For Venezuelans across Massachusetts, there was one dominant feeling after their home country won its first-ever World Baseball Classic title Tuesday: pride.

Daniel Palencia strikes out Roman Anthony and Venezuela are the World Baseball Classic champions!

Maikel Garcia’s third-inning sacrifice fly and Wilyer Abreu’s fifth-inning homer off rookie Nolan McLean built a 2-0 lead before a roaring pro-Latin America crowd.

Venezuela had just won the World Baseball Classic, the greatest victory in the country's rich baseball history, and Harper wanted to pay homage.

He couldn’t lose.

Gimnez watched most of the championship game form the dugout.