SAN ANTONIO DE GUERRA (DA) — Curaçao’s under-18 baseball team trailed the Dominican Republic 13-7 when its U18 Pan American Championship opener was suspended Thursday, with play scheduled to resume Friday afternoon.
The Group A game will continue at 2:30 p.m. local time Oct. 23 at Stadium 1 of the IPL Academy complex. The Dominican Republic will bat in the bottom of the fifth inning with no outs.
Curaçao scored five runs in the top of the fifth after producing two in the third. The Dominican Republic scored four in the first, three in the second and six in the fourth.
I-Zion Mogen had a triple and three RBIs for Curaçao, while Raishelnon Ogenia drove in two runs. Jay-Dlynn Wiel doubled, and Shaheem Davelaar added an RBI.
Alfredo Sena led the Dominican offense with two hits, including a double, and four RBIs. Ricki Moneys also had two hits and scored three runs.
Curaçao had four hits and committed six errors. The Dominican Republic had seven hits and two errors.
Ayden Calmes allowed seven runs, four earned, in one inning for Curaçao. Qshondrickson Doran surrendered six runs, three earned, over 2 1/3 innings before El-Jean Perez pitched two-thirds of a scoreless inning.
Curaçao is also scheduled to face the United States at noon Friday and Brazil at noon Saturday in Group A. Both start times are local.
The 11-team championship offers four berths in next year’s U18 World Cup.