Pool 1 of the Second Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California, United States from March 12 to 16, 2006.
Like the first round, Pool 1 was a round-robin tournament. The final two teams advanced to the semifinals.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 1.000 | — | Advance to championship round |
| 2 |  Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | .333 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
| 3 |  United States (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | .333 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
| 4 |  Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | .333 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Brad Lidge (1–0) LP: Kyuji Fujikawa (0–1) Home runs: JPN: Ichiro Suzuki (1) USA: Chipper Jones (2), Derrek Lee (3) Attendance: 32,896 (73.0%) Umpires: HP − Bob Davidson, 1B − Ramon Armendariz, 2B − Brian Knight, 3B − Neil Poulton Notes: Two outs when winning run scored. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jae-weong Seo (2–0) LP: Rodrigo López (0–2) Sv: Chan Ho Park (3) Home runs: MEX: Luis A. García (1) KOR: Seung-yuop Lee (4) Attendance: 42,979 (95.4%) Umpires: HP − Chris Guccione, 1B − Travis Reininger, 2B − Ed Hickox, 3B − Carlos Rey Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Min-han Son (2–0) LP: Dontrelle Willis (0–2) Home runs: USA: Ken Griffey Jr. (3) KOR: Seung-yuop Lee (5), Hee-seop Choi (1) Attendance: 21,288 (47.3%) Umpires: HP − Ed Hickox, 1B − Chris Guccione, 2B − Travis Reininger, 3B − Carlos Rey Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (2–0) LP: Esteban Loaiza (1–1) Home runs: JPN: Tomoya Satozaki (1) MEX: Miguel Ojeda (1) Attendance: 16,591 (36.8%) Umpires: HP − Ramon Armendariz, 1B − Bob Davidson, 2B − Brian Knight, 3B − Neil Poulton Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Byung-hyun Kim (1–0) LP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (0–1) Sv: Seung-hwan Oh (1) Home runs: KOR: None JPN: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (2) Attendance: 39,679 (88.1%) Umpires: HP − Travis Reininger, 1B − Chris Guccione, 2B − Ed Hickox, 3B − Carlos Rey Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Édgar Gonzalez (1–0) LP: Roger Clemens (1–1) Sv: David Cortés (1) Attendance: 38,284 (85.0%) Umpires: HP − Brian Knight, 1B − Bob Davidson, 2B − Ramon Armendariz, 3B − Neil Poulton Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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