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 Preliminaries Qualifiers Seeding DR NED 1 CW VEN 3 CR USA 1 DW PUR 11 L1 NED 3 L2 USA 9 W1 VEN 2 W2 PUR 0 W3 USA 6 L4 PUR 5 W4 VEN 10 W5 USA 6 Results All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00). Venezuela 3, Netherlands 1 March 14 13:00 Dolphin Stadium NED NED 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 VEN VEN 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 3 3 2 Carlos Silva (1–0) Sidney Ponson (1–1) Francisco Rodríguez (2) Miguel Cabrera (1), José López (1) 17,345 (45.0%) HP − Ed Rapuano, 1B − Masato Tomoyose, 2B − Bruce Dreckman, 3B − Hitoshi Watarida http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_14_nedint_venint_1&mode=box Puerto Rico 11, United States 1 March 14 20:00 Dolphin Stadium USA USA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1 6 0 PUR PUR 2 4 0 0 1 0 4 X X 11 13 0 Javier Vázquez (2–0) Jake Peavy (0–1) Felipe López (1), Carlos Beltrán (1) 30,595 (79.3%) HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Bruce Dreckman, 3B − Masato Tomoyose Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.Two outs when last run scored. http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_14_usaint_purint_1&mode=box United States 9, Netherlands 3 March 15 19:30 Dolphin Stadium NED NED 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 12 1 USA USA 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 X 9 12 1 Roy Oswalt (1–0) Rick VandenHurk (0–1) Bryan Engelhardt (1) Jimmy Rollins (1), Adam Dunn (1) 11,059 (28.7%) HP − Bruce Dreckman, 1B − Hitoshi Watarida, 2B − Ed Rapuano, 3B − Luis Ramírez http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_15_nedint_usaint_1&mode=box Venezuela 2, Puerto Rico 0 March 16 20:00 Dolphin Stadium VEN VEN 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 0 PUR PUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Félix Hernández (2–0) Ian Snell (0–1) Francisco Rodríguez (3) Ramón Hernández (1) 25,599 (66.4%) HP − Ed Rapuano, 1B − Masato Tomoyose, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Hitoshi Watarida http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_16_venint_purint_1&mode=box United States 6, Puerto Rico 5 March 17 19:00 Dolphin Stadium PUR PUR 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 5 1 USA USA 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 10 0 Jonathan Broxton (1–0) J. C. Romero (1–1) Alex Ríos (1), Carlos Delgado (1) Kevin Youkilis (1) 13,224 (34.3%) HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Ed Rapuano, 3B − Masato Tomoyose One out when winning run scored. http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_17_purint_usaint_1&mode=box Venezuela 10, United States 6 March 18 19:00 Dolphin Stadium USA USA 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 6 12 3 VEN VEN 0 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 X 10 15 1 Armando Galarraga (1–0) Jeremy Guthrie (0–2) Mark DeRosa (1) Max Ramírez (1) 16,575 (43.0%) HP − Bruce Dreckman, 1B − Hitoshi Watarida, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Luis Ramírez http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_18_usaint_venint_1&mode=box External links Official website Pool 2 World Baseball Classic Pool 2 Category:Baseball competitions in Florida Category:International baseball competitions hosted by the United States Category:International sports competitions in Florida World Baseball Classic Pool 2 Category:Sports competitions in Miami Gardens, Florida