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	Team v t	W	L	HTH	RA	IPD	RA/IPD	TG
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[]

March 7, 19:00 at Tokyo Dome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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[]

March 8, 12:00 at Tokyo Dome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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[]

March 8, 19:00 at Tokyo Dome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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[]

March 9, 19:00 at Tokyo Dome (F/8)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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[]

March 10, 12:00 at Tokyo Dome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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[]

March 10, 19:00 at Tokyo Dome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

References[]

External links[]

• Official website