Dominicans too strong for Canadians

MIAMI | We were expecting an unequal confrontation and it was one. The Dominican Republic made only one bite of the Canadian formation in Group C’s first game at the World Baseball Classic, winning the 9-2 game Thursday night in Miami.
The powerful Dominican strikers gave no chance to the starter Ryan Dempster and other pitchers who succeeded him in front of a beautiful crowd of 27,388 spectators at the Marlins stadium.
A 90% support of supporters of the team led by Moises Alou, who is widely favorite to win the tournament honors, as was the case in 2013.

In terms of talent, Canadians did not make the weight.
What a batting role!

Dominican Republic’s first seven hitters were Jose Reyes, Manny Machado, Robinson Cano, Jose Bautista, Carlos Santana, Nelson Cruz and Adrian Beltre. Ouch!
“I am happy not to be a pitcher,” summed up the veteran stop-short player Jonathan Malo after the game. The Dominicans are counting on a complete team, very well balanced.
The Canadian team led by Ernie Whitt has to deal with the absences of Joey Votto, Russell Martin, Michael Saunders and James Paxton and Jameson Taillon.

Dempster wanted to
Not surprisingly, Ryan Dempster, who had been retired for three years, did not have an easy life against the big Dominican hitters.
After beating Jose Bautista in three runs and forcing Carlos Santana to bang a long ball in the center field with two runners on the trails, Dempster saw the Dominicans explode with four points on Six hits in the second inning.
Two of these points were produced on a home run of the ninth hitter, Welington Castillo.
“I’m angry because I made a bad shot at Castillo,” Dempster said. It remains a very good honor to have been chosen to face the big Dominican machine. ”
Bautista in great shape
The other home run of the winners was passed by Bautista at the expense of Dustin Molleken in the sixth inning. A long slap of three points.
Bautista, who has a very good camp with the Blue Jays, finished the evening with three hits and four runs.
Malo, who had played the colors of the Quebec City Capitals in the last five seasons, scored the Canadians first in the third inning.
He traveled on the trails following an erratic relay of the Dominican stopper-short player Jose Reyes and then crossed the marble on an illegal feint of pitcher Carlos Martinez.
A perfect relay to the marble
Malo, a good defensive player, demonstrated the power of his arm in the fifth inning when he pinned Bautista to the marble with a precise relay.
The second point of Canada was scored by Malo on a double from Dalton Pompey. “We knew it would be a tough game but we were in the game with a score of 4 to 2. We fought hard and we will have to win our next two games, including Saturday’s match against Colombia.”
Young Nick Pivetta will be the starting pitcher for the Canadian team.