“I have no words to describe it,” Meneses said. “It was a very nice feeling with a lot of adrenaline, with a full stadium… it’s something I’ll never forget.”
Meneses, who is batting .324 with a .930 on-base plus slugging percentage, 13 home runs and 34 RBIs in 56 games with Washington over the final two months of last season, scored his second shot with a slam dunk pitch. bat that rained, launching his drive about 20 feet in the air in front of Mexico’s first base dugout as his teammates, including Dodgers left-hander Julio Urías, went wild on the diamond.
Urías and Meneses, both from Culiacán, have known each other since childhood, but they never played together because Meneses is four years older than Urías (26).
In it First chapter of this tournament after getting the unstoppable (with one out on the board), putting Mexico 2-0 on top of one of the great favorites (along with Japan) to defend the title in the World Classic.
Mexico arrived without setbacks until the last inning and left without movement the marker to get his first victory in the World Classic 2023.
For the next meeting of the Mexican squad it will be the Tuesday March 14 at 20:00 (Center of the CDMX), in which His future could be traced in the World Classic.