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2009 World Baseball Classic Pool 2

Pool 2 of the Second Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, United States from March 14 to 18, 2009.

Like the first round, Pool 2 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The final two teams played against each other for seeding and both advanced to the semifinals.

Bracket

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PreliminariesQualifiersSeeding
DR Netherlands1
CW Venezuela3
W1 Venezuela2
W2 Puerto Rico0
CR United States1
DW Puerto Rico11
W4 Venezuela10
W5 United States6
Lower round 1Lower final
W3 United States6
L1 Netherlands3L4 Puerto Rico5
L2 United States9

Results

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Venezuela 3, Netherlands 1

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March 14 13:00 at Dolphin Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Netherlands 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
 Venezuela 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 3 3 2
WP: Carlos Silva (1–0)   LP: Sidney Ponson (1–1)   Sv: Francisco Rodríguez (2)
Home runs:
NED: None
VEN: Miguel Cabrera (1), José López (1)
Attendance: 17,345 (45.0%)
Umpires: HP − Ed Rapuano, 1B − Masato Tomoyose, 2B − Bruce Dreckman, 3B − Hitoshi Watarida
Boxscore

Puerto Rico 11, United States 1

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March 14 20:00 at Dolphin Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1 6 0
 Puerto Rico 2 4 0 0 1 0 4 X X 11 13 0
WP: Javier Vázquez (2–0)   LP: Jake Peavy (0–1)
Home runs:
USA: None
PUR: Felipe López (1), Carlos Beltrán (1)
Attendance: 30,595 (79.3%)
Umpires: HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Bruce Dreckman, 3B − Masato Tomoyose
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.
Two outs when last run scored.
Boxscore

United States 9, Netherlands 3

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March 15 19:30 at Dolphin Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 12 1
 United States 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 X 9 12 1
WP: Roy Oswalt (1–0)   LP: Rick VandenHurk (0–1)
Home runs:
NED: Bryan Engelhardt (1)
USA: Jimmy Rollins (1), Adam Dunn (1)
Attendance: 11,059 (28.7%)
Umpires: HP − Bruce Dreckman, 1B − Hitoshi Watarida, 2B − Ed Rapuano, 3B − Luis Ramírez
Boxscore

Venezuela 2, Puerto Rico 0

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March 16 20:00 at Dolphin Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Venezuela 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 0
 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
WP: Félix Hernández (2–0)   LP: Ian Snell (0–1)   Sv: Francisco Rodríguez (3)
Home runs:
VEN: Ramón Hernández (1)
PUR: None
Attendance: 25,599 (66.4%)
Umpires: HP − Ed Rapuano, 1B − Masato Tomoyose, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Hitoshi Watarida
Boxscore

United States 6, Puerto Rico 5

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March 17 19:00 at Dolphin Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Puerto Rico 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 5 1
 United States 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 10 0
WP: Jonathan Broxton (1–0)   LP: J. C. Romero (1–1)
Home runs:
PUR: Alex Ríos (1), Carlos Delgado (1)
USA: Kevin Youkilis (1)
Attendance: 13,224 (34.3%)
Umpires: HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Ed Rapuano, 3B − Masato Tomoyose
Notes: One out when winning run scored.
Boxscore

Venezuela 10, United States 6

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March 18 19:00 at Dolphin Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 6 12 3
 Venezuela 0 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 X 10 15 1
WP: Armando Galarraga (1–0)   LP: Jeremy Guthrie (0–2)
Home runs:
USA: Mark DeRosa (1)
VEN: Max Ramírez (1)
Attendance: 16,575 (43.0%)
Umpires: HP − Bruce Dreckman, 1B − Hitoshi Watarida, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Luis Ramírez
Boxscore
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