An All-Star lineup worked out to a first-round exit for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic.
The pre-tournament favorites, featuring a roster stacked with some of the biggest names in MLB, was eliminated in pool play on Wednesday after losing 5-2 to Puerto Rico. It, but the D.R. came out flat and couldn't recover in front of a raucous Miami crowd with fans on both sides.
Puerto Rico got on the board with a four-run third inning that started with a solo homer by Christian Vázquez and followed with four straight singles. The exclamation point, however, came two innings later when Francisco Lindor notched a little-league home run courtesy of a misplay by Dominican center fielder Julio Rodríguez:
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