Dominican Republic

The losing pitcher for the Dominican Republic's team at the Little League World Series was consoled by the players and coaches from the Venezuelan club that just defeated him in dramatic fashion.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Nelson Cruz hit his third home run of the tournament and Gregory Polanco also went deep, leading defending World Baseball Classic champion the Dominican Republic to a 3-0 victory Thursday night that pushed Venezuela to the brink of elimination...

The World Baseball Classic, which employs 16 different countries to field its best team, certainly can make for some strange bedfellows.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Major League Baseball community is mourning the deaths of Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura and former big league infielder Andy Marte in separate traffic accidents in their native Dominican Republic. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty-three Cubans were on opening day major league rosters following a series of high-profile defections, an increase of five over last year and the most since the commissioner's office began releasing data in 1995. Major League Baseball said Monday that 238 of 864 players on opening day rosters, disabled lists and the restricted list were born outside the 50 states, with the per

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Emmanuel Rodriguez hit two home runs to lead the Dominican Republic to a 7-3 win over Portland, Oregon, yesterday in a Little League World Series consolation game. Both teams both were eliminated from the Series on Saturday, but the Dominican Republic ended its all-star season by winning a game in which it never trailed...