2017 World Baseball Classic Pool B
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Pool B of the First Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan from March 7 to 10, 2017, between Australia, China, Cuba and Japan. Pool B was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool E.
Two-time champions Japan concluded Pool B with a 3–0 record, whereas China lost all three games after their poor performances and must now qualify for the 2021 World Baseball Classic. Cuba defeated Australia to advance to the second round.[1]
Standings[]
Rk | W | L | HTH | RA | IPD | RA/IPD | TG | |
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1 | Japan | 3 | 0 | − | ||||
2 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | − | ||||
3 | Australia | 1 | 2 | − | ||||
4 | China | 0 | 3 | − |
NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD − The index of RA/IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game.
Pool B MVP: Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh
Results[]
- All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Japan 11, Cuba 6[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 11 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Ayumu Ishikawa (1−0) LP: Yoanni Yera (0−1) Home runs: CUB: Alfredo Despaigne (1) JPN: Nobuhiro Matsuda (1), Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh (1) Attendance: 44,908 (106.9%) Umpires: HP − Todd Tichenor, 1B − , 2B − , 3B − Cory Blaser Boxscore |
Cuba 6, China 0[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Bladimir Baños (1−0) LP: Xia Luo (0−1) Attendance: 39,102 (93.1%) Umpires: HP − , 1B − Larry Vanover, 2B − Todd Tichenor, 3B − Boxscore |
Japan 4, Australia 1[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kodai Senga (1−0) LP: Matthew Williams (0−1) Sv: Kazuhisa Makita (1) Home runs: JPN: Sho Nakata (1), Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh (2) AUS: Allan de San Miguel (1) Attendance: 41,408 (98.6%) Umpires: HP − Cory Blaser, 1B − Todd Tichenor, 2B − , 3B − Boxscore |
Australia 11, China 0[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | X | 11 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Travis Blackley (1−0) LP: Kwon Ju (0−1) Home runs: AUS: Luke Hughes (1), James Beresford (1) CHN: None Attendance: 3,013 (7.2%) Umpires: HP − Larry Vanover, 1B − , 2B − Cory Blaser, 3B − Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 8 innings. Boxscore |
Cuba 4, Australia 3[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Vladimir García (1−0) LP: Lachlan Wells (0−1) Sv: Miguel Lahera (1) Home runs: AUS: Trent Oeltjen (1) CUB: Alfredo Despaigne (2) Attendance: 38,050 (90.6%) Umpires: HP − Todd Tichenor, 1B − , 2B − Larry Vanover, 3B − Boxscore |
Japan 7, China 1[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Japan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Shota Takeda (1−0) LP: Quan Gan (0−1) Home runs: CHN: None JPN: Seiji Kobayashi (1), Sho Nakata (2) Attendance: 40,053 (95.4%) Umpires: HP − Cory Blaser, 1B − Larry Vanover, 2B − , 3B − Boxscore |
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- 2017 World Baseball Classic
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- International baseball competitions hosted by Japan
- March 2017 sports events in Japan
- Sports competitions in Tokyo