Overview
- USA will face the winner of Italy vs. Venezuela in Tuesday night’s championship in Miami after the second semifinal on Monday.
- Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony delivered fourth-inning solo homers for the only U.S. runs, while the offense otherwise went 0-for with runners in scoring position and struck out 15 times.
- Junior Caminero opened the scoring for the D.R. with a second-inning solo shot, the team’s 15th home run of the tournament.
- Paul Skenes allowed one run over 4 1/3 innings before Tyler Rogers, Griffin Jax, David Bednar, Garrett Whitlock and Mason Miller combined for 4 2/3 scoreless frames.
- Miller struck out three in the ninth, ending the game on a called third strike to Geraldo Perdomo that appeared below the zone; Albert Pujols declined to fault the call, and Juan Soto said, “We showed the world who’s the best team in baseball.”