Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games

Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games
Venue	Cidade do Rock Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Competitors	8 teams
Medalists
Cuba     United States     Mexico and   Nicaragua
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Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games was contested between teams representing Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States, and Venezuela. The 2007 edition was the 15th Pan American Games, and was hosted by Rio de Janeiro. Baseball games took place at Cidade do Rock, which received temporary facilities for baseball competitions, with a stadium and training fields.

Cuba entered the competition as the nine-time defending champions, having won each gold medal dating back to 1971. They successfully defended their title, with the United States finishing second.

Tournament

The competition had eight teams divided in two groups. In each group, each team played against all others once and the two best advanced to the semifinals. The best team from Group A will play the second team from Group B and vice versa. Ties within a group were broken by the team allowing the lowest number of runs to pass to the knockout round. The competition began on 14 July, with the finals on 19 July (rescheduled to 20 July due to rain).

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	20	10	+10	1.000	—	Advance to Knockout round
2	Nicaragua	3	1	2	6	9	−3	.333	2
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	2	15	9	+6	.333	2
4	Brazil (H)	3	1	2	8	21	−13	.333	2

Source: Brazilian Olympic Committee
(H) Hosts

Results

15 July 2007 9:00 (UTC–3)	Nicaragua	0–1	Brazil	Cidade do Rock Field 1 Attendance: 223

15 July 2007 12:10 (UTC–3)	United States	5–1	Dominican Republic	Cidade do Rock Field 2 Attendance: 120

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16 July 2007 9:00 (UTC–3)	Dominican Republic	14–2 (F/8)	Brazil	Cidade do Rock Field 1 Attendance: 320

16 July 2007 12:45 (UTC–3)	United States	8–4	Nicaragua	Cidade do Rock Field 1 Attendance: 0

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18 July 2007 9:00 (UTC–3)	Dominican Republic	0–2	Nicaragua	Cidade do Rock Field 2 Attendance: 0

18 July 2007 10:15 (UTC–3)	Brazil	5–7	United States	Cidade do Rock Field 1 Attendance: 69

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	2	1	15	8	+7	.667	—	Advance to Knockout round
2	Mexico	3	2	1	13	10	+3	.667	—
3	Panama	3	2	1	8	14	−6	.667	—
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	7	11	−4	.000	2

Source: Brazilian Olympic Committee

Results

14 July 2007 10:00 (UTC–3)	Cuba	3–4	Panama	Cidade do Rock Field 1 Attendance: 120

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15 July 2007 9:00 (UTC–3)	Panama	4–2	Venezuela	Cidade do Rock Field 2 Attendance: 100

15 July 2007 12:00 (UTC–3)	Cuba	8–1	Mexico	Cidade do Rock Field 1 Attendance: 350

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16 July 2007 9:00 (UTC–3)	Mexico	9–0	Panama	Cidade do Rock Field 2 Attendance: 128

16 July 2007 12:30 (UTC–3)	Venezuela	3–4	Cuba	Cidade do Rock Field 2 Attendance: 0

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18 July 2007 9:15 (UTC–3)	Mexico	3–2	Venezuela	Cidade do Rock Field 1 Attendance: 230

Knockout round

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 July
	Nicaragua	0
					20 July
	Cuba	4
					Cuba	3
	18 July
					United States	1
	Mexico	1
	United States	2
					Third place
					20 July
					Nicaragua	RO
					Mexico	RO

Semi-finals

18 July 2007 14:15 (UTC–3)	Mexico	1–2	United States	Cidade do Rock Field 1 Attendance: 0

18 July 2007 14:15 (UTC–3)	Nicaragua	0–4	Cuba	Cidade do Rock Field 2 Attendance: 45

Final

20 July 2007 9:00 (UTC–3)	Cuba	3–1	United States	Cidade do Rock Field 1 Attendance: 224

Medal chart

Cuba

United States of America

Mexico and Nicaragua (awarded to both since the event was cancelled due to rain).

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cuba [1] Frederich Cepeda Yoenis Céspedes Aroldis Chapman Giorvis Duvergel Norberto González Yuli Gurriel Pedro Luis Lazo Jonder Martínez Yunesky Maya Alexander Mayeta Luis Miguel Navas Adiel Palma Eduardo Paret Ariel Pestano Alexei Ramírez Elier Sánchez Eriel Sánchez Yoandry Urgellés Osmani Urrutia Norge Luis Vera	United States [2] Pedro Álvarez Ryan Berry Jordan Danks Danny Espinosa Ryan Flaherty Logan Forsythe Brett Hunter Joe Kelly Roger Kieschnick Lance Lynn Brian Matusz Tommy Medica Jordy Mercer Petey Paramore Josh Romanski Tyson Ross Cody Satterwhite Justin Smoak Jake Thompson Brett Wallace	Mexico [3] Jorge Campillo Francisco Campos Rafael Díaz Efrén Espinoza Karim García Luis García Benji Gil Gerónimo Gil José Silva Noé Muñoz Pablo Ortega Roberto Ramírez Óscar Rivera José Luis Sandoval Luis Mauricio Suárez Mauricio Tequida Iván Terrazas Mario Valdez	Nicaragua [4] Jorge Avellán Norman Cardoze Larry Galeano Yasmir García Sandor Guido Armando Hernández Hesse Loaisiga Edgard López Oswaldo Mairena Sergio Mena José Pérez Jairo Pineda Luz Portobanco Julio Raudes Pedro Rayo Justo Rivas Henry Roa Jose Sáenz Danilo Sotelo Eddy Talavera

Notes

1. "Baseball: Men's Team: CUB - Cuba". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25.
2. "Baseball: Men's Team: USA - United States of America". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25.
3. "Baseball: Men's Team: MEX - Mexico". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25.
4. "Baseball: Men's Team: NCA - Nicaragua". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25.

References

• "Official baseball results". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2008-01-12.