2009 World Baseball Classic Pool B

none Pool B of the First Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico from March 8 to 12, 2009. Pool B 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 1. Bracket Preliminaries Qualifiers Seeding – RSA 1 – CUB 8 – AUS 17 – MEX 7 L1 RSA 3 L2 MEX 14 W1 CUB 5 W2 AUS 4 W3 MEX 16 L4 AUS 1 W4 CUB 16 W5 MEX 4 Results All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00). Cuba 8, South Africa 1 March 8 12:00 Foro Sol RSA RSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 CUB CUB 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 X 8 13 0 Norge Luis Vera (1−0) Barry Armitage (0−1) Frederich Cepeda 2 (2), Alfredo Despaigne (1), Héctor Olivera (1),Yulieski Gourriel (1), Yoenis Céspedes (1) 11,270 (43.3%) HP − Ted Barrett, 1B − Seok-hwan Oh, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Edgar Estivison http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_08_rsaint_cubint_1&mode=box Australia 17, Mexico 7 March 8 19:00 Foro Sol AUS AUS 3 1 0 0 3 3 4 3 X 17 22 2 MEX MEX 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 12 1 Damian Moss (1−0) Ricardo Rincón (0−1) Luke Hughes (1), Chris Snelling 2 (2), Ben Risinger (1) Jorge Vázquez (1), Alfredo Amézaga (1) 20,821 (80.1%) HP − Greg Gibson, 1B − Seong-hoon Moon, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Seok-hwan Oh Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 8 innings. http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_08_ausint_mexint_1&mode=box Mexico 14, South Africa 3 March 9 20:00 Foro Sol MEX MEX 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 4 14 16 2 RSA RSA 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 2 Elmer Dessens (1−0) Justin Erasmus (0−1) Adrián González 2 (2), Óscar Robles (1), Jorge Cantú (1) 10,311 (39.7%) HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Seok-hwan Oh, 2B − Greg Gibson, 3B − Seong-hoon Moon http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_09_mexint_rsaint_1&mode=box Cuba 5, Australia 4 March 10 20:00 Foro Sol CUB CUB 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 5 9 1 AUS AUS 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 6 1 Ismel Jimenez (1−0) Rich Thompson (0−1) Yoenis Céspedes (2), Yosvani Peraza (1) 13,396 (51.5%) HP − Ted Barrett, 1B − Edgar Estivison, 2B − Greg Gibson, 3B − Seong-hoon Moon http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_10_cubint_ausint_1&mode=box Mexico 16, Australia 1 March 11 20:00 Foro Sol MEX MEX 0 0 4 7 1 4 X X X 16 13 0 AUS AUS 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1 6 0 Jorge Campillo (1−0) David Welch (0−1) Scott Hairston (1), Karim García 2 (2) Brett Roneberg (1) 16,718 (64.3%) HP − Greg Gibson, 1B − Seok-hwan Oh, 2B − Ted Barrett, 3B − Edgar Estivison Completed early due to 15–run mercy rule after 6 innings. http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_11_mexint_ausint_1&mode=box Cuba 16, Mexico 4 March 12 19:00 Foro Sol MEX MEX 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 X X 4 5 0 CUB CUB 1 0 1 5 0 0 9 X X 16 17 1 Yulieski González (1−0) Dennys Reyes (0−1) Freddy Sandoval (2), Óscar Robles (1), Karim García (3) Yulieski Gourriel (2), Ariel Pestano (1), Frederich Cepeda (3) 20,149 (77.5%) HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Edgar Estivison, 2B − Ted Barrett, 3B − Seong-hoon Moon Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.One out when last run scored. http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2009/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_12_mexint_cubint_1 External links Official website Pool B World Baseball Classic Pool B Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Mexico World Baseball Classic Pool B World Baseball Classic Pool B Category:Sports competitions in Mexico City Category:2000s in Mexico City