Juan Soto and Manny Machado hit home runs and Christian Xavier he pitched four scoreless innings in the Dominican Republic win 6-1 over Nicaragua in the day of this Monday corresponding to group D of the World Baseball Classic.
with his victory, the Dominicans place their mark at 1-1. Tomorrow, Tuesday will face the team from Israel with Roansy Contreras as a starting pitcher.
Soto and Machado hit back-to-back hits in consecutive innings, in the sixth and seventh, to make it 6-0.
Raphael Devers He hit an RBI double in the first inning. Eloy Jiménez, Julio Rodríguez and Francisco Mejía they also drove in runs.
Javier pitched the first four innings, giving up two hits and a walk with four strikeouts. He was followed in the box by Diego Castillo, Rafael Montero, Cesar Valdez and Luis Garcia.
The emergent Elian Miranda he drove in Nicaragua’s only single with a single in the eighth inning.
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