2009 World Baseball Classic Pool 1

Pool 1 of the Second Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Petco Park, San Diego, California, United States from March 15 to 19, 2009.

Like the first round, Pool 1 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The final two teams played against each other for seeding and both advanced to the semifinals.

Bracket

Preliminaries

Qualifiers

Seeding

AR

Japan

6

BW

Cuba

0

W1

Japan

1

W2

South Korea

4

BR

Mexico

2

AW

South Korea

8

W4

South Korea

2

W5

Japan

6

Lower round 1

Lower final

W3

Cuba

0

L1

Cuba

7

L4

Japan

5

L2

Mexico

4

Results

• All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00).

Japan 6, Cuba 0

March 15 13:00 at Petco Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	6	12	2
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (2–0)   LP: Aroldis Chapman (0–1) Attendance: 20,179 (47.3%) Umpires: HP − Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B − Carlos Rey, 2B − Bill Miller, 3B − Willie Rodriguez Boxscore

South Korea 8, Mexico 2

March 15 20:00 at Petco Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mexico	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1
South Korea	0	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	X	8	12	1
WP: Hyun-wook Jong (1–0)   LP: Oliver Perez (0–1) Home runs: MEX: None KOR: Bum-ho Lee (1), Tae-kyun Kim (1), Young-min Ko (1) Attendance: 22,337 (52.3%) Umpires: HP − Joe West, 1B − Willie Rodriguez, 2B − Bill Miller, 3B − Paul Hyham Boxscore

Cuba 7, Mexico 4

March 16 20:00 at Petco Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	7	11	0
Mexico	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	7	0
WP: Norge Luis Vera (2–0)   LP: Jorge Campillo (1–1)   Sv: Pedro Luis Lazo (1) Home runs: CUB: None MEX: Jorge Cantú (1), Cristhian Presichi (1) Attendance: 9,329 (21.9%) Umpires: HP − Bill Miller, 1B − Paul Hyham, 2B − Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B − Carlos Rey Boxscore

South Korea 4, Japan 1

March 17 20:00 at Petco Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
South Korea	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	4	4	0
WP: Jung-keun Bong (2–0)   LP: Yu Darvish (1–1)   Sv: Chang-yong Lim (2) Attendance: 15,332 (35.9%) Umpires: HP − Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B − Carlos Rey, 2B − Joe West, 3B − Willie Rodriguez Boxscore

Japan 5, Cuba 0

March 18 20:00 at Petco Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	5	8	0
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
WP: Hisashi Iwakuma (1–1)   LP: Yunesky Maya (0–1)   Sv: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1) Attendance: 9,774 (22.9%) Umpires: HP − Joe West, 1B − Willie Rodriguez, 2B − Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B − Paul Hyham Boxscore

Japan 6, South Korea 2

March 19 18:00 at Petco Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	15	3
South Korea	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	3
WP: Hideaki Wakui (1–0)   LP: Seung-hwan Oh (0–1) Home runs: JPN: Seiichi Uchikawa (1) KOR: Bum-ho Lee (2) Attendance: 14,832 (34.7%) Umpires: HP − Bill Miller, 1B − Paul Hyham, 2B − Joe West, 3B − Carlos Rey Boxscore

External links

• Official website