Boca Chica.- The representation of Puerto Rico was crowned this Thursday champion of the sixth U15 Pre-World Baseball tournament, after beating the Dominican Republic 5 to 4 in the final game of the event, held before a large crowd at the Reds complex. of Cincinnati located in this district in Baseball City.
The silver went to the Dominican Republic and the bronze went to Mexico’s ninth team.
The Puerto Rican youngsters took advantage of two errors by Wandy Asigen, defender of the second base, who let a ground ball escape through his fields, and by Miguel Grullón, who on the same hit and from right field made a deflected shot to the third base when Puerto Rico had two runners in scoring position.
At that moment the match was 4-3 in favor of the Quisqueyans and this double mistake turned the score around. The Dominicans threatened seriously at the conclusion of the seventh after first starting the inning with a single, then placing runners on first and second with less than two outs, but Angel Núñez and Oscar García each failed with fly balls.
After their success, the Puerto Ricans won the gold medal, the Dominican Republic won the silver and Mexico won the bronze, after beating Nicaragua 3 times to 1. These four nations, along with Venezuela, were the ones that qualified for the World Cup, an event that will be held in September in Colombia.
This Thursday was the only failure that the Quisqueyans had in the World Cup, while Puerto Rico went undefeated.
Puerto Rico scored three runs in the second and then two in the sixth. The Dominicans scored one in the second, another in the third and two in the fifth.
Juan Rivero was the winning pitcher and Justin Burgos was the defeated one.
For the Dominicans, Asigen produced a home run, Snake Alvarez had three hits; Alfredo Sena had two hits.
The event awarded five spots for the U15 Baseball World Championship where Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela qualified. It was dedicated to Aracelis León, president of the Venezuelan Baseball Federation.
Individual awards.
In the individual awards of the event, Alfredo Sena commanded respect and won five of them, the native of Bahoruco was the best outfield hitter, most runs batted in, the one with the most home runs, the most base stealer, and the most valuable player.
The pitcher with the best effectiveness was Josue Ramos of Nicaragua, Víctor Padilla for the Republic was the best pitcher with the highest effectiveness, for Nicaragua Luis García was the top run scorer and his compatriot Jean Catin was the best defensive player.
Team of the Americas.
The ideal team recognizes the best players by position who had the best performance throughout the event, Víctor Padilla (Dom. Rep.) starting pitcher, Steven Guillen (Venezuela) relief pitcher, Eddy Coronado (Nicaragua) catcher, Julio Avendaño (Panama) ) first baseman, the best third baseman was Jean Rosa (Puerto Rico), Alfredo Sena (Dom. Rep.) was the best shortstop, Berman Moreno (Nicaragua), Cristhian Lias (Cuba) and Sebastián Cruz (Puerto Rico) were the best outfielders , while Frank Frías of the Dominican Republic ranked as the best designated hitter.
The WBSC and the Dominican Baseball Federation, chaired by Juan Núñez Nepomuceno, were responsible for the organization of the contest that was very successfully held in Baseball City.
The fair had the support of the National Institute of Physical Education, the Directorate of the National Baseball Commissioner, Seaboard, Banreservas, Gatorade among others.
2024-03-22 01:40:20
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