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Updated at 2:53 p.m., Sunday, March 8, 2009

WBC: Dominican Republic bounces back, 9-0

Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Miguel Olivo homered twice and drove in five runs, and the Dominican Republic rebounded from a startling loss at the World Baseball Classic by beating Panama 9-0 in an elimination game today.

Johnny Cueto struck out five in 4 2-3 innings for the Dominicans, who were upset by the Netherlands 3-2 on Saturday in the opening game of Pool D play.

The loss eliminated Panama from the 16-team tournament after it was outscored 16-0 in two games, including Saturday's defeat against Puerto Rico at Hiram Bithorn Stadium.