{"id":113922,"date":"2026-03-16T12:54:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/soto-dominican-republic-proved-to-be-the-best-team-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:54:36","slug":"soto-dominican-republic-proved-to-be-the-best-team-in-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/soto-dominican-republic-proved-to-be-the-best-team-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Soto: Dominican Republic proved to be the best team in the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Juan Soto: &#8220;We proved to be the best baseball team&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\nMiami \u2013 Following elimination in the 2026 World Baseball Classic semifinals, star outfielder Juan Soto emphasized that the Dominican Republic team left a significant mark on the tournament.\n\nThe Dominican team was defeated 2-1 by the United States in a close match at loanDepot Park in Miami. The game concluded with a controversial umpire&#8217;s decision in the last at-bat.\n\nAfter the game, the Dominican players left the clubhouse with an atmosphere of unity and optimism, celebrating the team&#8217;s performance during the championship.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We showed the world who the best baseball team is.<\/p><cite>Juan Soto<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe end of the game generated debate after the umpire called a strike on Geraldo Perdomo, in a play that many considered outside the strike zone.\n\nPerdomo expressed his discontent after the match. &#8220;I knew 100% that it was a ball,&#8221; stated the player, who had a seven-pitch at-bat before the final decision.\n\nThe match was a battle between two of the strongest teams in the tournament. The Dominican Republic took the lead with a home run by Junior Caminero, setting a new home run record for the team in the Classic.\n\nThe United States responded with home runs from Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony, before the American relief managed to control the Dominican offense.\n\nDespite the result, the performance of the Dominican team generated enthusiasm among the fans present in the stadium, where more than 36 thousand spectators witnessed one of the most outstanding matches of the tournament.\n\nFrom the team management, Nelson Cruz also valued the impact of the event on the growth of international baseball, highlighting the high competitive level and the passion that the Classic awakens among players and fans.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Soto: &#8220;We proved to be the best baseball team&#8221; Miami \u2013 Following elimination in the 2026 World Baseball Classic semifinals, star outfielder Juan Soto emphasized that the Dominican Republic team left a significant mark on the tournament. The Dominican team was defeated 2-1 by the United States in a close match at loanDepot Park [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[1271,345,2441,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-113922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-juan-soto","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113922","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=113922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}