SAN DIEGO -- Team Cuba didn't come all the way to Petco Park to get smoked.

News photoTeam Cuba celebrates beating the Dominican Republic in their World Baseball Classic semifinal in San Diego.

Downtown San Diego is full of tobacco shops, but once Bartolo Colon left the building, the Cubans lit up a shaky Dominican Republic bullpen, stunning the favored Dominicans 3-1 in front of 41,268 fans Saturday in the World Baseball Classic semifinals.