{"id":501871,"date":"2026-03-10T14:11:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/dominican-republic-and-venezuela-clash-for-the-lead-in-group-d-at-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:11:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:11:39","slug":"dominican-republic-and-venezuela-clash-for-the-lead-in-group-d-at-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/dominican-republic-and-venezuela-clash-for-the-lead-in-group-d-at-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic and Venezuela clash for the lead in Group D at the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"MIAMI. \u2013 The Dominican Republic and Venezuela national teams will star in one of the most anticipated matches of the 2026 World Baseball Classic this Wednesday, when they face each other at loanDepot Park to define the first place in Group D.\n\n\n

You may be interested in<\/strong>:DN Mayor’s Office will project RD Vs. Venezuela game in the Santo Domingo Plaza of the Malecon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe match, scheduled for 8:00 p.m., will pit two undefeated teams against each other, both with a 3-0 record after dominating their rivals in the group stage.\n\nThe mound duel will be one of the great attractions of the game, with Dominican right-hander Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara facing Venezuelan left-hander Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez, both with extensive experience in Major League Baseball.\n\n\n

Dominican Offensive Domain<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Quisqueyan team has been one of the most explosive in the tournament. In its first three matches, it has surpassed its rivals with a combined score of 34-5, after defeating Nicaragua 12-3, the Netherlands 12-1 by knockout, and Israel 10-1.\n\nMuch of the offensive success has fallen on figures like Fernando Tatis Jr., who is batting .500 with a home run and six RBIs; Junior Caminero (.400, two home runs and five RBIs); Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (.375, a home run and six RBIs); Julio Rodr\u00edguez (.429, a home run); Oneil Cruz (two home runs and four RBIs) and Juan Soto.\n\nIn the mound, starters Luis Severino and Brayan Bello offered solid performances in their respective starts, while the Dominican bullpen has been perfect by not allowing runs in 14.2 innings of work.\n\n\n

Venezuela arrives with a fiery offensive<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Venezuelan team has also shown balance in all facets of the game. The South Americans have scored 21 runs and allowed only five after defeating the Netherlands (6-2), Israel (11-3) and Nicaragua (4-0).\n\nThe offensive is led by figures like Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr., Luis Arr\u00e1ez \u2014three-time MLB batting champion\u2014, Eugenio Su\u00e1rez, Salvador P\u00e9rez, and the young Jackson Chourio. Arr\u00e1ez has been one of the most consistent, batting for an average of .545, followed by Acu\u00f1a with .400.\n\n\n

Leaders’ Expectation<\/h3>\n\n\nDominican leader Albert Pujols highlighted the quality of the rival, but assured that his team is focused on continuing to play solid baseball.\n\n“Venezuela has a tremendous team, we do too. In the end, the one who makes the fewest mistakes and scores the most runs will win,” Pujols said.\n\nFor his part, Venezuelan manager Omar L\u00f3pez pointed out that his team will maintain the same preparation that has led them to success in the tournament.\n\n“They have a good offense and a good bullpen, so do we. We are going to prepare, go out and play hard and see what the final result will be,” he indicated.\n\nHistorically, the Dominican Republic dominates the series against Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic with a 4-1 record.\n\nThe winner of the match will take first place in Group D and define their path to the quarterfinals of the tournament, in a duel that promises to be one of the most intense of this edition of the World Baseball Classic. Data: H\u00e9ctor G\u00f3mez.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MIAMI. \u2013 The Dominican Republic and Venezuela national teams will star in one of the most anticipated matches of the 2026 World Baseball Classic this Wednesday, when they face each other at loanDepot Park to define the first place in Group D. You may be interested in:DN Mayor’s Office will project RD Vs. Venezuela game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,40813,13766,41186,41301],"class_list":["post-501871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-theperiodicodelatruth","tag-world-baseball-classic"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26yH","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}