2009 World Baseball Classic Pool C
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 | ||||||||||||
| – |  Canada
|
5 | ||||||||||||
| – |  United States
|
6 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | United States
|
15 | ||||||||||||
| W2 |  Venezuela
|
6 | ||||||||||||
| – |  Italy
|
0 | ||||||||||||
| – | Venezuela
|
7 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | United States
|
3 | CR | |||||||||||
| W5 | Venezuela
|
5 | CW | |||||||||||
| L1 | Canada
|
2 | ||||||||||||
| L2 | Italy
|
6 | ||||||||||||
| W4 | Italy
|
1 | ||||||||||||
| L3 | Venezuela
|
10 | ||||||||||||
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[]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| United States |
0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: LaTroy Hawkins (1−0) LP: Mike Johnson (0−1) Sv: J.J. Putz (1) Home runs: CAN: Joey Votto (1), Russell Martin (1) USA: Kevin Youkilis (1), Brian McCann (1), Adam Dunn (1) Attendance: 42,314 (85.4%) Umpires: HP − Marvin Hudson, 1B − Minoru Nakamura, 2B − Dan Iassogna, 3B − Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venezuela 7, Italy 0[]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 7 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Félix Hernández (1−0) LP: Jason Grilli (0−1) Home runs: ITA: None VEN: Carlos Guillén (1), Melvin Mora (1) Attendance: 13,272 (26.8%) Umpires: HP − Jerry Meals, 1B − , 2B − Dan Iassogna, 3B − Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
United States 15, Venezuela 6[]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Matt Lindstrom (1−0) LP: Víctor Zambrano (0−1) Home runs: USA: Kevin Youkilis (2), Adam Dunn (2), Ryan Braun (1) VEN: Carlos Guillén (2) Attendance: 13,094 (26.4%) Umpires: HP − Dan Iassogna, 1B − , 2B − Marvin Hudson, 3B − Minoru Nakamura Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italy 6, Canada 2[]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Dan Serafini (1−0) LP: Vince Perkins (0−1) Sv: Jason Grilli (1) Attendance: 12,411 (25.1%) Umpires: HP − Marvin Hudson, 1B − Minoru Nakamura, 2B − Jerry Meals, 3B − Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venezuela 10, Italy 1[]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela |
0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 10 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Enrique González (1−0) LP: Tiago Da Silva (0−1) Home runs: ITA: None VEN: Bobby Abreu (1), Miguel Cabrera (1), José López (1), Ramón Hernández (1) Attendance: 10,450 (21.1%) Umpires: HP − Jerry Meals, 1B − , 2B − Marvin Hudson, 3B − Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venezuela 5, United States 3[]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| United States |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jan Granado (1−0) LP: Jeremy Guthrie (0−1) Sv: Francisco Rodriguez (1) Home runs: VEN: Gregor Blanco (1) USA: Chris Iannetta (1) Attendance: 12,358 (24.9%) Umpires: HP − Dan Iassogna, 1B − , 2B − Jerry Meals, 3B − Minoru Nakamura Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External links[]
Categories:
- 2009 World Baseball Classic
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- International sports competitions in Toronto
- March 2009 sports events in Canada