BOXSCORE: 2005 Dominican Rep Dominicans At 2005 Cuba Cubans 4/3/105 Dominicans AB R H RBI AVG Cubans AB R H RBI AVG L.Castillo 2B 5 1 2 0 .250 B.Campenaris SS 5 1 1 0 .300 M.Tejada SS 5 1 2 0 .444 A.Sanchez CF 5 1 2 0 .300 M.Ramirez LF 3 0 1 1 .500 J.Canseco LF 5 1 1 1 .333 D.Ortiz 1B 4 1 2 2 .500 T.Perez 3B 4 0 1 0 .375 F.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Marrero C 3 1 1 1 .286 E-S.Sosa PH 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Cardenal RF 3 0 1 2 .250 A.Benitez P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-T.Oliva PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .000 A.Beltre 3B 4 1 2 1 .250 R.Palmeiro 1B 4 0 0 0 .333 V.Guerrero RF 4 0 1 0 .286 C.Rojas 2B 4 1 2 1 .333 J.Encarnacion CF 2 0 1 0 .333 L.Hernandez P 3 0 2 0 .667 A-R.Furcal PR 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Baez P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-W.Pena CF 1 0 0 0 .000 A.Prieto P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Olivo C 4 1 1 0 .286 F-T.Fuentes PH 0 0 0 0 .000 O.Perez P 2 0 0 0 .000 B-A.Pujols PH,1B 2 1 2 2 .600 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 37 6 14 6 Totals 37 5 11 5 A-Pinch Ran For Encarnacion In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Perez In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Furcal In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Cardenal In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Cordero In 9th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Prieto In 9th Inning Dominicans...... 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 - 6 14 1 Cubans.......... 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 11 1 Dominicans (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA O.Perez WIN(1-0) 6 9 5 5 0 4 1 83 7.50 F.Cordero HOLD(1st) 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 22 0.00 A.Benitez SAVE(2nd) 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 25 0.00 Totals 9 11 5 5 2 10 1 Cubans (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA L.Hernandez LOSS(0-1) 6 1/3 10 6 6 1 4 3 90 8.53 D.Baez 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 26 0.00 A.Prieto 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 20 0.00 Totals 9 14 6 6 3 6 3 ATTENDANCE- 19,405 DATE- Tuesday, April 3rd 105 TIME- Day T- 3:12 LEFT ON BASE- Dominicans: 8 Cubans: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Dominicans: 2 Cubans: 4 ERRORS- L.Castillo, B.Campenaris DOUBLES- M.Tejada(2nd), J.Cardenal(1st) HOME RUNS- D.Ortiz(1st), A.Beltre(1st), A.Pujols(2nd), C.Rojas(1st) SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Ramirez WALKS- M.Ramirez, A.Beltre, J.Encarnacion, E.Marrero, T.Fuentes STRIKE OUTS- L.Castillo, M.Tejada, A.Beltre, V.Guerrero, M.Olivo, O.Perez, B.Campenaris-2, A.Sanchez, J.Canseco-3, E.Marrero-2, R.Palmeiro, L.Hernandez GIDP- M.Ramirez, A.Beltre, V.Guerrero, J.Encarnacion, B.Campenaris, T.Oliva 19,405 fans watched an exciting game at Minute Maid Field. The Dominican Rep Dominicans topped the Cuba Cubans by the slimmest of margins, 6 to 5. Dominican Rep had 3 runs cross the plate in the top of the 7th inning with the help of 5 hits. Juan Encarnacion kicked off the action when he singled. After an out was recorded, Albert Pujols came up and he lifted one out of the park for a two run home run (his 2nd of the season). Luis Castillo then laced a one-base hit. Miguel Tejada was up next and he laced a base-hit. Manny Ramirez stepped into the box and hit a sacrifice fly scoring the final run of the inning. Cuba made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to push the needed runs across. Odalis Perez(1-0) went 6 innings allowing 5 runs for the win. Armando Benitez earned his 2nd save. Livan Hernandez(0-1) was the loser. He served up 3 gopher balls in 6 and 1/3 innings. Dominican Rep's manager was beaming after the game, 'Not only were we making good contact, but a lot of balls we hit seemed to have 'eyes'! I just love winning these tight ones! It was just our day - no doubt about it!'