SAN ANTONIO DE GUERRA (DA) — Curaçao’s under-18 baseball team lost 13-8 to the Dominican Republic on Friday, leaving it with a 0-2 record in Group A of the U18 Pan American Championship.
The game at Stadium 1 of the IPL Academy complex had been suspended Thursday with the Dominican Republic leading 13-7 and the bottom of the fifth inning about to begin.
Curaçao added a run in the seventh after play resumed, while the Dominican Republic did not score again. The hosts finished with seven hits and three errors, compared with five hits and six errors for Curaçao.
The Dominican Republic scored four runs in the first inning, three in the second and six in the fourth. Curaçao scored twice in the third and five times in the fifth before adding its final run in the seventh.
Before the suspension, I-Zion Mogen had tripled and driven in three runs for Curaçao. Raishelnon Ogenia had two RBIs, and Jay-Dlynn Wiel had doubled.
The Dominican Republic improved to 1-0. Curaçao is scheduled to complete group play against Brazil at noon local time Saturday, Oct. 24.
The 11-team championship offers four berths in next year’s U18 World Cup.