In the first game at Petco Park in Pool F for the 2017 World Baseball Classic, Team Puerto Rico edged out the Dominican Republic 3-1 on Tuesday night.
At the beginning of the game there were two plays which both occurred near the right-center field wall which changed the game. In the fourth inning, Nelson Cruz hit a home run, serving as the lone Dominican run.
Later in the fourth inning, another ball was hit which ended up being called a ground rule double. Ironically, the same man who caught Cruz’s home run reached out and made the grab on this hit.