2009 World Baseball Classic Pool B

Pool B of the First Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico from March 8 to 12, 2009.

Pool B was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine seeding for the Pool 1.

Bracket

Preliminaries

Qualifiers

Seeding

–

South Africa

1

–

Cuba

8

W1

Cuba

5

W2

Australia

4

–

Australia

17

–

Mexico

7

W4

Cuba

16

W5

Mexico

4

Lower round 1

Lower final

W3

Mexico

16

L1

South Africa

3

L4

Australia

1

L2

Mexico

14

Results

• All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

Cuba 8, South Africa 1

March 8 12:00 at Foro Sol

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Cuba	1	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	X	8	13	0
WP: Norge Luis Vera (1−0)   LP: Barry Armitage (0−1) Home runs: RSA: None CUB: Frederich Cepeda 2 (2), Alfredo Despaigne (1), Héctor Olivera (1), Yulieski Gourriel (1), Yoenis Céspedes (1) Attendance: 11,270 (43.3%) Umpires: HP − Ted Barrett, 1B − Seok-hwan Oh, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Edgar Estivison Boxscore

Australia 17, Mexico 7

March 8 19:00 at Foro Sol

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	3	1	0	0	3	3	4	3	X	17	22	2
Mexico	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	7	12	1
WP: Damian Moss (1−0)   LP: Ricardo Rincón (0−1) Home runs: AUS: Luke Hughes (1), Chris Snelling 2 (2), Ben Risinger (1) MEX: Jorge Vázquez (1), Alfredo Amézaga (1) Attendance: 20,821 (80.1%) Umpires: HP − Greg Gibson, 1B − Seong-hoon Moon, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Seok-hwan Oh Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 8 innings. Boxscore

Mexico 14, South Africa 3

March 9 20:00 at Foro Sol

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mexico	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	4	4	14	16	2
South Africa	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	2
WP: Elmer Dessens (1−0)   LP: Justin Erasmus (0−1) Home runs: MEX: Adrián González 2 (2), Óscar Robles (1), Jorge Cantú (1) RSA: None Attendance: 10,311 (39.7%) Umpires: HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Seok-hwan Oh, 2B − Greg Gibson, 3B − Seong-hoon Moon Boxscore

Cuba 5, Australia 4

March 10 20:00 at Foro Sol

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	5	9	1
Australia	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	6	1
WP: Ismel Jimenez (1−0)   LP: Rich Thompson (0−1) Home runs: CUB: Yoenis Céspedes (2), Yosvani Peraza (1) AUS: None Attendance: 13,396 (51.5%) Umpires: HP − Ted Barrett, 1B − Edgar Estivison, 2B − Greg Gibson, 3B − Seong-hoon Moon Boxscore

Mexico 16, Australia 1

March 11 20:00 at Foro Sol

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	4	7	1	4	X	X	X	16	13	0
Australia	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	1	6	0
WP: Jorge Campillo (1−0)   LP: David Welch (0−1) Home runs: MEX: Scott Hairston (1), Karim García 2 (2) AUS: Brett Roneberg (1) Attendance: 16,718 (64.3%) Umpires: HP − Greg Gibson, 1B − Seok-hwan Oh, 2B − Ted Barrett, 3B − Edgar Estivison Notes: Completed early due to 15–run mercy rule after 6 innings. Boxscore

Cuba 16, Mexico 4

March 12 19:00 at Foro Sol

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	X	X	4	5	0
Cuba	1	0	1	5	0	0	9	X	X	16	17	1
WP: Yulieski González (1−0)   LP: Dennys Reyes (0−1) Home runs: MEX: Freddy Sandoval (2), Óscar Robles (1), Karim García (3) CUB: Yulieski Gourriel (2), Ariel Pestano (1), Frederich Cepeda (3) Attendance: 20,149 (77.5%) Umpires: HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Edgar Estivison, 2B − Ted Barrett, 3B − Seong-hoon Moon Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. One out when last run scored. Boxscore

External links

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