(Press Release; FEVEBEISBOL).- The smile continues for Venezuela, which beat Puerto Rico 5 to 2 in a vital game to put a foot and a half in the Super Round in Japan.
Venezuela improves to 3-1 and with a victory on Thursday against the Netherlands they will ensure they advance as group leader without depending on any other result of the day.
He Team He relied on his relievers, who in eight innings did not allow runs, gave up just four hits, walked four, but struck out eleven.
Oddanier Mosqueda was brilliant by striking out six in 2.2 innings, while Liarvis Breto took the win in relief in 1.2 innings in which he fanned three rivals.
Carlos Pérez hit a home run and was 2 for 4 in total with two runs scored and two RBIs, while Hernán Pérez went 2 for 3 with a pair of RBIs, and one scored with a home run.
Venezuela will face the Netherlands in its last group game looking to win and seal its ticket to Japan, thus fulfilling the first objective set during this tournament.
The United States will play against Mexico and Püerto Rico against Panama, only the Puerto Ricans are already mathematically eliminated, but the other three countries, including the Netherlands, are also seeking to get the pass, to do so they must win their matches, so tomorrow’s matchday presents opportunity to advance to Tokyo for almost everyone.
(Media Management; Guillermo Yáber Llanos)
