Team Dominican Republic takes on Team Venezuela in Pool Play!
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Foreign yeah this World Baseball Classic from Miami the home ballpark of the great Sandy alcantra who’s going to make his World Baseball Classic debut tonight a game against Venezuela that features some of the great stars in the game we are underway in pool D yeah we’ll talk
About Martin Perez and it starts with strike one if he can do that he can go to work with everybody else and this is a young player Julio Rodriguez he wants to see where he’s at right now this is a good matchup this is the first hitter of the first
Game of this tournament for these two teams listen to this place it’s electric dad they’re into it they’ll be into it for the whole game Rodriguez also has speed Juan Soto is the hitter and he drives the first pitch out to left center field very well hit and it’s
Going to bounce off the wall Rodriguez flying around third and he’s going to come in to score the first run of the game what a start for the Dominican it’s a party it’s a party are we in Miami one so is what he’s been doing since spring training using the left Center
Gap at all times when he’s at his best he’s letting the ball travel and using the whole field Contra last year this is his home ballpark pitching for the Marlins and it was a just a totally dominant Year Jose altuve’s worked the cab full Here Comes Altuve hard hit
Knocked down at first ball rolls away and Altuve is going to be safe for the base hit candelario just couldn’t quite handle it cleanly so Venezuela has a base runner right away over at first on the ground hard hit right to there’s one that’s two he’s at his best right there he wanted
The double play 1-1 Advantage goes to San Diego Contra and it’s first on-back against Acuna up two down nobody on Louisa rise left-handed hitting first baseman batting champion for the Minnesota Twins out to left center field toward the Gap and that one’s going to get down
It’ll roll all the way to the wall in between Rodriguez and Soto rise to second he’ll stop there so that’s two hits among the first three hitters for Venezuela against the great Sandy Al Contra chance for Venezuela to tie the game up with a base hit Salvador Perez
Using the aggressiveness right now in San Diego Contra and more he feels it and so does this Stadium right now one two got it a couple of hits no runs we’ll go to the second but that was huge but he’s still got to get through Juan Soto lasted a
Double first pitch he saw tonight just last inning faces loaded two down Soto hits one on the ground the second got it that was some great pitching big inning right there by him you can tell Sandy’s truck right now two down base is empty [Applause] deep right field gone into the second
Deck uh-oh Anthony Santander no surprise to the long ball 33 home runs in 2022 well he has just come up in the biggest of stage in his young career oh he was ready for the action now Contra is in some trouble tie game bottom three two on nobody out minimize as much as
Possible and like Sandy has done throughout his career he loves getting the ground balls in moments like this big Chopper to Machado goes to Second for the out there the throw the first and the stretch they got him double play if we were talking about it if it ain’t
Broke don’t fix it completely tied up Acuna on three pitches 98 99 99 so now two outs runner at third Luis arrives squiver to Machado he’s got it throws him out getting over all four Rodriguez draws the walk that moves candelario to Second and it’ll bring up Juan Soto with
Two on and two out Soto hits him hard and it kicks off about Tuesday who Scoops it up and throws him out no Panic from Jose Altuve game still tied one to one the bases are loaded with nobody out the stressful situation I think Sandy’s
Been in in a long time we don’t care if one run scores we’ll take the double play these fans understand the situation right now don’t they they’re giving Sandy everything they’ve got that’s going to be a huge first down on the infield infield fly rule is called
And the catch bait anyway for a big outnumber one that’s just not fair could be his final hitter it’s David Peralta Bases Loaded two down one two [Applause] right field one run is in here comes the throw it’s cut off two run score Venezuela David Peralta wanted it back they lead three
To one when we thought he was overmatched he came to play a mistake with San Diego Cantrell throwing him that slider what a moment for David Peralta I guess one of the great pitchers in the world Venezuela takes a lead pitching change so now alcantra out
Of the game top of the order Jose Altuve will come up for the third time his first pitch high and tight look out wow he’s not supposed to do that to your teammate and now high and tight again [Applause] it has been said that it’s a lot harder
To throw to your teammates especially in situations like this Altuve draws the walk in a moment like this with Bases Loaded I know Ronald Acuna Jr has been thinking of moments like this all his life but Venezuela knocks out coptra out of the game and they take the lead we’re
Through four it’s three to one Suarez draws a two-out walk and with all the players in this game the biggest superstars in baseball the guy who has been the most impactful player in the game tonight is coming to the plate right now David Peralta Swenson drives out with the center field
And that one’s going to get by the center fielder Rodriguez coming to Third Suarez and no relay throw will be made home Peralta is going to stop a run is scored Peralta will be tagged out but it’s another run batted in for David Peralta and that puts Venezuela ahead
4-1 what a game he’s having even with a base running mistake he runs into an out you make sure the Run scores add to the lead it’s 4-1 if you had said two hitters into this game that Venezuela would be leading 4-1 and really controlling this first game for these
Two teams in pool D of this World Baseball Classic I would not have believed you two down Altuve goes to third on the play new salvi Perez [Applause] Rodriguez with room and that’s out number three Dominican Republic running out of outs they need to get to work
It’s 4-1 Venezuela we go to the eighth you know the smoke is brewing the smoking it’s getting a little thicker are you pop one right here all of a sudden now it gets very diceye shallow right not an easy play falling and come on a lunging catch Santander two down
About the what he’s done in the off season to get his body ready wow well he was ready for that time he wanted the ball hit to him one two got it with him more frustration for the Dominican more celebration for Venezuela we’re talking about Santander and Peralta both
Outfielders that came into the Venezuelan roster with a lot of question marks rolling the load on what the Venezuelan team is all about on the offensive side pulled [Applause] sticks in the corner and he’s going to track for third and no throw is made it’s a triple have
Yourself a game unbelievable and boy as he gets stuck in that right field Corner Santander was thinking three all the way an extra run over a third with two down Eugenio Suarez a Franco he had center field it’s another run for Venezuela winning half you know with
These great hitters velocity is just not going to get it done at some point these guys are going to make an adjustment Suarez has done just that simple St for Eugenio Suarez right there team Venezuela three outs away from an historic massive win against the Dominican Republic we go to the ninth
Inning and they’ll give the ball to the left-hander of the hard throwing Jose Alvarado to try to get those last three outs here’s Juan Soto Soto doubled in the first run of the game two hitters in tonight that one ripped down the right field line that is a fair ball
Is going to have his second extra base hit of the game and the Dominican Republic is not done yet you mentioned the walks can be an issue for this guy that is not the spot for a walk Fernandez digs in 100 strike three called Big Pitch right there I think to Oscar
Hernandez a little bit in between nonetheless Alvarado’s just absolutely dotted that pitch but air has been lifted off the stadium right just feels for a second everybody’s just waiting around something big to happen now Venezuela one out away Devers chops one to third Suarez races to the back for the put-off an historic
Win for Venezuela the first time they’ve ever beaten the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic and what a team performance the bottom of the order the bullpen wasn’t only the big stars on this Venezuelan team that contributed to a 5-1 victory over the Dominican
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