(Press Release; WBSC AMERICAS BASEBALL).- Since
the tournament started in, Boca Chica in the Dominican Republic this Saturday it
has been a party in which twelve national teams are seeking five places in the U15
World Cup.
The Pan American tournament started
with the twelve countries in play, for a week they will battle for a spot in
the World Cup and the championship.
In the morning, four matches
were held, the Venezuelan team had a resounding victory 10 to 0 by knockout
against Team WBSC.
Mexico and Bahamas played simultaneously;
in the same way the North American team took a first positive step by beating
the Caribbean team 16 to 2.
In another field Cuba also
defeated the South American team from Peru that is participating in the
tournament by a score of 12 to 3.
And also, in the morning at
the Baseball City complex, the Puerto Rican team gained their first victory in
the qualifier tournament by beating Nicaragua 6 to 2.
After the morning games, the
opening ceremony took place in which the twelve countries paraded in the main
stadium to be present for the attendees.
In the afternoon two other
games were played to close the first day of competition, the hosts from the
Dominican Republic won by a wide score of 20 to 4 by knocking out Argentina.
In the last duel of the first
day, the Brazilian and Panamanian teams faced each other, the Central Americans
walked of their South American rivals by a score of 5 to 4.
On Sunday the tournament
continues with six more games, four in the morning and two in the afternoon,
twelve teams fighting to be among the five best and attend the World Cup.
(Media Department; Guillermo Yáber Llanos)
