2006 World Baseball Classic – Pool B

Games of Pool B played at the Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona & Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, Arizona

Rk	Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
1	Mexico	2	1	1–1, 1.59 RA/9
2	United States	2	1	1–1, 4.00 RA/9
3	Canada	2	1	1–1, 7.50 RA/9
4	South Africa	0	3	–

Results

Pool B
MEX 0  USA 2 ◄ linescore	CAN 11 ◄  RSA 8 linescore	CAN 8 ◄  USA 6 linescore	RSA 4  MEX 10 ◄ linescore	MEX 9 ◄  CAN 1 linescore	USA 17 ◄  RSA 0 (F/5) linescore

United States 2, Mexico 0

• Game time: March 7, 2006 – 14:00 MST
• Location: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
• Attendance: 32,727 (66.7%)^[1]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
United States ◄	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	x	2	6	1
WP: Mike Timlin (1–0)   LP: Rodrigo López (0–1)   Sv: Brad Lidge (1) Home runs: MEX: None USA: Derrek Lee (1), Chipper Jones (1)

Canada 11, South Africa 8

• Game time: March 7, 2006 – 19:00 MST
• Location: Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, Arizona
• Attendance: 5,829 (68.6%)^[2]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada ◄	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	4	11	12	2
South Africa	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	0	8	9	3
WP: Chris Reitsma (1–0)   LP: Jared Elario (0–1)   Sv: Jesse Crain (1) Home runs: CAN: Corey Koskie (1) RSA: None

Canada 8, United States 6

• Game time: March 8, 2006 – 14:00 MST
• Location: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
• Attendance: 16,993 (34.7%)^[3]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada ◄	1	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	13	1
United States	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6	9	0
WP: Adam Loewen (1–0)   LP: Dontrelle Willis (0–1)   Sv: Steve Green (1) Home runs: CAN: Adam Stern (1) USA: Jason Varitek (1)

Mexico 10, South Africa 4

• Game time: March 8, 2006 – 19:00 MST
• Location: Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, Arizona
• Attendance: 7,937 (93.4%)^[4]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Africa	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	3
Mexico ◄	2	1	2	0	3	1	1	0	x	10	12	2
WP: Francisco Campos (1–0)   LP: Darryn Smith (0–1) Home runs: RSA: None MEX: Jorge Cantú (1)

Mexico 9, Canada 1

• Game time: March 9, 2006 – 18:00 MST
• Location: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
• Attendance: 15,744 (32.1%)^[5]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mexico ◄	4	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	14	0
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	2
WP: Esteban Loaiza (1–0)   LP: Jeff Francis (0–1) Home runs: MEX: Jorge Cantú (2), Mario Valenzuela (1) CAN: None

United States 17, South Africa 0

• Game time: March 10, 2006 – 13:00 MST
• Location: Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, Arizona
• Attendance: 11,975 (140.9%)^[6]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
United States ◄	4	6	6	1	0	17	18	0
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
WP: Roger Clemens (1–0)   LP: Carl Michaels (0–1) Home runs: USA: Derrek Lee (2), Ken Griffey, Jr. 2 (2) RSA: None

Completed early due to mercy rule (5 Innings).

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