{"id":113358,"date":"2026-03-13T14:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dominican-republic-vs-south-korea-giants-clash-in-world-baseball-classic-quarterfinals\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:41:52","slug":"dominican-republic-vs-south-korea-giants-clash-in-world-baseball-classic-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/dominican-republic-vs-south-korea-giants-clash-in-world-baseball-classic-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic vs. South Korea: Giants Clash in World Baseball Classic Quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"Miami \u2013 The much-anticipated match between the Dominican Republic and South Korea national teams is just around the corner. This Friday, at loanDepot Park, a place in the semifinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic will be defined. The game is scheduled for 6:30 PM, Eastern Time.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Aspects of the Meeting<\/h2>\n\n\nMiami&#8217;s loanDepot Park will be the stage for this crucial encounter, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. (ET) this Friday.\n\n<strong>Heading to Quarterfinals:<\/strong> Dominican Republic arrives undefeated (4-0) to this phase, after dominating in the group stage against Nicaragua, Netherlands, Israel and Venezuela. For its part, South Korea secured its pass with a 2-2 record, thanks to the tiebreaker after defeating Australia.\n\n<strong>Dominican Attack:<\/strong> The Dominican offense has proven to be one of the most powerful in the tournament, accumulating 41 runs and 13 home runs in the group stage.\n\n<strong>Dominican Stars:<\/strong> The Dominican team has figures like Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr., Oneil Cruz, and Junior Caminero, who have led the offensive production.\n\n<strong>Duel on the Mound:<\/strong> Left-handed pitcher Cristopher S\u00e1nchez will be the starter for the Dominican Republic, facing veteran Hyun Jin Ryu, the main card for South Korea.\n\n<strong>South Korean Figures:<\/strong> South Korea has key players such as Jung Hoo Lee, Hyesong Kim, and the batter Moon Bo-gyeong, one of the most outstanding in the tournament.\n\n<strong>In Play:<\/strong> The winner will advance to the semifinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, where they will face the winner of the match between the United States and Canada.\n\n<strong>Unprecedented History:<\/strong> Despite the tradition of both countries in the World Baseball Classic, the Dominican Republic and South Korea have never faced each other in this tournament before.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami \u2013 The much-anticipated match between the Dominican Republic and South Korea national teams is just around the corner. This Friday, at loanDepot Park, a place in the semifinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic will be defined. The game is scheduled for 6:30 PM, Eastern Time. Key Aspects of the Meeting Miami&#8217;s loanDepot Park [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[1271,2441,2074,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-113358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-miami","10":"tag-south-korea","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}