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.
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic wins its first-ever Olympic medal in baseball, team sport#DOM becomes 7th nation/territory to win a medal in baseball at the Olympic Games, following #Cub #Jpn #Usa #Kor #Aus #Tpe
📰 https://t.co/9yClTGe4Zi #Olympics #Tokyo2020 #Baseball #Bronze pic.twitter.com/G2u8MKBUFk
— WBSC #Baseball ⚾ #Tokyo2020 (@WBSC) August 7, 2021
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… 🐐
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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 pic.twitter.com/ztKld7bwRT
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) July 30, 2021