2006 World Baseball Classic Pool 2

Pool 2 of the Second Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 12 to 15, 2006.

Like the first round, Pool 2 was a round-robin tournament. The final two teams advanced to the semifinals.

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1   Dominican Republic 3 2 1 10 11 −1 .667[a] Advance to championship round
2   Cuba 3 2 1 14 12 +2 .667[a]
3   Venezuela 3 1 2 9 9 0 .333[b] 1
4   Puerto Rico (H) 3 1 2 10 11 −1 .333[b] 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Dominican Republic defeated Cuba 7–3.
  2. ^ a b Venezuela defeated Puerto Rico 6–0.

Results edit

Cuba 7, Venezuela 2 edit

March 12 14:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Cuba 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 7 10 1
  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0
WP: Yadel Martí (1–0)   LP: Johan Santana (0–2)   Sv: Pedro Luis Lazo (1)
Home runs:
CUB: Frederich Cepeda (1), Ariel Pestano (1)
VEN: Endy Chávez (1)
Attendance: 13,697 (76.1%)
Umpires: HP − Tom Hallion, 1B − Lance Barksdale, 2B − Chad Fairchild, 3B − Ian McCabe
Boxscore

Puerto Rico 7, Dominican Republic 1 edit

March 12 21:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 7 13 1
  Dominican Republic 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2
WP: Javier Vázquez (1–0)   LP: Dámaso Marte (0–1)
Home runs:
PUR: None
DOM: Adrián Beltré (4)
Attendance: 19,692 (109.4%)
Umpires: HP − Rob Drake, 1B − James Hoye, 2B − Adam Dowdy, 3B − Fred van Groningen
Boxscore

Dominican Republic 7, Cuba 3 edit

March 13 14:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Dominican Republic 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 9 1
  Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 8 2
WP: Odalis Pérez (2–0)   LP: Vicyohandry Odelín (0–1)   Sv: Fernando Rodney (1)
Home runs:
DOM: David Ortiz (3)
CUB: Yulieski Gourriel (2)
Attendance: 6,594 (36.6%)
Umpires: HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Chad Fairchild, 2B − Tom Hallion, 3B − Ian McCabe
Boxscore

Venezuela 6, Puerto Rico 0 edit

March 13 20:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 6 6 2
  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
WP: Carlos Zambrano (1–0)   LP: Joel Piñeiro (0–1)
Home runs:
VEN: Endy Chávez (2), Víctor Martínez (1)
PUR: None
Attendance: 19,400 (107.8%)
Umpires: HP − James Hoye, 1B − Adam Dowdy, 2B − Rob Drake, 3B − Fred van Groningen
Boxscore

Dominican Republic 2, Venezuela 1 edit

March 14 20:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
  Dominican Republic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2 6 1
WP: Miguel Batista (1–0)   LP: Kelvim Escobar (1–1)   Sv: Duaner Sánchez (1)
Attendance: 13,007 (72.3%)
Umpires: HP − Chad Fairchild, 1B − Tom Hallion, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Ian McCabe
Boxscore

Cuba 4, Puerto Rico 3 edit

March 15 20:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Cuba 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 2
  Puerto Rico 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 1
WP: Ormari Romero (2–0)   LP: Dicky Gonzalez (1–1)   Sv: Vicyohandry Odelín (1)
Home runs:
CUB: None
PUR: Bernie Williams (2)
Attendance: 19,773 (109.9%)
Umpires: HP − Adam Dowdy, 1B − Rob Drake, 2B − James Hoye, 3B − Fred van Groningen
Boxscore

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