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World Baseball Classic Recap: Roansy Contreras and Luis Ortiz Throw Shutout Ball

Today is the last full day of action in the World Baseball Classic. The final six days are all days with one game that is a must-win contest. The first of those must-win games takes place today with Australia vs Cuba. Here’s a recap of yesterday’s action, along with today’s schedule.

The Dominican Republic took on Israel, with the latter coming off of a perfect game thrown against them on Monday. Roansy Contreras got the start. He went 2.2 shutout innings on one hit, no walks and four strikeouts. He had a limited pitch count, which he reached in the third inning.