2009 World Baseball Classic Pool C

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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.

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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

PreliminariesQualifiersSeeding
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6
W1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15
W2Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 6
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 7
W3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
W5Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 5
Lower round 1Lower final
W4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1
L1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2L3Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 10
L2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6

Results

United States 6, Canada 5

March 7 14:00 at Rogers Centre
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 101001101571
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 01030200X690
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 − Masami Yoshikawa
Boxscore

Venezuela 7, Italy 0

March 7 20:00 at Rogers Centre
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 000000000081
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 00004021X7111
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 − Masami Yoshikawa, 2B − Dan Iassogna, 3B − Carlos Rey
Boxscore

United States 15, Venezuela 6

March 8 20:00 at Rogers Centre
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 00020813115160
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 0012020016130
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 − Carlos Rey, 2B − Marvin Hudson, 3B − Minoru Nakamura
Boxscore

Italy 6, Canada 2

March 9 18:30 at Rogers Centre
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1111002006100
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 000200000271
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 − Masami Yoshikawa
Boxscore

Venezuela 10, Italy 1

March 10 17:00 at Rogers Centre
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 000000100161
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 00045010X10140
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 − Masami Yoshikawa, 2B − Marvin Hudson, 3B − Carlos Rey
Boxscore

Venezuela 5, United States 3

March 11 18:30 at Rogers Centre
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 0010121005121
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 000100020370
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 − Carlos Rey, 2B − Jerry Meals, 3B − Minoru Nakamura
Boxscore

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