Pool B of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Chase Field, Phoenix and Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States from March 7 to 10, 2006.
Pool B was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 1.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | .667 [lower-alpha 1] | — | Advance to second round |
| 2 |  United States (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | +17 | .667 [lower-alpha 1] | — | |
| 3 |  Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 23 | −3 | .667 [lower-alpha 1] | — | |
| 4 |  South Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 38 | −26 | .000 | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Mike Timlin (1–0) LP: Rodrigo López (0–1) Sv: Brad Lidge (1) Home runs: MEX: None USA: Derrek Lee (1), Chipper Jones (1) Attendance: 32,727 (66.7%) Umpires: HP − Chris Guccione, 1B − Angel Campos, 2B − Mike Muchlinski, 3B − Neil Poulton Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Chris Reitsma (1–0) LP: Jared Elario (0–1) Sv: Jesse Crain (1) Home runs: CAN: Corey Koskie (1) RSA: None Attendance: 5,829 (68.6%) Umpires: HP − Chris Griffith, 1B − Bob Davidson, 2B − Travis Reininger, 3B − Nelson Díaz Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Adam Loewen (1–0) LP: Dontrelle Willis (0–1) Sv: Steve Green (1) Home runs: CAN: Adam Stern (1) USA: Jason Varitek (1) Attendance: 16,993 (34.7%) Umpires: HP − Bob Davidson, 1B − Travis Reininger, 2B − Chris Griffith, 3B − Nelson Díaz Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 10 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Francisco Campos (1–0) LP: Darryn Smith (0–1) Home runs: RSA: None MEX: Jorge Cantú (1) Attendance: 7,937 (93.4%) Umpires: HP − Mike Muchlinski, 1B − Chris Guccione, 2B − Angel Campos, 3B − Neil Poulton Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Esteban Loaiza (1–0) LP: Jeff Francis (0–1) Home runs: MEX: Jorge Cantú (2), Mario Valenzuela (1) CAN: None Attendance: 15,744 (32.1%) Umpires: HP − Travis Reininger, 1B − Chris Griffith, 2B − Bob Davidson, 3B − Nelson Díaz Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 17 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Roger Clemens (1–0) LP: Carl Michaels (0–1) Home runs: USA: Derrek Lee (2), Ken Griffey Jr. 2 (2) RSA: None Attendance: 11,975 (140.9%) Umpires: HP − Angel Campos, 1B − Mike Muchlinski, 2B − Chris Guccione, 3B − Neil Poulton Notes: Completed early due to 15–run mercy rule after 5 innings. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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