Venezuela and Mexico with victories for America in the continuation of the Premier12

(Press Release; WBSC AMERICAS BASEBALL).- The Venezuelan and Mexican teams stood up for America by winning their respective matches corresponding to the Group Round of the Premier12.

Venezuela came from behind to beat Puerto Rico 5-2 and take a step and a half towards Tokyo.

Oddanier Mosqueda stood out on the mound by striking out six in 2.2 innings, while Liarvis Breto took the win in relief in 1.2 innings in which he struck out three rivals.

For its part, Mexico achieved another victory in front of its home crowd by beating the Netherlands by a score of 8 to 6. They started winning, then gave up the lead, before coming from behind to secure the victory.

For Mexico, Juan Pérez stood out, going 1 for 3 with a run scored and four RBIs, as well as Alan Trejo, who went 1 for 3 with three RBIs.

For its part, Cuba fell for the first time in two games it has played in Group B played in Taipei when it was beaten by Korea 8 to 4.

Yoelkis Guibert went 2-for-3 with a run scored and two RBIs to be the most outstanding for Cuba.

Likewise, the Dominican Republic dropped its second game of the tournament in Asia by falling to tournament host China Taipei 2-1, falling short in the ninth inning.

José Devers went 1 for 4 with a run scored and starter Pedro Fernández, despite being defeated, pitched six solid innings in which he allowed just four hits, one run, one walk and six strikeouts.

On Thursday the competition closes in Group A, in which the qualifiers for Japan will be defined, only Puerto Rico is mathematically eliminated from the tournament.

(Media Department; Guillermo Yáber Llanos)