〔Central News Agency〕The World Baseball Classic (WBC) Dominican team showed its striking strength today, with 12 hits in the game, Su Duo and Machado hit respectively, and Xavier started 4 innings without scoring, and the game ended 6 to 1 victory over Nicaragua, the first win in Group D preliminaries.

The Dominican Republic, which is full of MLB players, is the favorite to win this year's championship, but lost to Venezuela in the first game due to wire jams and poor pitchers.

After defeating Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic has a record of 1 win and 1 loss in the preliminaries of Group D. Next, facing Israel and Puerto Rico, they may need to win all of them to advance to the top 8 and compete for the second classic championship in team history.

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The Dominicans took the lead in this campaign. Rafael Devers and Eloy Jimenez were out in the first inning and Eloy Jimenez respectively. Soto).

With a 2-point lead, Dominican pursued the victory. In the 4th inning, Francisco Mejia (Francisco Mejia) and Rodriguez (Julio Rodriguez) successively knocked back the runners on the scoring circle, helping Dominican to add 2 minutes.

Su Duo, who played the role of the offensive engine, showed his long-striking strength in the 6 innings, swinging 401 feet (about 122 meters) and hitting the big league Miami Marlins. The first home run was also the first home run for the Dominicans in this tournament.

In the 7th inning, it was the turn of Sudor's teammate in the San Diego Padres, Manny Machado, to hit a home run. One shot of the spring cannon, the battle situation is settled.

Cristian Javier, the champion of the Houston Astros last season, pitched 4 innings, sent 4 strikeouts, and scored 52 balls. He only allowed 2 short hits and won the game.

The 4 relief pitchers made the relay and only conceded one run.

In the bottom of the 8th inning, Nicaragua hit the bases with one out, and Miranda (Elian Miranda) hit Ann to send back a run. The team defended the next point; Nicaragua's counterattack momentum was frustrated, and they lost by 5 points in the end, suffering a 3-game losing streak.

The Dominicans' luxurious lineup played evenly, with Sudor, Machado, Jimenez and Willy Adames hitting 2 hits each.

Among them, Su Duo, who seldom hits the first bat in his career in the major leagues, was competent as the pioneer. He scored on all 3 hits in the game, and with the "laser shoulder" sniping runners, his offensive and defensive performance was outstanding.

(Editor: Chen Yanjun) 1120314