Jhonson Freitez leads Venezuela to win over Germany
Jhonson Freitez had a productive outing against Germany. He had two hits, two RBIs and scored two runs, including the walk-off, and helped Venezuela to an 11-1 victory on Wednesday at Asia-Pacific International Baseball Training Centers, concluding their Opening Round at the VII WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup.
Venezuela earned scored runs in the bottom of the first, setting the pace for a win in five innings.
Germany got on the scoreboard in the third. Tizian Sulilatu singled to right field, reached second on a wild pitch and went to third on Cooper Hegen’s single up the middle. The catcher scored on a bases-loaded walk by starter José Ramirez.
Germany had the chance to add more runs, but Venezuela’s reliever Luis Yepez got out of a bases-loaded jam with a strikeout.
Venezuela presented their whole lineup at-bat and added four more runs in the bottom of the fourth, ending the inning with a 10-1 lead.
Venezuela scored the run they needed to end the game in the bottom of the fifth. With the bases loaded, Freitez’s groundout extended the lead to 11-1.
Venezuela finished the Opening Round with a 4-1 record and will start the Super Round at 1-1.
