{"id":491446,"date":"2025-11-15T20:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T00:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/a-home-run-by-rodriguez-defines-r-d-s-victory-over-p-r-at-citi-field\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T20:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T00:44:57","slug":"a-home-run-by-rodriguez-defines-r-d-s-victory-over-p-r-at-citi-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/a-home-run-by-rodriguez-defines-r-d-s-victory-over-p-r-at-citi-field\/","title":{"rendered":"A home run by Rodriguez defines R.D.’s victory over P.R. at Citi Field"},"content":{"rendered":"Emmanuel Rodr\u00edguez hit a two-run home run and Wester Rivas drove in two runs as the Dominican Republic defeated Puerto Rico 2-6 in the “Showdown” event, held this Saturday at Citi Field in New York, home of the Mets in the Major Leagues.\n\nThe encounter, which pitted the stars of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (Lidom) and the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (Lbprc) of Puerto Rico against each other, marked a milestone by becoming the first official “All-Star Game” type matchup held on the continental territory of the United States.\n\n\n

 Tributes to Delgado and Cano<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nIn an atmosphere charged by the flavor of both Caribbean countries, Dominican ex-second baseman Robinson Can\u00f3 and Puerto Rican Carlos Delgado were honored for their careers in baseball.\n\nDelgado received a recognition before the start of the game, while Cano, who started as a second baseman and third batter for the Dominican team, was removed from the game in the seventh inning by his compatriot Luis Castillo, amid the joy of those present.\n\nAs a token of recognition for both baseball figures, the teams of both nations played wearing the number 24 jacket of Can\u00f3, in the case of the Dominican team, and the 21 of Delgado, the Puerto Ricans.\n\nIn the inaugural ceremony, Puerto Rican salsa singer Gilberto Santa Rosa and Dominican merengue singer and senator H\u00e9ctor Acosta, also known as ‘El Torito’, performed the national anthems of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, respectively.\n\nThe ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Dominican disc jockey and record producer DJ Adoni and Puerto Rican boxer Edgar Verlanga.\n\n\n

 The party’s action<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nIn the game, the Puerto Ricans threatened to take the lead in the second inning, when they placed runners on first and third with no “outs”, but C\u00e9sar Valdez retired Luis V\u00e1zquez with a line drive to the third baseman, eliminated Isan D\u00edaz and after giving a walk to Mart\u00edn Maldonado, dominated Bryan Torres with a ground ball to end the inning without allowing a run.\n\nThe Dominicans also loaded the pads in the third chapter, after two “outs”, but Andrew Marrero eliminated Aderlin Rodr\u00edguez to keep the game scoreless.\n\nAlthough both teams continued to put runners in scoring position, the game remained unchanged until the top of the sixth inning, when the Dominicans scored three times against reliever Yacksel Rios.\n\nThe Dominicans’ first run in that sixth inning came on the legs of Aderlin Rodriguez, who scored on a fly ball to center field by Socrates Brito.\n\nWester Rivas was in charge of adding the other two annotations of the Dominicans, with an indisputable one to center field, with which he drove in Emmanuel Rodr\u00edguez and Cristhian Adames.\n\nThe ones from the Island of Enchantment responded by scoring two runs in the seventh inning, when with two outs, Jack L\u00f3pez hit a fly ball against Jefry Yan, which fell between left fielder Emmanuel Rodriguez and shortstop \u00c1ngel Genao, allowing Johneshwy Fargas and Nelson Vel\u00e1zquez to score.\n\nThe Lidom players struck back in the eighth inning, when with Brito on base, Emmanuel Rodr\u00edguez crushed a “pitch” (pitch) from Osvaldo Berrios, to send the ball over the right field wall, adding two runs to the scoreboard.\n\nIn the ninth act, Junior Lake hit a double to right field against Jonathan Bermudez, bringing Angel Genao to the plate with the sixth run for the Dominicans.\n\nThe victory went to Gabriel Ynoa (1-0), who pitched a scoreless inning and the loss to Yacksel R\u00edos (0-1), who was attacked with three runs in two-thirds of an inning.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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