Pool B of the First Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico from March 8 to 12, 2009.
Pool B 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 1.
Bracket
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edit- All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).
Cuba 8, South Africa 1
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 South Africa |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Cuba |
1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Norge Luis Vera (1−0) LP: Barry Armitage (0−1) Home runs: RSA: None CUB: Frederich Cepeda 2 (2), Alfredo Despaigne (1), Héctor Olivera (1), Yulieski Gourriel (1), Yoenis Céspedes (1) Attendance: 11,270 (43.3%) Umpires: HP − Ted Barrett, 1B − Seok-hwan Oh, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Edgar Estivison Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia 17, Mexico 7
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 Australia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | X | 17 | 22 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Mexico |
5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Damian Moss (1−0) LP: Ricardo Rincón (0−1) Home runs: AUS: Luke Hughes (1), Chris Snelling 2 (2), Ben Risinger (1) MEX: Jorge Vázquez (1), Alfredo Amézaga (1) Attendance: 20,821 (80.1%) Umpires: HP − Greg Gibson, 1B − Seong-hoon Moon, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Seok-hwan Oh Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 8 innings. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mexico 14, South Africa 3
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mexico |
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Elmer Dessens (1−0) LP: Justin Erasmus (0−1) Home runs: MEX: Adrián González 2 (2), Óscar Robles (1), Jorge Cantú (1) RSA: None Attendance: 10,311 (39.7%) Umpires: HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Seok-hwan Oh, 2B − Greg Gibson, 3B − Seong-hoon Moon Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cuba 5, Australia 4
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| Cuba |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Ismel Jimenez (1−0) LP: Rich Thompson (0−1) Home runs: CUB: Yoenis Céspedes (2), Yosvani Peraza (1) AUS: None Attendance: 13,396 (51.5%) Umpires: HP − Ted Barrett, 1B − Edgar Estivison, 2B − Greg Gibson, 3B − Seong-hoon Moon Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mexico 16, Australia 1
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| Mexico |
0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | X | X | X | 16 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jorge Campillo (1−0) LP: David Welch (0−1) Home runs: MEX: Scott Hairston (1), Karim García 2 (2) AUS: Brett Roneberg (1) Attendance: 16,718 (64.3%) Umpires: HP − Greg Gibson, 1B − Seok-hwan Oh, 2B − Ted Barrett, 3B − Edgar Estivison Notes: Completed early due to 15–run mercy rule after 6 innings. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cuba 16, Mexico 4
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| Mexico |
0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cuba |
1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | X | X | 16 | 17 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yulieski González (1−0) LP: Dennys Reyes (0−1) Home runs: MEX: Freddy Sandoval (2), Óscar Robles (1), Karim García (3) CUB: Yulieski Gourriel (2), Ariel Pestano (1), Frederich Cepeda (3) Attendance: 20,149 (77.5%) Umpires: HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Edgar Estivison, 2B − Ted Barrett, 3B − Seong-hoon Moon Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. One out when last run scored. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||