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WBC Notes: Polanco’s Homer Helps Dominican Republic to 3-0 Win

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On Thursday night in World Baseball Classic action, Gregory Polanco and Starling Marte were in the lineup at the same time for the first time, as the Dominican Republic defeated Venezuela by a 3-0 score. Polanco’ solo homer in the fifth inning was the first run of the game. He would later add a single. He is 8-for-15 in four games.

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Marte started in center field and went 0-for-4 last night. This was just his second game of the tournament. Marte injured his ankle during last Wednesday’s exhibition game against the Pirates. After sitting out the WBC opener due to ankle swelling, he played on Saturday. The swelling returned after that game and that kept him out of action on Sunday against Colombia and Tuesday against Puerto Rico. Polanco started Thursday’s game in left field.

Team USA takes on Puerto Rico tonight at 10 PM. On Saturday night at 10 PM, USA and the Dominican Republic hook up for the second time in this tournament. The Dominican team won 7-5 in the first game. Both games will be shown live on MLB Network.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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