An Italian model is causing a major stir online with her provocative photoshoot for the World Baseball Classic.
Italy has made a surprising run to the World Baseball Classic semifinals. Italy will be taking on Venezuela in the semifinals on Monday night. The winner will advance to the championship game, taking on the United States.
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Team Italy has gone viral throughout the tournament, for having an espresso machine in the dugout. Players have been celebrating home runs and big plays with a shot of espresso in the dugout.
In honor of Team Italy’s run to the World Baseball Classic semifinals, Italian model Ines Trocchia teamed up with Eats to do a provocative, espresso-themed photoshoot in a baseball uniform.
Team Italy photoshoot.Eats/YouTube
(Eats/YouTube)
The Eats Channel put out the video on Monday morning, in anticipation of tonight’s semifinal game.
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“Team Italy espresso shot celebration 🇮🇹 Starring @inestrocchia 🇮🇹 Watch #teamitalia win their @wbcbaseball game tonight 🇮🇹 @[email protected] 🇮🇹,” they wrote on Instagram.
The full video can be seen here.
Team Italy is gearing up for Monday night’s game
ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan shared the plan for Team Italy heading into Monday night’s game.
“Aaron Nola is starting for Italy tonight in its WBC semifinal game against Venezuela, sources tell ESPN. A change in plans, pivoting from Michael Lorenzen, who would go in a potential final against Team USA — which he beat in pool play,” he reported.
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“Another possibility for Italy, per sources: Aaron Nola and Michael Lorenzen both pitch tonight — and, if they advance, manager Francisco Cervelli goes full bullpen game in the finals against Team USA. At this point in the WBC, it’s an all-hands-on-deck approach for the Italians.”
The game is set for 8 p.m. E.T.
This story was originally published by The Spun on Mar 16, 2026, where it first appeared in the MLB section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
