{"id":4516,"date":"2026-06-30T05:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T05:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4516"},"modified":"2026-06-30T05:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T05:35:04","slug":"a-bat-flip-a-shout-of-venezuela-and-tears-for-home-as-red-sox-1b-willson-contreras-plays-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4516","title":{"rendered":"A bat flip, a shout of \u2018Venezuela\u2019 and tears for home as Red Sox 1B Willson Contreras plays on"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>BOSTON (AP) \u2014 Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras knows the people back home in his native Venezuela are hurting as they try to deal with the fallout from a pair of massive earthquakes that left hundreds dead.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4514\">Saibari\u2019s shootout winner sends Morocco past the Netherlands, earliest World Cup exit for the Dutch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pull to return home to help is real. That isn\u2019t an option for Contreras at the moment, so on Monday night against Washington, he did what he could to show that what\u2019s happening back home isn\u2019t far from his mind.<\/p>\n<p>Contreras unleashed a massive bat flip after ripping a 421-foot homer in what became a 6-3 Boston victory. He then broke down in tears in the dugout, the anguish that\u2019s been a constant since portions of his homeland were turned into rubble last week pouring out of him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything that\u2019s going on in Venezuela, it\u2019s not easy to hide,\u201d Contreras told reporters after the game. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy just to show up and play with everything that is going on in my country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The urge to do something, anything, to help is real. Contreras looked toward the Boston dugout and shouted \u201cVenezuela\u201d before making the trip around the bases following a three-run shot that marked his 18th homer of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4512\">Man accused of shooting his own father in the chest makes Durham court appearance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I could be there helping people and I can\u2019t do that,\u201d Contreras said. \u201cAnd the homer just represents something that I pray to God for it to happen, because that\u2019s the only thing I can do for Venezuela right now physically. And that\u2019s why I was emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old Contreras was born in Puerto Cabello, about three hours west of the capital of Caracas. He described frustration over reports of volunteers and aid packages having trouble getting through to those who need it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sucks seeing so many bad things going on in Venezuela,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we deserve all of this. We\u2019re a good people. Good country. We are good people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contreras\u2019 night on the field ended a bit early. First base umpire Nic Lentz ejected him in the second inning after Lentz ruled Contreras failed to check his swing on a Miles Mikolas pitch that ended up being a strikeout.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4508\">Possible explosion, fire at metals facility in Durham under investigation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON (AP) \u2014 Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras knows the people back home&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A bat flip, a shout of \u2018Venezuela\u2019 and tears for home as Red Sox 1B Willson Contreras plays on - 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