The Dominican Republic gets back to its winning ways in the second round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic as six pitchers combine to shut out Venezuela, 3 – 0. Edinson Volquez starts things off with 4 1/3 scoreless innings then in the 5th Gregory Polanco homers off Jhoulys Chacin to give the D.R. the only run it needs. The Dominicans add a couple of insurance runs, with Nelson Cruz also going deep in the 8th, off Arcenio Leon, before Jeurys Familia strikes out the side around a pair of singles in the 9th to close out the win.

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The Dominican Republic gets back to its winning ways in the second round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic as six pitchers combine to shut out Venezuela, 3 – 0. Edinson Volquez starts things off with 4 1/3 scoreless innings then in the 5th Gregory Polanco homers off Jhoulys Chacin to give the D.R. the only run it needs. The Dominicans add a couple of insurance runs, with Nelson Cruz also going deep in the 8th, off Arcenio Leon, before Jeurys Familia strikes out the side around a pair of singles in the 9th to close out the win.

Investigators into the fatal boat accident that killed young Marlins star P Jose Fernandez last September have determined that he was piloting the speeding vessel when it crashed into a jetty in Miami, FL harbor. He was also above the legal limit for alcohol and had trace amounts of cocaine in his system at the time of his death.

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Investigators into the fatal boat accident that killed young Marlins star P Jose Fernandez last September have determined that he was piloting the speeding vessel when it crashed into a jetty in Miami, FL harbor. He was also above the legal limit for alcohol and had trace amounts of cocaine in his system at the time of his death.