Dominicana shocked by Dutch

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In what is being labeled as one of the greatest upsets in sports history, last night the Netherlands baseball team beat the Dominican Republic for the second time in the World Baseball Classic tournament. The loss to the unknown Dutch team eliminated the DR from the WBC tournament and dashed any hopes of claiming world baseball supremacy. As the dust settles on the DR's performance in the WBC, the blame game has begun with many critics pointing to the absence of Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols and Vladimir Guerrero as key reasons why the team was beaten. Others say the team was still very strong with the presence of David Ortiz, Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes and Alfonso Soriano. Sloppy play, lack of concentration, and poor teamwork are also being mentioned as key factors in the loss. In last night's game the teams went into extra innings tied at zero. The DR came up to bat in the 10th with speedy shortstop Jose Reyes forcing a walk. After an error by Dutch outfielder Eugene Kingsale, Reyes scored from first, giving the DR the one-run edge. It was the DR's only run of the night, after the team stranded 16 men on base. But in the bottom of the 10th Kingsale made amends for his mistakes. Pinch-hitter Sidney de Jong doubled to start of the bottom half of the tenth with a Kingsale single bringing de Jong home. Later, after a Willy Aybar error at first, Kingsale scored the winning run.
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