Miami, March 18 -- Venezuela sealed their first-ever World Baseball Classic (WBC) Championship title, stunning the 2017 champions and two-time runners-up, USA in a gripping title clash at Miami on Wednesday.

Venezuela outclassed the USA by 3-2.

The USA was pretty flat and ordinary during the match, and it was during the eighth inning that a swat from Bryce Harper levelled the scores and kept the USA's chances of a second title alive.

Bryce Harper turned the game on its head with a swat in the eighth inning, levelling the scores and silencing the Venezuela fans. After Luis Arraez drew a walk to lead off the ninth inning, the pinch-runner Javier Sanoja barely stole second base, Eugenio Suarez came in clutch with the most important hit of...