2013 World Baseball Classic championship

Baseball game, held in San Francisco December 2023 December 2023 2013 World Baseball Classic Final File:ATT Sunset Panorama.jpg 300px Oracle Park, San Francisco Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Puerto Rico 40px 0 Dominican Republic 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 8 1 Dominican Republic 40px 3 2013 03 19 Oracle Park San Francisco, California, U.S. Edwin Rodríguez Tony Peña HP: United States Ted Barrett 1B: Australia Paul Hyham 2B: United States Bill Miller 3B: Panama Edgar Estivision LF: United States Wally Bell RF: Canada Trevor Grieve Dominican Republic Robinson Canó 35,703 5:30 p.m. PDT Multiple Multiple 2009 2017 The championship round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California, United States, from March 17 to 19, 2013. The championship round was decided in two semi final games and a final game. In the final (championship) game, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If the teams competing in the final had identical winning percentages in the tournament, then World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) would conduct a coin flip or draw to determine the home team. The Dominican Republic defeated the Netherlands and Puerto Rico to win their first World Baseball Classic championship. Robinson Canó was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130319&content_id=43006960&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb MLB.com March 20, 2013 John Schlegel Torrid stretch earns Cano Classic MVP March 25, 2013 Bracket Semifinals Final 40 180 2R PUR 3 1W JPN 1 1R NED 1 2W DOM 4 SF1W PUR 0 SF2W DOM 3 Note: "1R" = runner up in Pool 1. Results All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00). Semifinal 1 − Puerto Rico 3, Japan 1 March 17 18:00 AT&T Park PUR PUR 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 0 JPN JPN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 Mario Santiago (1–1) Kenta Maeda (2–1) Fernando Cabrera (3) Alex Ríos (1) 33,683 (80.4%) HP − Bill Miller, 1B − Edgar Estivision, 2B − Wally Bell, 3B − Trevor Grieve,LF − Ted Barrett, RF − Paul Hyham http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_17_purint_jpnint_1&mode=box Two time World Baseball Classic defending champions Japan faces off against surprising upstart Puerto Rico in the first semi-final matchup. Puerto Rico scores a run from the first inning and scored two additional runs from a home run by Alex Ríos as the Japanese team struggle to catch up. Japan, however, only managed to score at least a run; Seiichi Uchikawa made a baserun snafu in an effort to steal second but was caught up between first and second bases as catcher Yadier Molina tags Uchikawa for a second out. Despite the efforts, Japan eventually loses to Puerto Rico 3-1 as their championship streak from two previous World Baseball Classic games has ended and the Japanese team gracefully bows out to the stands and the Puerto Rican baseball team after their defeat. Semifinal 2 − Dominican Republic 4, Netherlands 1 March 18 18:00 AT&T Park NED NED 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 DOM DOM 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 X 4 9 0 Edinson Vólquez (1–0) Diego Markwell (2–1) Fernando Rodney (6) 27,527 (65.7%) HP − Wally Bell, 1B − Trevor Grieve, 2B − Ted Barrett, 3B − Paul Hyham,LF − Bill Miller, RF − Edgar Estivision http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_18_nedint_domint_1&mode=box Final − Dominican Republic 3, Puerto Rico 0 thumb|Flags from countries participating in the 2013 World Baseball Classic are shown in a pre-game ceremony on the Championship Game at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA, USA, on March 19, 2013. March 19 17:00 AT&T Park PUR PUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 DOM DOM 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 8 1 Samuel Deduno (2–0) Giancarlo Alvarado (1–1) Fernando Rodney (7) 35,703 (85.2%) HP − Ted Barrett, 1B − Paul Hyham, 2B − Bill Miller, 3B − Edgar Estivision,LF − Wally Bell, RF − Trevor Grieve http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_19_purint_domint_1&mode=box thumb|right|upright|Robinson Canó, the tournament's Most Valuable Player In the final, Samuel Deduno started for the Dominican Republic, while Giancarlo Alvarado started for Puerto Rico.Associated Press http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2013-03-19/world-baseball-classic-2013-dominican-republic-puerto-rico-jose-reyes-robinson-c Dominican Republic wins 2013 World Baseball Classic; blanks Puerto Rico in final – MLB – Sporting News Aol.sportingnews.com March 20, 2013 March 25, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130325102330/http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2013-03-19/world-baseball-classic-2013-dominican-republic-puerto-rico-jose-reyes-robinson-c dead https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/03/18/wbc-championship-game-puerto-rico-giancarlo-alvarado/1998117/ WBC provides journeyman one shot at stardom Usatoday.com March 18, 2013 March 20, 2013 John Perrotto 35,703 fans attended the game at AT&T Park in San Francisco. An additional 50,000 Dominican fans watched the game at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In Puerto Rico, the final was the most watched sporting event for the past year with nearly three-fourths of all households tuning in.Unbeaten Dominican Republic claim World Baseball Classic title https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/mar/20/dominican-republic-win-world-baseball-classic March 21, 2013 The Guardian London Steve Busfield March 20, 2013To D.R., WBC title means everything https://www.espn.com/mlb/worldclassic2013/story/_/id/9073682/world-baseball-classic-title-means-everything-dominicans March 21, 2013 ESPN.com Edwin Encarnación hit a two-run double in the first inning, giving the Dominican Republic the lead. Erick Aybar had the game's third run batted in for the Dominican Republic. Deduno recorded five strikeouts in five scoreless innings pitched and Fernando Rodney completed the game with a save, his seventh save of the tournament. Four Dominican relief pitchers combined for 4 scoreless innings.World-Class Pitching Carries Undefeated Dominicans to Title https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/sports/baseball/dominican-republic-wins-world-baseball-classic.html?_r=0 March 21, 2013 New York Times Tyler Kepner March 20, 2013 This was the third time in the tournament that the Dominican Republic defeated Puerto Rico. The Dominican Republic completed the tournament with an 8–0 record, becoming the first undefeated team to win the World Baseball Classic. Robinson Canó was named the Most Valuable Player of the Classic after he batted 15-for-32 (.469), the most hits in tournament history. After the match the team was congratulated immediately for their victory by Dominican president Danilo Medina.Danilo Medina felicita la selección de béisbol http://eldia.com.do/deportes/2013/3/20/109873/Danilo-Medina-felicita-la-seleccion-de-beisbol El Dia March 21, 2013 https://archive.today/20130412110721/http://eldia.com.do/deportes/2013/3/20/109873/Danilo-Medina-felicita-la-seleccion-de-beisbol April 12, 2013 dead References External links Official website Championship World Baseball Classic championship World Baseball Classic championship Category:Baseball competitions in San Francisco Category:International baseball competitions hosted by the United States Category:International sports competitions in California World Baseball Classic championship