What was missing tonight in terms of timely hitting on the part of Puerto Rico?
JOSE OQUENDO: Well, you yourself answered your own question. We left ten guys on base, but we have to give credit to the Venezuelan pitcher. He pitched quite well. He threw a good curveball at the right time, and this wasn’t in favor, but the guys played ball as they should. It wasn’t tonight, but tomorrow could be another day. CARLOS BELTRAN: Well, I really say that the effort on the part of the team was there. We have to give credit to the Venezuelan team. Hernndez pitched well. Their catcher hit a homer, so they did the job. Basically we had some chances that we couldn’t capitalize as we wanted to, but these things happen in a game. We went onto the ball field with the mindset to win, but we must also understand that we’re playing on a team where there are lots of big leaguers and prominent players and at this time they’re active in the majors. You can’t get careless. But these players are going to capitalize when anybody makes a mistake, and that’s what they did tonight. Q. You had
