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03/15 20:02 CDT Junior Caminero hits Dominican Republic's record 15th home run
of World Baseball Classic
Junior Caminero hits Dominican Republic's record 15th home run of World
Baseball Classic
MIAMI (AP) --- Junior Caminero hit the Dominican Republic's record 15th home
run of the World Baseball Classic, breaking a mark set by Mexico in 2009.
Paul Skenes, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, retired five straight
batters before Caminero drove a 1-2 sweeper at the top of the strike zone 401
feet over the left field wall for a 1-0 second-inning lead against the United
States in the semifinal round on Sunday night.
Caminero fired his bat about 30 feet toward teammates in the third base dugout
in excitement, and they ran off the bench to greet him at the plate after he
rounded the bases.
He entered batting .375 in six WBC games.
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