YOKOHAMA, Japan : The Dominican Republic won the Olympic bronze medal in baseball on Saturday, with a pair of huge innings at the plate wrapping around South Korea's one rally to secure a 10-6 victory.
"To bring this bronze medal to the country means the world," said Julio Rodriguez, the team's top hitter in the tournament."We're a small island but we can compete." The team had two returnees, including former Major Leaguer Kim Hyun-soo, from 2008 when baseball last appeared in the Olympics. Kim, who homered on Saturday, shook hands with ex-pros from the Dominican side as he left the field.Oh Seung-hwan, the 39-year-old former St Louis Cardinals reliever, blew the game for South Korea, letting in five eighth-inning runs.
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