2006 World Baseball Classic – Pool 1

Games of Pool 1 played at the Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California

Rk	Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
1	South Korea	3	0	–
2	Japan	1	2	1–1, 2.55 RA/9
3	United States	1	2	1–1, 2.65 RA/9
4	Mexico	1	2	1–1, 3.50 RA/9

Results

Pool 1
JPN 3  USA 4 ◄ linescore	MEX 1  KOR 2 ◄ linescore	USA 3  KOR 7 ◄ linescore	JPN 6 ◄  MEX 1 linescore	KOR 2 ◄  JPN 1 linescore	USA 1  MEX 2 ◄ linescore

United States 4, Japan 3

• Game time: March 12, 2006 – 13:00 PST
• Attendance: 32,896 (73.0%)^[1]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	2
United States ◄	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	11	0
WP: Brad Lidge (1–0)   LP: Kyuji Fujikawa (0–1) Home runs: JPN: Ichiro Suzuki (1) USA: Chipper Jones (2), Derrek Lee (3)

Two outs when winning run scored.

South Korea 2, Mexico 1

• Game time: March 12, 2006 – 20:00 PST
• Attendance: 42,979 (95.4%)^[2]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
South Korea ◄	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	2	5	0
WP: Jae Weong Seo (2–0)   LP: Rodrigo López (0–2)   Sv: Chan Ho Park (3) Home runs: MEX: Luis A. García (1) KOR: Seung-Yeop Lee (4)

South Korea 7, United States 3

• Game time: March 13, 2006 – 19:00 PST
• Attendance: 21,288 (47.3%)^[3]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
United States	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	9	3
South Korea ◄	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	x	7	10	0
WP: Min-Han Son (2–0)   LP: Dontrelle Willis (0–2) Home runs: USA: Ken Griffey, Jr. (3) KOR: Seung-Yeop Lee (5), Hee-Seop Choi (1)

Japan 6, Mexico 1

• Game time: March 14, 2006 – 16:00 PST
• Attendance: 16,591 (36.8%)^[4]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan ◄	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	6	12	2
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (2–0)   LP: Esteban Loaiza (1–1) Home runs: JPN: Tomoya Satozaki (1) MEX: Miguel Ojeda (1)

South Korea 2, Japan 1

• Game time: March 15, 2006 – 19:00 PST
• Attendance: 39,679 (88.1%)^[5]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Korea ◄	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
WP: Byung-Hyun Kim (1–0)   LP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–1)   Sv: Seung-Hwan Oh (1) Home runs: KOR: None JPN: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (2)

Mexico 2, United States 1

• Game time: March 16, 2006 – 16:30 PST
• Attendance: 38,284 (85.0%)^[6]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Mexico ◄	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	2	6	1
WP: Edgar Gonzalez (1–0)   LP: Roger Clemens (1–1)   Sv: David Cortés (1)

References

2006 World Baseball Classic Format Round 1: Pool A • Pool B • Pool C • Pool D Round 2: Pool 1 • Pool 2 Finals: Finals Other Controversies • Rosters