Dominican Republic 'Gigantes' beat Mexico 'Tomateros' in the ninth inning and responded with two runs in their last offensive shift and eliminated Puerto Rico in the Series Del Caribe. The Puerto Rican team were two outs to stay alive in the tournament, but Mexico failed in the ninth inning. Elian Herrera hit a grand slam untieying the game and defeated the Mexican team with slate 3-2 in the fourth round of Serie Del Caribe in Hiram Bithorn Stadium. With this win, Dominican Republic secured their place in the semifinal on Saturday along with Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela.Puerto Rico today will end its participation in the first stage of the tournament against Dominican Republic.Mexico in the third inning gained their first hit off starter Parker Frazier.
After two outs, Rico Noel singled to right. And later, Noel went to third when the Dominican catcher Carlos Paulino, made an initial shot in an attempt to catch him, but it was deflected and the ball went deep to right.Mexico 's second hit came in the seventh inning thanks to an error by center fielder Willy Garcia, with two outs. With José Rodríguez running to second base, Ali Solis hit deep to center high. Garcia came to home, but failed to catch, allowing another hit from Rodriguez.The Dominicans, meanwhile scored a run in the eighth. A free ticket and two errors in defense of the Mexican team took to the Dominican to load the bases with no outs. The race was produced by a wild pitch lefty Daniel Rodriguez. But it was all right Rodriguez and Gary Majewski allowed to preserve the advantage of the ninth. To see the exciting moments that ended up in the triumph of the Dominican team making it to the Semifinals of the Serie Del Caribe check out the video below.
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