The U.S. fell to 1-1 and is in jeopardy of being eliminated in the first round. The comeback delighted a clamorous crowd of 37,446, the largest for baseball in the five-year history of Marlins Park. Butera appeared to try limiting contact with Perez but still fell into his left knee, and Perez struggled to put weight on the leg as he was helped off the field. “Right now, he’s a question mark for tomorrow’s game.”Perez hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to put Venezuela ahead 10-8. The 2015 World Series MVP had surgery in 2012 to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee.

Source: thestar March 12, 2017 04:41 UTC