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03/09 14:07 CDT Tatis' grand slam, 6 RBIs leads Dominican Republic over Israel
10-and into WBC quarterfinals
Tatis' grand slam, 6 RBIs leads Dominican Republic over Israel 10-and into WBC
quarterfinals
The Associated Press
Fernando Tatis hit a grand slam and drove in six runs, and the Dominican
Republic clinched a spot in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals with a
10-1 win over Israel on Monday in Miami.
Tatis homered in the second inning on a 78.5 mph changeup off Ryan Prager,
standing at home plate and admiring his no-doubt drive over the left-field
wall, then added a two-run single in the seventh. Geraldo Perdomo had put the
Dominicans ahead with a bases-loaded walk.
Tatis' six RBIs tied Adrian Gonzlez in 2009 for second-most in a WBC game, one
behind Ken Griffey Jr.'s record in 2006.
The Dominicans (3-0) lead Group D over Venezuela (2-0), which also clinched a
quarterfinal berth due to the Dominicans' win.
Venezuela played Nicaragua (0-3) later Monday and the winner of Tuesday's
Venezuela-Dominican Republic game will play South Korea in a quarterfinal in
Miami on Friday, The loser will face Shohei Ohtani and Japan at Miami on
Saturday.
Oneil Cruz added a solo homer in the fourth off Zack Weiss, a 115.9 mph drive.
Spencer Horwitz drove in Israel's run with a fourth-inning homer against winner
Bryan Bello, the only hit allowed in five innings by Bello, who struck out
seven and walked none.
Horwitz and Noah Mendlinger, the top two hitters in the order for Israel (1-2),
went a combined 2 for 7, while the rest of the order went 0 for 22.
South Korea joins Japan in quarterfinals, advances with 7-2 win over
Australia
South Korea advanced to the quarterfinals, moving past the first round for the
first time since 2009 by beating Australia 7-2 at the Tokyo Dome behind four
RBIs from Bo Gyeong Moon, who leads the tournament with 11.
The South Koreans (2-2) finished second in Group C behind Japan and Shohei
Ohtani, and they will next play on Friday. South Korea, Australia and Taiwan
all had identical records, and South Korea needed to beat Australia by five
runs or more to advance based on a tiebreaker of fewest runs allowed divided by
defensive outs.
Australia would have advanced with a win or a loss by four runs or fewer.
Hyun Min Ahn hit a decisive sacrifice fly in the ninth that scored Hae-Min Park
standing up. Do Yeong Kim walked against Jack O'Loughlin leading off and Park,
a pinch runner, reached third when Jung Hoo Lee's grounder off O'Loughlin's
glove went to shortstop Jarryd Dale, whose throw to second bounced into short
right field for an error.
With Australia needing one run to advance, Chris Burke walked with one out in
the bottom half and Lee robbed Rixon Wingrove of an extra-base hit with a
sliding, backhand catch in the right-center gap. Pinch-hitter Logan Wade
followed with a game-ending popout to Moon, and the first baseman threw his
glove high in celebration.
Winner Ju Young Son pitched a scoreless first. Loser Lachlan Wells allowed two
runs, two hits and two walks in 1 2/3 innings.
Moon had three hits, including a second-inning homer off Wells, and is batting
.538 (7 for 13). Lee and Moon had RBI doubles in the third, and Moon added a
run-scoring single for a 5-0 lead in the fifth.
Robbie Glendinning homered in the bottom half but Do Yeong Kim's RBI single
boosted the lead to 6-1 in the sixth. Top prospect Travis Bazzana hit a
run-scoring single in the eighth.
Japan (3-0) closes group play on Tuesday against the Czech Republic (0-3).
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