2009 World Baseball Classic – Pool 2

Pool 2 of the Second Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, United States from March 14 to 18, 2009.

Like the first round, Pool 2 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The final two teams played against each other for seeding and both advanced to the semifinals.

Preliminaries

Qualifiers

Seeding

DR

Netherlands

1

CW

Venezuela

3

W1

Venezuela

2

W2

Puerto Rico

0

CR

United States

1

DW

Puerto Rico

11

W4

Venezuela

10

2W

W5

United States

6

2R

L1

Netherlands

3

L2

United States

9

W3

United States

6

L4

Puerto Rico

5

Results

• All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Pool 2
NED 1  VEN 3 linescore	USA 1 (F/7)  PUR 11 linescore	NED 3  USA 9 linescore	VEN 2  PUR 0 linescore	PUR 5  USA 6 linescore	USA 6  VEN 10 linescore

Venezuela 3, Netherlands 1

March 14 13:00 at Dolphin Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
Venezuela	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	3	3	2
WP: Carlos Silva (1–0)   LP: Sidney Ponson (0–1)   Sv: Francisco Rodríguez (1) Home runs: NED: None VEN: Miguel Cabrera (1), José López (1) Attendance: 17,345 (45.0%) Umpires: HP − Ed Rapuano, 1B − Masato Tomoyose, 2B − Bruce Dreckman, 3B − Hitoshi Watarida Boxscore

Puerto Rico 11, United States 1

March 14 20:00 at Dolphin Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1	6	0
Puerto Rico	2	4	0	0	1	0	4	X	X	11	13	0
WP: Javier Vázquez (1–0)   LP: Jake Peavy (0–1) Home runs: USA: None PUR: Felipe López (1), Carlos Beltrán (1) Attendance: 30,595 (79.3%) Umpires: HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Bruce Dreckman, 3B − Masato Tomoyose Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Two outs when last run scored. Boxscore

United States 9, Netherlands 3

March 15 19:30 at Dolphin Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	12	1
United States	1	2	0	3	1	1	0	1	X	9	12	1
WP: Roy Oswalt (1–0)   LP: Rick VandenHurk (0–1) Home runs: NED: Bryan Engelhardt (1) USA: Jimmy Rollins (1), Adam Dunn (1) Attendance: 11,059 (28.7%) Umpires: HP − Bruce Dreckman, 1B − Hitoshi Watarida, 2B − Ed Rapuano, 3B − Luis Ramírez Boxscore

Venezuela 2, Puerto Rico 0

March 16 20:00 at Dolphin Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	0
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
WP: Félix Hernández (1–0)   LP: Ian Snell (0–1)   Sv: Francisco Rodríguez (2) Home runs: VEN: Ramón Hernández (1) PUR: None Attendance: 25,599 (66.4%) Umpires: HP − Ed Rapuano, 1B − Masato Tomoyose, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Hitoshi Watarida Boxscore

United States 6, Puerto Rico 5

March 17 19:00 at Dolphin Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Puerto Rico	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	5	5	1
United States	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	10	0
WP: Jonathan Broxton (1–0)   LP: J. C. Romero (0–1) Home runs: PUR: Alex Ríos (1), Carlos Delgado (1) USA: Kevin Youkilis (1) Attendance: 13,224 (34.3%) Umpires: HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Ed Rapuano, 3B − Masato Tomoyose Notes: One out when winning run scored. Boxscore

Venezuela 10, United States 6

March 18 19:00 at Dolphin Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
United States	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	6	12	3
Venezuela	0	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	X	10	15	1
WP: Armando Galarraga (1–0)   LP: Jeremy Guthrie (0–1) Home runs: USA: Mark DeRosa (1) VEN: Max Ramírez (1) Attendance: 16,575 (43.0%) Umpires: HP − Bruce Dreckman, 1B − Hitoshi Watarida, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Luis Ramírez Boxscore

External links

• Official website
• Results, Rosters & Stats