<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Seattle Mariners prospects Julio Rodriguez and Luis Liberato hit early home runs, and the Dominican Republic coasted to a 13-3 rout of Nicaragua on Tuesday and a berth in the super round of the Americas Olympic qualifying tournament.</p>
<p>Rodriguez homered twice and drove in three runs, combining with Yefri Perez for back-to-back home runs in the seventh. Former major leaguer Juan Francisco added a solo homer in the eighth.</p>
<p>Dario Álvarez, also a former big leaguer, won with two hitless innings of relief.</p>
<p>The Dominicans (2-1) advanced along with the United States (2-0), Venezuela (3-0) and Canada (2-1) to the super round on Friday and Saturday. Head-to-head results of teams advancing from the first round will carry over.</p>
<p>The top team from the super round joins Japan, Israel, Mexico and South Korea at the Olympic baseball tournament, to be played in Japan from July 28 to Aug. 7 in Fukushima and Yokohama.</p>
<p>Second- and third-place teams advance to a final qualifier in June in Mexico, which will include Australia, Netherlands and Taiwan. </p>
<p>Rodriguez, who plays for High-A Everett, hit a two-run homer in the first off Elias Gutierrez following a leadoff walk by Emilio Bonifacio, putting the Dominicans ahead 2-1.</p>
<p>Liberato, who is at Triple-A Tacoma, hit a three-run homer that increased the lead to 5-1 in the third.</p>
<p>The United States’ game against Puerto Rico, which has no implication on the super round, was rained out and rescheduled for Friday.</p>
<p>Venezuela beat Canada 5-0 at West Palm Beach in a game that will carry over to the super round standings. Washington Nationals prospect Ramón Flores and Texas Rangers prospect Yonny Hernandez hit run-scoring singles in the second, Oakland’s Carlos Pérez hit a two-run homer in the fourth and Arizona Diamondbacks prospect Juniel Querecuto homered in the seventh.</p>
<p>Boston Red Sox prospect Oddanier Mosqueda pitched two hitless innings for the win.</p>
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