Panamanian youth baseball players Keivin Ariel Contreras and Dimas Oda were highlighted and awarded by WWorld Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) after the U18 World Baseball Championship ended yesterday with Japan being crowned champions of the event in the Taiwan 2023.
Contreras, The left-handed pitcher posted a 0.47 ERA after allowing 1 earned run in 15.0 innings, posting a 2-0 record with 8 hits, 6 shutouts and 10 strikeouts.
The Chirican scorer worked in four games, facing Venezuela in 3.0 innings, had 0.2 innings against the Netherlands, 4.1 against the United States and 7.0 against Czech Republic.
The only race he accepted was before Czech Republic in a game where he walked the entire route for 7.0 innings.
In that game against the ninth-ranked Czech Republic, Kevin Contreras was able to lead Panama to a 4-1 victory, securing seventh place in the final overall standings of the U18 World Cup.
Contreras vs. Czech, covered 7.0 innings (entire pitching route in the category) allowed only 2 hits allowed, 1 earned run, struck out 4 batters and struck out 4 batters.
In the game, Panama scored their four runs in the bottom of the second inning, collecting 5 hits and an error, while the Czech Republic scored just 1 run on 2 hits and 4 errors.
Best third baseman
for his part, Dimas Ode He was awarded as the best third seed of the tournament, included in The whole team of the worldafter an impressive performance at the U18 World Championship.
Oh yeah He hit a solid .391, (4th best in the tournament), a 9-hit multiple (3rd in the tournament), in 23 at-bats, with 3 runs scored, a tubey, a triple (2nd in the tournament) and a home run, that’s what we have to say. add 5 RBIs and .652 slagging (3rd in the tournament).
Panama, led by driver Ricardo Medina, finished seventh at the 2023 Taiwan event, the third best team in the Americas in the classification.
the champion of Japan
He was the champion Japanthe second was TaiwanSouth Korea, third was USA, fifth Puerto Rico, sixth The Netherlands, the seventh of Panamore
While eighth place went to Mexico, ninth to the Czech Republic, tenth to Australia, number 11 is Venezuela and Spain in 12th place.
Source: Panama America
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