{"id":501991,"date":"2026-03-11T19:35:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/dominican-republic-and-venezuela-announce-their-lineups-for-group-d-clash-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:59:10","slug":"dominican-republic-and-venezuela-announce-their-lineups-for-group-d-clash-in-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/dominican-republic-and-venezuela-announce-their-lineups-for-group-d-clash-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic and Venezuela announce their lineups for Group D clash in the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"MIAMI. \u2013 The Dominican Republic (baseball team) and Venezuela (baseball team) have already defined their lineups for this Tuesday’s match in Group D of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, scheduled for 8:00 p.m. at LoanDepot Park in Miami.\n\n\n

You may be interested in<\/strong>: DR and Venezuela will clash for the sixth time in the World Baseball Classic: this has been the history between the two<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe Dominican team will open the game with an offense led by Fernando Tatis Jr., followed by Ketel Marte and Juan Soto in the first three batting order spots. In the heart of the lineup will be Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Manny Machado, while Junior Caminero will serve as the designated hitter.\n\nCenter fielder will be Julio Rodriguez, with Austin Wells behind the plate and Geraldo Perdomo defending shortstop. On the mound, right-hander Sandy Alcantara will start.\n\nFor its part, Venezuela will have Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. as its first batter, followed by Maikel Garc\u00eda and Luis Arr\u00e1ez. The fourth turn will be for Willson Contreras, with Salvador P\u00e9rez as the designated hitter.\n\nThe catcher will be William Contreras, while the outfield will feature Wilyer Abreu and Jackson Chourio. The shortstop will be Ezequiel Tovar and the starting pitcher for the game will be the left-hander Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez.\n\nThe match is part of the group stage of the tournament, where both teams seek to consolidate their position towards the next round of the championship.\n\n\n

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Dominican Republic Lineup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. RF \u2013 Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. 2B \u2013 Ketel Marte<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. LF \u2013 Juan Soto<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. 1B \u2013 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. 3B \u2013 Manny Machado<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. DH \u2013 Junior Caminero<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. CF \u2013 Julio Rodr\u00edguez<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. C \u2013 Austin Wells<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. SS \u2013 Geraldo Perdomo
    P \u2013<\/strong> Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Venezuela’s Lineup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    1. RF \u2013 Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. 3B \u2013 Maikel Garc\u00eda<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. 2B \u2013 Luis Arr\u00e1ez<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. 1B \u2013 Willson Contreras<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. DH \u2013 Salvador P\u00e9rez<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. C \u2013 William Contreras<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. LF \u2013 Wilyer Abreu<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. SS \u2013 Ezequiel Tovar<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. CF \u2013 Jackson Chourio
      P \u2013<\/strong> Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      MIAMI. \u2013 The Dominican Republic (baseball team) and Venezuela (baseball team) have already defined their lineups for this Tuesday’s match in Group D of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, scheduled for 8:00 p.m. at LoanDepot Park in Miami. You may be interested in: DR and Venezuela will clash for the sixth time in the World […]<\/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":[611,40231,40813,13766,41186,40230,41301],"class_list":["post-501991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-theperiodicodelatruth","tag-united-states","tag-world-baseball-classic"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26AD","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\/501991","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=501991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}