Venezuela Blanks Dominican Republic 4-0 | Coastal Classic Baseball

January 4 2025 Venezuela broke open a scoreless game with a four-run fifth inning and defeated the Dominican Republic 4-0 in a seven-inning game at Coastal Blue. Venezuela finished with four runs on four hits and played error-free defense while the Dominican Republic had five hits and committed five errors.

The game remained scoreless through four innings before Venezuela scored all of its runs in the fifth. Nelson Vanci led the Venezuela offense by going 2-for-2 with a run scored. Yorkfran Nieves and Fernando Kelly each added a hit, while Nieves, Renyel Pinto, Diego Luzardo and Vanci scored the four Venezuela runs.

Carlos Marquez earned the win with five shutout innings, allowing four hits with no walks and two strikeouts. Juan Bermudez recorded the save by working the final two innings, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out one to complete the shutout.

For the Dominican Republic, Manny Mejia, Victor Bueno, Tito Cabrera, Deivi Rosario and Marcos Franjul each had one hit. Norberto Ramirez kept Venezuela off the board over 2.2 innings, giving up two hits with no walks and two strikeouts. Leurys Diaz took the loss after allowing four runs, one earned, on two hits and four walks with four strikeouts over three innings.