“I felt like I still had a lot in me, and I felt like the time off really did me well,” he said. First baseman Triston Casas, 21, a top prospect for the Boston Red Sox, smashed a two-run home run in the first inning off Denyi Reyes, another player in the Red Sox farm system. Japan is the only undefeated team in the Olympic tournament, and handed the United States its only loss earlier in the week. Despite the loss on Wednesday, the Dominican Republic advanced to the bronze medal game, where it could claim its first Olympic medal in baseball. The Dominicans will play the loser of the United States-South Korea matchup.

Source: New York Times August 04, 2021 08:41 UTC