Baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

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Baseball – Men's tournament at the XVII Pan American Games
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Venue Pan Am Ball Park
DatesJuly 11 – 19
Competitors168 from 7 nations
Medalists
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Bronze medal icon.svg  
«2011
2019»

The men's baseball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, Ontario from July 11 to 19. [1] Two fields hosted competition, with the main one holding 4,000 spectators and the secondary one holding 1,000 seats.

Contents

For these Games, the men competed in a 7-team tournament. The teams were grouped into one single pool and all teams played each other in a round-robin preliminary round. The top four teams will advance to the semifinals. [2]

Canada are the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating The United States, 2–1 in the final.

Qualification

A total of seven men's teams qualified to compete. The host nation Canada along with the United States (for its contributions to the game) qualified automatically. The top four teams at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games also qualified. The last qualifier saw one team qualify from the 2015 South American Championships. [3] Men's rosters can have a maximum of 24 athletes. [2] [4]

Men

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Qualified automatically1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games [5] November 15–21 Flag of Mexico.svg Veracruz 4Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
2015 South American Championships [6] February 28 – March 7 Flag of Brazil.svg Cuiabá 1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Total7

Medalists

The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, was the venue for the baseball competitions Basebalto2015.jpg
The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, was the venue for the baseball competitions
Baseball competition at the President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark Team Canada.jpg
Baseball competition at the President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark
EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournamentFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Andrew Albers
Phillippe Aumont
Shane Dawson
Kellin Deglan
Bryan Dykxhoorn
Jeff Francis
Tyson Gillies
Shawn Hill
Jesse Hodges
Sean Jamieson
Brock Kjeldgaard
Jordan Lennerton
Chris Leroux
Kyle Lotzkar
Jared Mortensen
Tyler O'Neill
Pete Orr
Jasvir Rakkar
Scott Richmond
Chris Robinson
Evan Rutckyj
Tim Smith
Skyler Stromsmoe
Rene Tosoni
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Albert Almora
Jake Barrett
Buddy Baumann
Aaron Blair
Brian Bogusevic
Dusty Coleman
Casey Coleman
Zach Eflin
Brian Ellington
Eric Fryer
Josh Hader
David Huff
Travis Jankowski
Ryan Kelly
Patrick Kivlehan
Casey Kotchman
Scott McGregor
Tommy Murphy
Andy Parrino
Tyler Pastornicky
Nate Smith
Jake Thompson
Dan Vogelbach
Jacob Wilson
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Roel Santos
Raul Gonzalez
Rudy Reyes
Yosvany Alarcón
Freddy Álvarez
Urmaris Guerra
Ismel Jimenez
Frederich Cepeda
Yander Guevara
Jose Garcia
Hector Mendoza
Yorbis Borroto
Yordan Manduley
Frank Morejon
Erly Casanova
Alfredo Despaigne
Alexander Malleta
Yosbany Torres
Yoennis Yera
Yulexis La Rosa
William Saavedra
Lazaro Blanco
Livan Moinelo
Yennier Canó

Rosters

At the start of tournament, all seven participating countries had up to 24 players on their rosters. [2]

Results

The official detailed schedule was revealed on April 20, 2015. [7]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6513815+23.833Advance to the semifinals
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6423322+11.667 [lower-alpha 1] 1
3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6424123+18.667 [lower-alpha 1] 1
4Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 64240444.667 [lower-alpha 1] 1
5Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 63330355.5002
6Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 615224321.1674
7Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 606224422.0005
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 In the 3-way tie for 2nd place, all three teams went 1-1 head to head. The 2nd tiebreaker, Team Quality Balance, was used to identify and eliminate the last team in the group (Puerto Rico). The tie between the other two teams was then broken on the basis of the head-to-head result between them (United States defeating Cuba).

11 July 2015
12:00
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg3–10 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 1,600
Boxscore

11 July 2015
15:30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg9–10 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax
Attendance: 400
Boxscore

11 July 2015
19:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4–1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 3,522
Boxscore

12 July 2015
12:00
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg8–5 Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 3,418
Boxscore

12 July 2015
15:30
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg10–3 Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax
Attendance: 1,257
Boxscore

12 July 2015
19:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg5–2 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 4,209
Boxscore

13 July 2015
12:00
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg8–1 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 2,133
Boxscore

13 July 2015
15:30
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg3–5 Flag of the United States.svg  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax
Attendance: 1,400
Boxscore

13 July 2015
19:00
Nicaragua  Flag of Nicaragua.svg1–9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 4,327
Boxscore

14 July 2015
12:00
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg4–7 Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 1,357
Boxscore

14 July 2015
15:30
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg6–12 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax
Attendance: 623
Boxscore

14 July 2015
19:00
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg1–3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 4,638
Boxscore

15 July 2015
12:00
Nicaragua  Flag of Nicaragua.svg0–6 Flag of the United States.svg  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 1,038
Boxscore

15 July 2015
15:30
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg8–7 Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax
Attendance: 738
Boxscore

15 July 2015
19:00
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg9–5 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 4,127
Boxscore

16 July 2015
12:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–6 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 1,453
Boxscore

16 July 2015
15:30
Nicaragua  Flag of Nicaragua.svg6–11 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax
Attendance: 1,027
Boxscore

16 July 2015
19:00
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg4–11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 4,727
Boxscore

17 July 2015
12:00
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg5–3 Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 724
Boxscore

17 July 2015
15:30
Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg4–1 Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax
Attendance: 573
Boxscore

17 July 2015
19:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–4 Flag of the United States.svg  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 4,761
Boxscore

Medal round

 
SemifinalsGold medal
 
      
 
July 18 — Ajax
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7
 
July 19 — Ajax
 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7
 
July 18 — Ajax
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6
 
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 5
 
Bronze medal
 
 
July 19 — Ajax
 
 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 6
 
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7

Semifinals

18 July 2015
13:00
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6–5 Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 4,702
Boxscore

18 July 2015
19:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg7–1 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 4,827
Boxscore

Bronze medal match

19 July 2015
13:00
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7–6 Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 4,914
Boxscore

Gold medal match

19 July 2015
19:00
Gold medal icon.svg Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg7–6 (10) Flag of the United States.svg  United States Silver medal icon.svg President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 5,489
Boxscore
 2015 Pan American Games winners 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
2nd title

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7–1
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5–3
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 5–3
4Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 4–4
5Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 3–3
6Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 1–5
7Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0–6

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