Venezuela’s Jose Altuve scores a run in the fifth inning of a World Baseball Classic game against Italy, in Guadalajara, Mexico, Saturday, March 11, 2017. Venezuela’s Jose Altuve scores a run in the fifth inning of a World Baseball Classic game against Italy, in Guadalajara, Mexico, Saturday, March 11, 2017.
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Italy riding high after climbing ‘big mountain’
Overshadowed in a field that includes Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, Team Italy knows its place in Pool D of the World Baseball Classic. Italia is not the favorite.