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Bat-flip by Rangers’ Odor in WBC miffs Astros’ Bregman

. Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor drove in the go-ahead run Monday night for Venezuela in a win-or-go-home World Baseball Classic tiebreaker against Italy.

The box score shows only an RBI single, though the hit bounced off the top of the wall in left-center field. Odor flipped his bat and jogged to first thinking he had hit a home run.

He eventually scored an insurance run that was badly needed in a 4-3 victory.

But the bat flip didn’t sit well with Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman, who has been riding the bench for Team USA.