The senior national team of Panama defeated its similar Argentina 7 runs to 2 and qualified as the first to play at home in the final match for the only available place in the Baseball Tournament of the Pan American Games in Chile, 2023.
With the victory, the team led by Hipolito Ortiz, qualified in first place after a three-way tie, along with Argentina and Canada, but once the tie-break rule was met, using the regulations (Team Quality Balance – TQB), Argentina ranked first. second and Canada third, the latter being left out of the final game.
Panama, by beating Argentina by more than 3 runs, gets into first place in the regular phase and its rival will be Argentina in a compromise that is agreed to be played this Wednesday at 9:00 am in the city of Buenos Aires.
Today in the game that closed the round of round robin, left-handed Luis Ramos (winning pitcher) threw a pitching gem, working 5 complete innings, allowing just 3 hits, no runs, with 2 walks and 8 fanned out. Jonathan Amaya worked 0.1 innings, the same for Julio Denis and Severino González closed the game with 1.1 good innings.
The starter of the shootout, Edgar Muñoz went 3-3 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored to be the best in Panama that could sound a bunch of 9 hits. Jhadiel Santamaría gave 3-1 and Erasmo Caballero 3-1, to be one of the best for Panama.
For tomorrow’s game, the Panamanian pilot Hipolito Ortíz assigned the right-hander Manuel Campos, to be the opener of the game against Argentina, where the quota for the 2023 Pan American Games is at stake.
