Olympic Baseball: Dominican Republic vs. South Korea Picks, Odds, Predictions 8/6/2021

The Dominican Republic and South Korea face off Friday night in the bronze medal match of the Olympic baseball tournament. Both of these teams have found a lot of success in this tournament, and they want to cap it off with a bronze. 

These two teams faced off in Round 1 and it was South Korea that was able to come away with the 4-3 victory. 

South Korea has found a lot of success in this tournament, except when they were playing the United States. Coming into this game, South Korea has lost two games in a row including the last game against Japan, a game they lost 5-2. South Korea’s offense could only manage two runs, and that led to the defeat. In each of the last two games, South Korea has only scored two runs, and in this game, South Korea’s offense is going to need to be a lot better. .Kang Baek-ho was the best player for South Korea driving in a run and finishing with one hit. 

On the other side of this matchup is the Dominican Republic who also lost to the United States in their last game. The offense for the Dominican Republic could only manage one run, and that led to the defeat. This is a Dominican Republic team who has scored plenty of runs this season, including two games ago against Israel where they scored seven points. Julio Rodriguez was the best player in that game finishing with two hits and two RBI’s. In this game, the Dominican Republic needs to be the team that finds the offensive success early, and really put the pressure on South Korea. 

The Dominican Republic is going to find offensive success early, and that will be the difference in this game. I also expect South Korea’s bats are going to be cold, and the Dominican Republic will take home the bronze.