Jose Bautista is an Olympic medalist.

So are Blue Jays legends Melky Cabrera, Emilio Bonifacio, and Juan Francisco as the Dominican Republic beat South Korea by a score of 10-6 in the Bronze Medal baseball game on Saturday. It was the country&#8217;s first-ever medal in baseball at the Olympics.
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🇩🇴 Dominican Republic wins its first-ever Olympic medal in baseball, team sport<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DOM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DOM</a> becomes 7th nation/territory to win a medal in baseball at the Olympic Games, following <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cub?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cub</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jpn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jpn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Usa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Usa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Aus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Aus</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tpe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tpe</a>
📰 <a href="https://t.co/9yClTGe4Zi">https://t.co/9yClTGe4Zi</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Olympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Olympics</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tokyo2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tokyo2020</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Baseball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Baseball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bronze?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bronze</a> <a href="https://t.co/G2u8MKBUFk">pic.twitter.com/G2u8MKBUFk</a>
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The Dominicans put up a four-run first inning with a lot of Blue Jays flavour. Bonifacio led off with a double, Francisco smashed a two-run homer, Cabrera hit a single, and Bautista drew a walk. Korea came back with a four-run fifth inning of their own, but the Dominican pulled away with a five-run rally in the top of the eighth inning, highlighted by a two-run double by Francisco.
The highlight of the tournament, for me, was Jose throwing this absolute rocket to gun down a guy from Team Mexico at home&#8230; 🐐
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Dominican Republic picked up a 1-0 win and it’s all because 40-year-old José Bautista has an absolute cannon <a href="https://t.co/ztKld7bwRT">pic.twitter.com/ztKld7bwRT</a>
&mdash; Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1421051623548329990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Jose Bautista is an Olympic medalist.



So are Blue Jays legends Melky Cabrera, Emilio Bonifacio, and Juan Francisco as the Dominican Republic beat South Korea by a score of 10-6 in the Bronze Medal baseball game on Saturday. It was the country's first-ever medal in baseball at the Olympics.

https://twitter.com/WBSC/status/1423926656423628807?s=20

The Dominicans put up a four-run first inning with a lot of Blue Jays flavour. Bonifacio led off with a double, Francisco smashed a two-run homer, Cabrera hit a single, and Bautista drew a walk. Korea came back with a four-run fifth inning of their own, but the Dominican pulled away with a five-run rally in the top of the eighth inning, highlighted by a two-run double by Francisco.

The highlight of the tournament, for me, was Jose throwing this absolute rocket to gun down a guy from Team Mexico at home... 🐐

https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1421051623548329990?s=20

Jose Bautista and the Dominican Republic won Bronze at the Olympics

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