{"id":502195,"date":"2026-03-14T19:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/dominican-republic-and-united-states-to-star-in-decisive-duel-in-world-baseball-classic-semifinals\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T19:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:51:22","slug":"dominican-republic-and-united-states-to-star-in-decisive-duel-in-world-baseball-classic-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/dominican-republic-and-united-states-to-star-in-decisive-duel-in-world-baseball-classic-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic and United States to star in decisive duel in World Baseball Classic semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"Miami.<\/strong> Dominican Republic and the United States will face each other in an anticipated semi-final match of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, in a game where the winner will advance to the grand final of the tournament and the loser will be eliminated.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong>Italy eliminates Puerto Rico and advances to the World Baseball Classic semifinals for the first time<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nBoth teams arrive with rosters full of Major League stars and collective numbers that reflect the high level of play shown during the championship.\n\n\n

Dominican Advantage with the Bat<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Dominican offense has been one of the most explosive of the tournament. The Dominican team leads in runs scored with “51”, in addition to dominating in home runs with “14”, far above the “7” connected by the United States.\n\nLikewise, the Dominican Republic presents a batting average of .312<\/strong>, an on-base percentage of .453<\/strong>, and an OPS of 1.090<\/strong>, all superior to the records of the American team.\n\n\n

Dominican Pitching Also Stands Out<\/h3>\n\n\nIn the pitching area, the Dominican team has also shown great dominance. Their collective effectiveness is 1.98<\/strong>, compared to 3.40<\/strong> for the American team.\n\nDominican pitchers have limited their rivals to a batting average of “.172”, while the United States team has allowed “.184”.\n\n\n

Statistical Comparison<\/h3>\n\n\nHere’s a summary of the main collective statistics of both teams in the tournament:\n\n\n
Categor\u00eda<\/th>Rep\u00fablica Dominicana<\/th>Estados Unidos<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Entradas lanzadas (IP)<\/td>41.0<\/td>45.0<\/td><\/tr>
Bateadores enfrentados (TBF)<\/td>160<\/td>175<\/td><\/tr>
Efectividad (ERA)<\/td>1.98<\/strong><\/td>3.40<\/td><\/tr>
Porcentaje de bases por bolas (BB%)<\/td>8.1<\/td>4.6<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Porcentaje de ponches (K%)<\/td>30.0<\/td>38.9<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
WHIP<\/td>0.93<\/td>0.84<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Relaci\u00f3n GB\/FB<\/td>3.23<\/strong><\/td>2.04<\/td><\/tr>
Promedio permitido (BAA)<\/td>.172<\/strong><\/td>.184<\/td><\/tr>
OPS permitido<\/td>.492<\/strong><\/td>.608<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Offensive<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Categor\u00eda<\/th>Estados Unidos<\/th>Rep\u00fablica Dominicana<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Apariciones al plato (PA)<\/td>217<\/td>201<\/td><\/tr>
Carreras (R)<\/td>40<\/td>51<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Hits (H)<\/td>49<\/td>49<\/td><\/tr>
Jonrones (HR)<\/td>7<\/td>14<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Extrabases (XBH)<\/td>18<\/td>22<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
BB-K<\/td>37-33<\/td>39-29<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Promedio (BA)<\/td>.283<\/td>.312<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
OBP<\/td>.415<\/td>.453<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
OPS<\/td>.883<\/td>1.090<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\nThe showdown promises to be one of the most electrifying of the tournament, with two world baseball powers battling for a place in the World Baseball Classic final.\n\nThe game will be played at loanDepot Park in Miami, where thousands of fans are waiting to witness another chapter of this historic baseball rivalry. Data: Eric Lantigua.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miami. Dominican Republic and the United States will face each other in an anticipated semi-final match of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, in a game where the winner will advance to the grand final of the tournament and the loser will be eliminated. You may be interested in:Italy eliminates Puerto Rico and advances to the […]<\/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":[26621,611,40853,40230],"class_list":["post-502195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-baseball-classic","tag-deultimominuto","tag-thetruthnewspaper","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26DV","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\/502195","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=502195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}