Japan book spot in gold-medal game, Dominican Republic to play for bronze
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South Korea now face relegation to the bronze-medal game if they lose to the United States, which beat the Dominican Republic 3-1 earlier on Wednesday to earn a chance at an upgrade to Saturday’s gold-medal game under the tournament’s unusual format. In the earlier match-up, U.S. first baseman Triston Casas smacked his third home run of the game, a two-run blast off of Boston Red Sox minor league teammate and Dominican starter Denyi Reyes.
“He may not be throwing as hard as he used to,” said Dominican Republic left fielder and former Major Leaguer Jose Bautista. But “he showed that guys like him can still go out there and compete.”
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