After a long wait that even had to be extended for another year due to the emergency of the global pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics baseball tournament is here and the Dominican Republic national team will have the honor to open the competition against host country Japan.
After several attempts at the Premier12 World Cup and the 2021 Pre-Olympic of the Americas, the Dominican Republic team secured their ticket to the Tokyo 2020 Games during the pre-Olympic final held in Puebla, Mexico, tournament in which she finished undefeated after beating Venezuela in the final.
The Quintana Roo baseball team returns to the Olympics after 29 years, having made a historic debut in Barcelona in 1992, the first edition where baseball was part of the program.
During this edition, the Dominican team finished in sixth place with a record of 2-5. Their biggest loss in this edition of the tournament was precisely against Japan, a game in which they lost 17-0. For the opening match of baseball at the Olympics, manager Hector Borg announced as the holder Christopher Mercedes, who started in 2017 with the Yomiuri Giants in the Japanese baseball league (NPB). At the same time, Japanese manager Atsunori Inaba nominated Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who had an incredible 1.82 ERA in 16 starts for the Orix Buffaloes in the 2021 NPB season.
Where to watch Olympic baseball:
Dominican Republic vs. Japan Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 Time: 11 p.m. Dominican Republic, 10 p.m. Central Mexico. Location: Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium Channel: Claro DR, Claro Sports Latin America, NBC USA Online: Marca Claro
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