Colombia beats Brazil and hits the table by winning its first gold in baseball at the Pan American Games

Colombia won its first gold medal in U.S. baseball this Saturday. Panamerican Games by defeating Brazil 9-1 in Santiago. The final, which by name seemed like the decisive instance of some soccer tournament, ended up going down the street of the coffee growers against a Brazil that surprised by getting into these decisive instances.

It should be noted that this is only the second time that Colombia has reached the podium in the Pan American Games in baseball since it achieved bronze in the Cali 1971 edition.this is how he made it known EFE.

Colombia ended up crushing Brazil

The Colombian ninth, led by manager Jorge Mosquera, was the first to scorewhen with two ‘outs’ and the bases full with Carlos Arroyo, Fabián Pertuz and Carlos Martínez on the bases, Derwin Pomare received a ticket for the 1-0 in a match held at the Baseball and Softball Center in the commune of Cerrillos.

The Brazilians reacted in the second inningwhen, like Colombia in the opening episode, the traffic was heavy, Felipe Mizukoski hit a sacrifice fly, driving in Osvaldo Carvalho, to tie the match 1-1, the last light that the Amazonian ninth would see in the game.

But Colombia, thanks to its offense and taking advantage of the lack of control of Brazilian pitcher Felipe Marcondes, lit up the scoreboard again in the third inning.

The Colombian party exploded in the fourth episode with Leandro Emiliani, who then advanced to second base due to a wild pitch from the reliever, then Jesús Marriaga hit an RBI double to the right field, thus scoring Emiliani to make it 3-1. The Brazilian Missaki continued to be beaten with José Ramos at bat, advancing Marriaga to third base and a Ramos single to left field to extend the score to 4-1.

Acuña continued the hit fest by hitting a single to center field, and Arroyo followed with a sacrifice bat to right field, driving in Ramos and taking a comfortable 5-1 lead. The last run that Colombia scored was in the seventh inning against reliever Murilo Brovo.

With this gold medal, Colombia shows that it has taken giant steps in baseball, being a sport that they have known how to develop and in which they have slipped past nations considered powers, a clear example is the victory obtained by Caimanes de Barranquilla in 2022 in the Caribbean Series, an event that, for example, Venezuela, a country with the greatest baseball tradition, has not won since 2009. .

In addition They have proven to have a great team in the World Baseball Classic, where they started by beating Mexico, which opened with Julio Urías on the mound, was also not an easy nut to crack. In these Pan American Games they started with a defeat against Cuba, but they knew how to recover and achieved victories against Venezuela and Mexico, and today they beat Brazil and won the gold medal.

With information from EFE

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