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.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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), Oscar 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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), Yosbany Peraza (1) AUS: None Attendance: 13,396 (51.5%) Umpires: HP − Ted Barrett, 1B − Edgar Estivison, 2B − Greg Gibson, 3B − Seong-hoon Moon Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Garcia 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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), Oscar Robles (1), Karim Garcia (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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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