Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dominican Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 1.000 | — | Advance to second round |
| 2 |  Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | .667 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 14 | −1 | .333 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 18 | −14 | .000 | 3 |
Pool D of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Cracker Jack Stadium, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States from March 7 to 10, 2006.
Pool D was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 2.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 1.000 | — | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | .667 | 1 | |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 14 | −1 | .333 | 2 | |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 18 | −14 | .000 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Bartolo Colón (1–0) LP: Johan Santana (0–1) Home runs: DOM: David Ortiz 2 (2), Adrián Beltré 2 (2) VEN: Miguel Cabrera (1), Edgardo Alfonzo (1) Attendance: 10,645 (112.1%) Umpires: HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Troy Fullwood, 2B − Dusty Dellinger, 3B − Fred van Groningen Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 10 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jason Grilli (1–0) LP: John Stephens (0–1) Home runs: AUS: None ITA: Mark Saccomanno (1), Vince Sinisi (1) Attendance: 8,099 (85.3%) Umpires: HP − Casey Moser, 1B − Scott Barry, 2B − Ed Hickox, 3B − Carlos Rey Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Two outs when last run scored. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Freddy García (1–0) LP: Lenny DiNardo (0–1) Home runs: ITA: None VEN: Miguel Cabrera (2) Attendance: 10,101 (106.3%) Umpires: HP − Ed Hickox, 1B − Casey Moser, 2B − Scott Barry, 3B − Carlos Rey Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Odalis Pérez (1–0) LP: Lenny DiNardo (0–1) Home runs: ITA: None DOM: Albert Pujols (1), Adrián Beltré (3), Moisés Alou (1) Attendance: 9,949 (104.7%) Umpires: HP − Troy Fullwood, 1B − Dusty Dellinger, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Fred van Groningen Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kelvim Escobar (1–0) LP: Phil Brassington (0–1) Sv: Francisco Rodríguez (1) Home runs: VEN: Ramón Hernández (1) AUS: None Attendance: 10,111 (106.4%) Umpires: HP − Scott Barry, 1B − Ed Hickox, 2B − Casey Moser, 3B − Carlos Rey Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Daniel Cabrera (1–0) LP: Damian Moss (0–1) Sv: Dámaso Marte (1) Attendance: 11,083 (116.7%) Umpires: HP − Dusty Dellinger, 1B − Lance Barksdale, 2B − Troy Fullwood, 3B − Fred van Groningen Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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