It started close, but again ended prematurely. After the 10:0 defeat to Puerto Rico, Israel’s baseball team was defeated by the Dominican Republic by the same score, and will end its appearances in the World Championship tonight against Venezuela, which beat Nicaragua 1:4.
Unlike the game against Puerto Rico, this time the Israelis were in the picture until the sixth inning, but then, trailing 3:0, they conceded four runs, in the seventh they conceded three more and the game was stopped, like two days ago, before it reached nine innings due to the run differential rule.
The Dominicans put together a crazy lineup, which includes Juan Soto, Manny Machado, Rafael Devers and others, when the Israelis had no answer. Venezuela leads the house and the night is expected to go up if they beat the Israeli team. The battle for second place will be decided in the direct meeting between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.