AN aspiring baseball player has died at the age of 14 after drowning in a tragic incident.

Tributes have been paid to the teenage star from the Dominican Republic.

Gustavo Talmare went missing after going swimming on Friday night, reports said.

His body was found Saturday next to one of the country's top baseball academies.

The 14-year-old went swimming at Laguna del Toro in Guerra.

He played at the nearby Amaurys Nina Academy in Santa Domingo, where he lived for two months.

Deultimominuto reported that he played a practice game Friday afternoon before going to the lagoon with four friends.

The Dominican National Police said in a preliminary report that he died of drowning.

It says that he fell into the lagoon while searching for fruit.

One of his companions tried to save Tal

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