2009 World Baseball Classic Pool 2

Pool 2 of the Second Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, United States from March 14 to 18, 2009.

Like the first round, Pool 2 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The final two teams played against each other for seeding and both advanced to the semifinals.

Bracket

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PreliminariesQualifiersSeeding
DR  Netherlands1
CW  Venezuela3
W1  Venezuela2
W2  Puerto Rico0
CR  United States1
DW  Puerto Rico11
W4  Venezuela10
W5  United States6
Lower round 1Lower final
W3  United States6
L1  Netherlands3L4  Puerto Rico5
L2  United States9

Results

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Venezuela 3, Netherlands 1

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March 14 13:00 at Dolphin Stadium
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 (1–1)   Sv: Francisco Rodríguez (2)
Home runs:
NED: None
VEN: Miguel Cabrera (1), José López (1)
Attendance: 17,345 (45.0%)
Umpires: HP − Ed Rapuano, 1B − Masato Tomoyose, 2B − Bruce Dreckman, 3B − Hitoshi Watarida
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Puerto Rico 11, United States 1

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March 14 20:00 at Dolphin Stadium
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 (2–0)   LP: Jake Peavy (0–1)
Home runs:
USA: None
PUR: Felipe López (1), Carlos Beltrán (1)
Attendance: 30,595 (79.3%)
Umpires: HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Bruce Dreckman, 3B − Masato Tomoyose
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.
Two outs when last run scored.
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United States 9, Netherlands 3

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March 15 19:30 at Dolphin Stadium
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)
Attendance: 11,059 (28.7%)
Umpires: HP − Bruce Dreckman, 1B − Hitoshi Watarida, 2B − Ed Rapuano, 3B − Luis Ramírez
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Venezuela 2, Puerto Rico 0

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March 16 20:00 at Dolphin Stadium
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 (2–0)   LP: Ian Snell (0–1)   Sv: Francisco Rodríguez (3)
Home runs:
VEN: Ramón Hernández (1)
PUR: None
Attendance: 25,599 (66.4%)
Umpires: HP − Ed Rapuano, 1B − Masato Tomoyose, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Hitoshi Watarida
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United States 6, Puerto Rico 5

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March 17 19:00 at Dolphin Stadium
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 (1–1)
Home runs:
PUR: Alex Ríos (1), Carlos Delgado (1)
USA: Kevin Youkilis (1)
Attendance: 13,224 (34.3%)
Umpires: HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Ed Rapuano, 3B − Masato Tomoyose
Notes: One out when winning run scored.
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Venezuela 10, United States 6

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March 18 19:00 at Dolphin Stadium
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 (0–2)
Home runs:
USA: Mark DeRosa (1)
VEN: Max Ramírez (1)
Attendance: 16,575 (43.0%)
Umpires: HP − Bruce Dreckman, 1B − Hitoshi Watarida, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Luis Ramírez
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