2009 World Baseball Classic – Round 2

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The second round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic took place between March 15 and March 19, 2009 at PETCO Park in San Diego and Dolphin Stadium in Miami. Like the first round, the second round was a double-elimination tournament. The final two teams in each pool played against each other for seeding, and both advanced to the final round.

Pool 1

Games of Pool 1 played at PETCO Park, San Diego, California.

  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 1R
  W5   Japan 6 1W
L1   Cuba 7  
L2   Mexico 4  
  W3   Cuba 0
  L4   Japan 5  

Results

Pool 1
 JPN 6 ◄
 CUB 0
linescore		  MEX 2
 KOR 8 ◄
linescore		  CUB 7 ◄
 MEX 4
linescore		  JPN 1
 KOR 4 ◄
linescore		  JPN 5 ◄
 CUB 0
linescore		  JPN 6 ◄
 KOR 2
linescore

Japan 6, Cuba 0

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 (1-0)   LP: Aroldis Chapman (0-1)

South Korea 8, Mexico 2

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)

Cuba 7, Mexico 4

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 (1-0)   LP: Jorge Campillo (0-1)   Sv: Pedro Luis Lazo (1)
Home runs:
CUB: None
MEX: Jorge Cantú (1), Cristhian Presichi (1)

South Korea 4, Japan 1

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 (1-0)   LP: Yu Darvish (0-1)   Sv: Chang-Yong Lim (1)

Japan 5, Cuba 0

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 (1-0)   LP: Yunieski Maya (0-1)   Sv: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1)

Japan 6, South Korea 2

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)

Pool 2

Games of Pool 2 played at Dolphin Stadium, Miami, Florida.

  Preliminaries Qualifiers Seeding
                             
DR   Netherlands 1  
CW   Venezuela 3  
  W1   Venezuela 2  
  W2   Puerto Rico 0  
CR   United States 1
DW   Puerto Rico 11  
  W4   Venezuela 10 2W
  W5   United States 6 2R
L1   Netherlands 3  
L2   United States 9  
  W3   United States 6
  L4   Puerto Rico 5  

Results

Pool 2
 NED 1
 VEN 3 ◄
linescore		  USA 1 (F/7)
 PUR 11 ◄
linescore		  NED 3
 USA 9 ◄
linescore		  VEN 2 ◄
 PUR 0
linescore		  PUR 5
 USA 6 ◄
linescore		  USA 6
 VEN 10 ◄
linescore

Venezuela 3, Netherlands 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Netherlands 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
 Venezuela 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 3 3 2
WP: Carlos Silva (1-0)   LP: Sidney Ponson (0-1)   Sv: Francisco Rodriguez (1)
Home runs:
NED: None
VEN: Miguel Cabrera (1), José López (1)

Puerto Rico 11, United States 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1 6 0
 Puerto Rico 2 4 0 0 1 0 4 X X 11 13 0
WP: Javier Vázquez (1-0)   LP: Jake Peavy (0-1)
Home runs:
USA: None
PUR: Felipe López (1), Carlos Beltran (1)

Completed early due to mercy rule (7 Innings).
Two outs when winning run scored.

United States 9, Netherlands 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 12 1
 United States 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 X 9 12 1
WP: Roy Oswalt (1-0)   LP: Rick VandenHurk (0-1)
Home runs:
NED: Bryan Engelhardt (1)
USA: Jimmy Rollins (1), Adam Dunn (1)

Venezuela 2, Puerto Rico 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Venezuela 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 0
 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
WP: Félix Hernández (1-0)   LP: Ian Snell (0-1)   Sv: Francisco Rodriguez (2)
Home runs:
VEN: Ramón Hernández (1)
PUR: None

United States 6, Puerto Rico 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Puerto Rico 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 5 1
 United States 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 10 0
WP: Jonathan Broxton (1-0)   LP: J.C. Romero (0-1)
Home runs:
PUR: Alex Ríos (1), Carlos Delgado (1)
USA: Kevin Youkilis (1)

One out when winning run scored.

Venezuela 10, United States 6

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 6 12 3
 Venezuela 0 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 X 10 15 1
WP: Armando Galarraga (1-0)   LP: Jeremy Guthrie (0-1)
Home runs:
USA: Mark DeRosa (1)
VEN: Max Ramírez (1)

References

  1. ^ "2009 WBC Pool 1 Game 1 JPN:CUB Boxscore". http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_15_jpnint_cubint_1. 
  2. ^ "2009 WBC Pool 1 Game 2 MEX:KOR Boxscore". http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_15_mexint_korint_1. 
  3. ^ "2009 WBC Pool 1 Game 3 CUB:MEX Boxscore". http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_16_cubint_mexint_1. 
  4. ^ "2009 WBC Pool 1 Game 4 JPN:KOR Boxscore". http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_17_jpnint_korint_1. 
  5. ^ "2009 WBC Pool 1 Game 5 JPN:CUB Boxscore". http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_18_jpnint_cubint_1. 
  6. ^ "2009 WBC Pool 1 Game 6 JPN:KOR Boxscore". http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_19_jpnint_korint_1. 
  7. ^ "2009 WBC Pool 2 Game 1 NED:VEN Boxscore". http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_14_nedint_venint_1. 
  8. ^ "2009 WBC Pool 2 Game 2 USA:PUR Boxscore". http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_14_usaint_purint_1. 
  9. ^ "2009 WBC Pool 2 Game 3 NED:USA Boxscore". http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_15_nedint_usaint_1. 
  10. ^ "2009 WBC Pool 2 Game 4 VEN:PUR Boxscore". http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_16_venint_purint_1. 
  11. ^ "2009 WBC Pool 2 Game 5 PUR:USA Boxscore". http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_17_purint_usaint_1. 
  12. ^ "2009 WBC Pool 2 Game 6 USA:VEN Boxscore". http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_18_usaint_venint_1. 
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