.64 ERA in 26 starts and one relief appearances for Kansas City last year, then became a free agent and signed an $8 million, one-year contract with Colorado.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">If Italy wins, <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\/aaron-nola-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Nola<\/a> would be lined up to start Tuesday night&#8217;s final against the U.S. or the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\/dominican-republic-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dominican Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Montero, a 25-year-old right-hander, pitched three scoreless innings of relief on Monday in a 4-0 first-round win over <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/world-baseball-classic\/nicaragua-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicaragua<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">He made his big league debut on May 29, 2024, and was 5-3 with a 4.37 ERA in 12 starts and eight relief appearances last year for Detroit during a season in which he was optioned to Triple-A Toledo six times. Monero was 4-4 with a 5.91 ERA in eight starts and two relief appearances for the Mud Hens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Montero had three postseason appearances last year and got a save in the AL Division Series opener, an 11-inning win over Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WBC Schedule<\/strong><strong>Semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\"><strong>Monday, March 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\" data-v-7259cf83=\"\">\n<li class=\"ff-h\" data-v-7259cf83=\"\">Italy vs. Venezuela (8 p.m., LoanDepot Park in Miami on <strong>FS1<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\"><strong>Tuesday, March 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul displaynav=\"true\" class=\"article-content mg-b-25\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\" data-v-7259cf83=\"\">\n<li class=\"ff-h\" data-v-7259cf83=\"\">SF 1 winner vs. SF2 winner (8 p.m., LoanDepot Park in Miami on <strong>FOX<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italy continues its unlikely run at the World Baseball Classic and will next take on Venezuela in Monday&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":658704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[41],"tags":[1280,1276,1281,1271,255655,2219,1284,2502,1884,1266,2228,2083,19153,20407,1288,62,1290,67,132,68,32322,21699,278900,182121],"class_list":["post-658703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-event_preview","tag-italy","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-product","tag-ronald-acuna-jr","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-sports","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-venezuela","tag-vinnie-pasquantino","tag-wbc-venezuela-vs-italy-03-16-2026","tag-world-baseball-classic"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116236475275816249","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}