Intro:

Post-game reaction after the Dominican Republic beat Spain 6-3 in Pool C play of the World Baseball Classic on Saturday in Puerto Rico.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Tony Pena, Dominican Republic Manager:
"Look in the beginning, we didn't know anything about this kid who pitched, Yoanner Negrin, so thank god the guys were patient with him because he's the kind of pitcher who stays near home plate. That's why you saw so many pitches that he made. And then I said before it's a team from Spain that nobody knows anything about. And so they brought a pitcher and pitchers, so we had no idea about those guys. And one of the things that you have to give credit to them is that they were striking (throwing strikes) and getting us out of our step."

SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Nelson Cruz, Dominican Republic Outfielder:
"Well I would say the pitching, they had a great number of pitchers as we mentioned before. We didn't know most of them. In the case of (Rhiner) Cruz, it was the only one we had some knowledge about. And they never gave up. As we said there's no weak opponent in this classic. And we have to stay on top of them all through the nine innings."