Puerto Rico failed to qualify for the 2027 Under-18 Baseball World Cup after losing both games on Thursday, the final day of the Pan American Championship at the IPL Academy facilities in the Dominican Republic. Puerto Rico needed just one win in its two games that day to secure one of the four World Cup berths available.
It fell 4-1 to Nicaragua in the first game, a result that clinched Nicaragua’s qualification. Later, Puerto Rico took a 10-3 lead over host Dominican Republic in the third inning, but the hosts answered with six runs in the bottom of the third to close to 10-9. Puerto Rico added a run in the fifth, only for the Dominican Republic to score six more in the sixth to complete the comeback and win 15-11.
Puerto Rico finished the super round in fifth place with a 2-3 record, closing the tournament on three straight losses after opening the super round 2-0 and standing on the verge of qualifying. The United States, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Dominican Republic claimed the four berths for America to the 2027 Under-18 World Cup in China.