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

  Preliminaries Qualifiers Seeding
                             
DR  Netherlands 1  
CW  Venezuela 3  
  W1  Venezuela 2  
  W2  Puerto Rico 0  
CR  United States 1
DW  Puerto Rico 11  
  W4  Venezuela 10 2W
  W5  United States 6 2R
L1  Netherlands 3  
L2  United States 9  
  W3  United States 6
  L4  Puerto Rico 5  

Results

Venezuela 3, Netherlands 1

March 14 13:00 at Dolphin Stadium
Team123456789RHE
 Netherlands010000000160
 Venezuela10010001X332
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

March 14 20:00 at Dolphin Stadium
Team123456789RHE
 United States0000100XX160
 Puerto Rico2400104XX11130
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

March 15 19:30 at Dolphin Stadium
Team123456789RHE
 Netherlands0000001203121
 United States12031101X9121
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

March 16 20:00 at Dolphin Stadium
Team123456789RHE
 Venezuela001000100280
 Puerto Rico000000000050
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

March 17 19:00 at Dolphin Stadium
Team123456789RHE
 Puerto Rico010201001551
 United States0210000036100
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

March 18 19:00 at Dolphin Stadium
Team123456789RHE
 United States0111210006123
 Venezuela06010300X10151
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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