Pool 2 of the Second Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, United States from March 14 to 18, 2009.
Like the first round, Pool 2 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The final two teams played against each other for seeding and both advanced to the semifinals.
| Preliminaries | Qualifiers | Seeding | |||||||||||
| DR |  Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||||
| CW |  Venezuela | 3 | |||||||||||
| W1 | Venezuela | 2 | |||||||||||
| W2 |  Puerto Rico | 0 | |||||||||||
| CR |  United States | 1 | |||||||||||
| DW | Puerto Rico | 11 | |||||||||||
| W4 | Venezuela | 10 | |||||||||||
| W5 | United States | 6 | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| W3 | United States | 6 | |||||||||||
| L1 | Netherlands | 3 | L4 | Puerto Rico | 5 | ||||||||
| L2 | United States | 9 | |||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Carlos Silva (1–0) LP: Sidney Ponson (1–1) Sv: Francisco Rodríguez (2) Home runs: NED: None VEN: Miguel Cabrera (1), José López (1) Attendance: 17,345 (45.0%) Umpires: HP − Ed Rapuano, 1B − Masato Tomoyose, 2B − Bruce Dreckman, 3B − Hitoshi Watarida Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 11 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Javier Vázquez (2–0) LP: Jake Peavy (0–1) Home runs: USA: None PUR: Felipe López (1), Carlos Beltrán (1) Attendance: 30,595 (79.3%) Umpires: HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Bruce Dreckman, 3B − Masato Tomoyose 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Roy Oswalt (1–0) LP: Rick VandenHurk (0–1) Home runs: NED: Bryan Engelhardt (1) USA: Jimmy Rollins (1), Adam Dunn (1) Attendance: 11,059 (28.7%) Umpires: HP − Bruce Dreckman, 1B − Hitoshi Watarida, 2B − Ed Rapuano, 3B − Luis Ramírez Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Félix Hernández (2–0) LP: Ian Snell (0–1) Sv: Francisco Rodríguez (3) Home runs: VEN: Ramón Hernández (1) PUR: None Attendance: 25,599 (66.4%) Umpires: HP − Ed Rapuano, 1B − Masato Tomoyose, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Hitoshi Watarida Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jonathan Broxton (1–0) LP: J. C. Romero (1–1) Home runs: PUR: Alex Ríos (1), Carlos Delgado (1) USA: Kevin Youkilis (1) Attendance: 13,224 (34.3%) Umpires: HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Ed Rapuano, 3B − Masato Tomoyose Notes: One out when winning run scored. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 10 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Armando Galarraga (1–0) LP: Jeremy Guthrie (0–2) Home runs: USA: Mark DeRosa (1) VEN: Max Ramírez (1) Attendance: 16,575 (43.0%) Umpires: HP − Bruce Dreckman, 1B − Hitoshi Watarida, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Luis Ramírez Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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