2009 World Baseball Classic Pool C

Division of a 2009 baseball tournament right|thumb|Canadians cheer on their country at the 2009 WBC in Toronto on March 9, 2009. Pool C of the first round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Rogers Centre, Toronto, Canada from March 7 to 11, 2009. Pool C was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine seeding for the pool 2. Bracket Preliminaries Qualifiers Seeding – CAN 5 – USA 6 – ITA 0 – VEN 7 L1 CAN 2 L2 ITA 6 W1 USA 15 W2 VEN 6 W4 ITA 1 L3 VEN 10 W3 USA 3 W5 VEN 5 Results Times of March 7 are Eastern Standard Time (UTC−05:00) and times from March 8 to 11 are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00). United States 6, Canada 5 March 7 14:00 Rogers Centre CAN CAN 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 7 1 USA USA 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 X 6 9 0 LaTroy Hawkins (1−0) Mike Johnson (0−1) J.J. Putz (1) Joey Votto (1), Russell Martin (1) Kevin Youkilis (1), Brian McCann (1), Adam Dunn (1) 42,314 (85.4%) HP − Marvin Hudson, 1B − Minoru Nakamura, 2B − Dan Iassogna, 3B − Masami Yoshikawa http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_07_canint_usaint_1&mode=box Venezuela 7, Italy 0 March 7 20:00 Rogers Centre ITA ITA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 VEN VEN 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 X 7 11 1 Félix Hernández (1−0) Jason Grilli (0−1) Carlos Guillén (1), Melvin Mora (1) 13,272 (26.8%) HP − Jerry Meals, 1B − Masami Yoshikawa, 2B − Dan Iassogna, 3B − Carlos Rey http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_07_itaint_venint_1&mode=box United States 15, Venezuela 6 March 8 20:00 Rogers Centre USA USA 0 0 0 2 0 8 1 3 1 15 16 0 VEN VEN 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 6 13 0 Matt Lindstrom (1−0) Víctor Zambrano (0−1) Kevin Youkilis (2), Adam Dunn (2), Ryan Braun (1) Carlos Guillén (2) 13,094 (26.4%) HP − Dan Iassogna, 1B − Carlos Rey, 2B − Marvin Hudson, 3B − Minoru Nakamura http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_08_usaint_venint_1&mode=box Italy 6, Canada 2 March 9 18:30 Rogers Centre ITA ITA 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 10 0 CAN CAN 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 Dan Serafini (1−0) Vince Perkins (0−1) Jason Grilli (1) 12,411 (25.1%) HP − Marvin Hudson, 1B − Minoru Nakamura, 2B − Jerry Meals, 3B − Masami Yoshikawa http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_09_itaint_canint_1&mode=box Venezuela 10, Italy 1 March 10 17:00 Rogers Centre ITA ITA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 VEN VEN 0 0 0 4 5 0 1 0 X 10 14 0 Enrique González (1−0) Tiago Da Silva (0−1) Bobby Abreu (1), Miguel Cabrera (1), José López (1), Ramón Hernández (1) 10,450 (21.1%) HP − Jerry Meals, 1B − Masami Yoshikawa, 2B − Marvin Hudson, 3B − Carlos Rey http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_10_itaint_venint_1&mode=box Venezuela 5, United States 3 March 11 18:30 Rogers Centre VEN VEN 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 5 12 1 USA USA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 0 Jan Granado (1−0) Jeremy Guthrie (0−1) Francisco Rodriguez (1) Gregor Blanco (1) Chris Iannetta (1) 12,358 (24.9%) HP − Dan Iassogna, 1B − Carlos Rey, 2B − Jerry Meals, 3B − Minoru Nakamura http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_11_venint_usaint_1&mode=box External links Official website Pool C Category:Baseball competitions in Toronto Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Canada Category:International sports competitions in Toronto World Baseball Classic Pool C World Baseball Classic Pool C