2017 World Baseball Classic Pool C

Pool C of the First Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Marlins Park, Miami, Florida, United States, from March 9 to 12, 2017, between Canada, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. Pool C was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams – the Dominican Republic^[1] and the United States^[2] – advancing to Pool F, one of two second-round pools. Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic was named MVP for the first-round Pool C bracket of the WBC, after batting .357.^[2]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic	3	3	0	26	10	+16	1.000	—	Advance to second round
2	United States (H)	3	2	1	16	9	+7	.667	1
3	Colombia	3	1	2	9	14	−5	.333	2
4	Canada	3	0	3	3	21	−18	.000	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pool C MVP: Manny Machado

Results

• Times from March 9 to 11 are Eastern Standard Time (UTC−05:00) and times of March 12 are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Dominican Republic 9, Canada 2

March 9, 18:00 at Marlins Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Dominican Republic	0	4	0	0	1	3	1	0	X	9	15	1
WP: Carlos Martínez (1−0)   LP: Ryan Dempster (0−1) Home runs: CAN: None DOM: Welington Castillo (1), José Bautista (1) Attendance: 27,388 (74.5%) Umpires: HP − Dan Iassogna, 1B − Mark Wegner, 2B − Edwin Hernández, 3B − Jesús Miller Boxscore

United States 3, Colombia 2

March 10, 18:00 at Marlins Park (F/10)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Colombia	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
United States	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	6	0
WP: Tyler Clippard (1−0)   LP: Guillermo Moscoso (0−1) Attendance: 22,580 (61.5%) Umpires: HP − Tripp Gibson, 1B − Jesús Miller, 2B − Dan Iassogna, 3B − Edgar Estivision Notes: Two outs when winning run scored. Boxscore

Colombia 4, Canada 1

March 11, 12:00 at Marlins Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Colombia	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	11	0
Canada	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
WP: Julio Teherán (1−0)   LP: Ryan Kellogg (0−1)   Sv: Dayán Díaz (1) Attendance: 17,209 (46.8%) Umpires: HP − Edwin Hernández, 1B − Dan Iassogna, 2B − Tripp Gibson, 3B − Edgar Estivision Boxscore

Dominican Republic 7, United States 5

March 11, 18:30 at Marlins Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
United States	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	8	0
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	X	7	10	2
WP: Álex Colomé (1−0)   LP: Andrew Miller (0−1)   Sv: Jeurys Familia (1) Home runs: USA: None DOM: Manny Machado (1), Nelson Cruz (1), Starling Marte (1) Attendance: 37,446 (101.9%) Umpires: HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Edgar Estivision, 2B − Tripp Gibson, 3B − Jesús Miller Boxscore

The crowd of 37,446 set a baseball attendance record for Marlins Park, surpassing Opening Day of the 2014 Major League Baseball season.^[3]

Dominican Republic 10, Colombia 3

March 12, 12:30 at Marlins Park (F/11)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Dominican Republic	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10	14	2
Colombia	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	2
WP: Enny Romero (1−0)   LP: William Cuevas (0−1) Home runs: DOM: None COL: Jorge Alfaro (1) Attendance: 36,952 (100.6%) Umpires: HP − Tripp Gibson, 1B − Jesús Miller, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Edwin Hernández Notes: Extra inning rule was used in 11th inning. Boxscore

United States 8, Canada 0

March 12, 19:00 at Marlins Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
United States	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	8	11	0
WP: Danny Duffy (1−0)   LP: Ryan Dempster (0−2) Home runs: CAN: None USA: Nolan Arenado (1), Buster Posey (1) Attendance: 22,303 (60.7%) Umpires: HP − Dan Iassogna, 1B − Edwin Hernández, 2B − Edgar Estivision, 3B − Mark Wegner Boxscore