Mexico takes the championship in an incredible game.

MEXICO 4, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3 (18 INNINGS)

Game summary: The Dominican Republic went up 1-0 in the third when Abraham Almonte (Yankees) doubled, took third on an error, and scored on a ground out. Mexico grabbed a 2-1 lead in the fifth on a double by Barbaro Canizares, a bunt, a walk, a ground out, and an error. It stayed that way until Ricardo Nanita (Toronto) led off the bottom of the ninth for the Dominican Republic with a home run to tie the score at two. Karim Garcia led off the top of the fourteenth with a home run to put Mexico in front 3-2, but the Dominican Republic came back to tie the score with a pair of walks and a Miguel Tejada (Kansas City) single. With one out in the eighteenth, Doug Clark hit a home run to give Mexico a 4-3 lead. Marco Carillo, in his fourth inning of relief, gave up only a two-out single to Tejada in the bottom of the eighteenth to preserve the victory.

Mexico: Rodrigo Lopez (Philadelphia) gave up an unearned run on six hits and two walks in 7.2 innings. Clark was 2-for-7 with a walk.

Dominican Republic: Angel Castro struck out seven in 7.2 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on two hits and three walks. Donell Linares was 3-for-9.

NOTES

The Dominican Republic out-hit Mexico 16-6. The teams combined to leave 31 men on base (21 by the Dominican Republic) and go 1-22 with runners in scoring position (1-16 for the Dominican Republic). They combined to use 21 pitchers, 11 by Mexico. The game ended at 2:43 a.m. local time. The time of the game was seven hours, twenty-eight minutes. There were five hundred seven pitches thrown.

The victory means the Mexico is the Caribbean Series champion.