The Dominican Republic is the last team to qualify for the Olympics in baseball. The final tournament saw his victory in the last act against Venezuela for 8-5, thus certifying the arrival of a decidedly particular edition of the five-circle review, in which there will be no Cuba.
The final tournament, played in Puebla, Mexico, was a result very difficult to read as, of the initial six participants, only three were able to take the start. China Taipei and China, in fact, have slipped away due to the prevailing Covid-19 issues, and so has Australia, which, as is well known, has very strict parameters in terms of combating the pandemic.
The confrontation in this case was decided in the fourth inning, in which the Dominican Republic dealt a fatal blow to Venezuelan hopes thanks to the six points scored. In particular, the double of Goris, the singles of Torres, Valerio and Nunez (from 2 RBI) and the sacrifice of Boniacio are reported. Venezuela, who went 3-0 with a 3-0 home run by Rincones, were no longer able to react with conviction, and the singles from Palma in the seventh inning and Vasquez in the ninth were not enough to recover. .
For the Dominican Republic, this is a historic goal, as he had not participated in the Olympic Games since 1992. In the two participations (the Spanish one and, eight years earlier, the American one as a replacement instead of Cuba) 6th and 8th place. It reaches Japan, Israel, Mexico, the United States and South Korea in the qualifying lot.
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