In an epic day, the women’s softball team of the Dominican Republic won the gold medal at the XIX Bolivarian Sports Games in this capital city of the Department of Cesar.
The pitcher Eduarda Rocha assumed a role as a star by responding to the confidence of the manager Germán Taveras and executed the first five scoreless innings until with a 12-0 lead, Colombia had a strong reaction at the end of the sixth, they scored three and left two on bases. Caury Rincón came to the rescue and the match ended 12-3.
The Quisqueyanas won their first three matches of the tournament and lost the last three of the qualifying phase of Peru, Colombia and Venezuela, to qualify in fourth place.
In the finals by the Page System and against all odds, he dropped Venezuela from the possibility of medals, relegated the feisty Peru to the bronze medal and ended with a beating against the host and favorite Colombia, before his own crowd that packed the stadium. Dorismel Pacheco from the La Gota Fría sports complex.
The Dominican took command in the third episode with two runs in the third episode. Yanela Gómez led off with a single and Alondra Vásquez sent her to third with another hit to right field. Daniela Bautista batted for Yamel González, drove in Yanela with a sacrifice fly to the right and Alondra ran to third and hit the pentagon with a hit to Anabel Ulloa’s box.
It increased 3-0 in the fourth with indispensable Saldaña and Geraldine Félix, a base on balls that reached the bases and the first scored on a wild pitch by Colombian pitcher Yina Ballestra.
The difference increased 5-0 in the fifth, with hits from Claudia and Anabel bequeathing singles to the field, advancing by wildpitch and Claudia scored by another wild pitch and Ulloa by Clary Saldaña’s sacrifice.
Colombia threatened in the fifth due to a triple by Soribel Núñez with no out, but pitcher Eduarda Rocha struck out the next one, dominated her fields with a sting in the second and closed the field with a ground ball.
In the sixth they loaded the bases for Yanela, Yamel got on base by error, Santana hit and Anabel negotiated a transfer forcing the sixth run. Next, Jessica Rivera shot an RBI double, Anabel scored on a bad shot and Rivera reached third base. Clary Saldaña hit a tremendous home run to take the score 11-0.