2013 World Baseball Classic Pool 1

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Pool 1 of the Second Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan from March 8 to 12, 2013.

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Pool 1 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 semifinals.

Bracket

PreliminariesQualifiersSeeding
BRFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6
AWFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2
W1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4
W2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 16
ARFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 4
BWFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3
W4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 10
W5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6
Lower round 1Lower final
W3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6
L1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 14L4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7
L2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0

Pool 1 MVP: Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Ibata [1]

Results

Netherlands 6, Cuba 2

March 8 12:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0200030106140
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0100001002122
WP: Diego Markwell (2−0)   LP: Ismel Jimenez (1−1)
Home runs:
NED: Curt Smith (1), Jonathan Schoop (1)
CUB: Alfredo Despaigne (1), Yulieski Gourriel (1)
Attendance: 38,588 (91.9%)
Umpires: HP − Alfonso Márquez, 1B − Gerry Davis, 2B − Trevor Grieve, 3B − Carlos Rey
Boxscore

Japan 4, Chinese Taipei 3

March 8 19:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team12345678910 R H E
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 00000002114130
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 00101001003110
WP: Kazuhisa Makita (1−0)   LP: Hung-wen Chen (0−1)   Sv: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1)
Attendance: 43,527 (103.6%)
Umpires: HP − Chris Guccione, 1B − Trevor Grieve, 2B − Gerry Davis, 3B − Felix Tejada
Boxscore

Cuba 14, Chinese Taipei 0

March 9 19:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0000000XX041
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 200408XXX14120
WP: Danny Betancourt (2−0)   LP: Ching-lung Lo (0−1)
Home runs:
TPE: None
CUB: Frederich Cepeda (1), Yasmany Tomás (1), José Abreu (1),
Alfredo Despaigne (2)
Attendance: 12,884 (30.7%)
Umpires: HP − Gerry Davis, 1B − Carlos Rey, 2B − Chris Guccione, 3B − Felix Tejada
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.
Boxscore

Japan 16, Netherlands 4

March 10 19:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1513114XX16170
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0000040XX463
WP: Kenta Maeda (2−0)   LP: Rob Cordemans (1−1)
Home runs:
JPN: Takashi Toritani (1), Nobuhiro Matsuda (1), Seiichi Uchikawa (1),
Atsunori Inaba (1), Yoshio Itoi (1), Hayato Sakamoto (1)
NED: None
Attendance: 37,745 (89.9%)
Umpires: HP − Alfonso Márquez, 1B − Chris Guccione, 2B − Felix Tejada, 3B − Trevor Grieve
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.
Boxscore

Netherlands 7, Cuba 6

March 11 19:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0002200206122
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0022000217120
WP: Loek van Mil (1−0)   LP: Yander Guevara (0−1)
Home runs:
CUB: José Abreu (2)
NED: Andrelton Simmons (1)
Attendance: 7,613 (18.1%)
Umpires: HP − Chris Guccione, 1B − Alfonso Márquez, 2B − Carlos Rey, 3B − Trevor Grieve
Notes: Two outs when winning run scored.
Boxscore

Japan 10, Netherlands 6

March 12 19:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1000002306100
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 08000002X1090
WP: Kenji Otonari (1−1)   LP: David Bergman (0−1)
Home runs:
NED: Andrelton Simmons (2)
JPN: Shinnosuke Abe 2 (2)
Attendance: 30,301 (72.1%)
Umpires: HP − Gerry Davis, 1B − Alfonso Márquez, 2B − Carlos Rey, 3B − Felix Tejada
Boxscore

References

  1. Fidler, Gabriel (March 12, 2013). "Abe's Two-Homer Inning Propels Japan in Win". Extra Innings.