2006 World Baseball Classic – Pool B

Pool B of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Chase Field, Phoenix and Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States from March 7 to 10, 2006.

Pool B was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 1.

Rk
Team
W L HTH RA IPD RA/9
1  Mexico 211–1317.01.59
2  United States 211–1818.04.00
3  Canada 211–11518.07.50
4  South Africa 03

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/9 − The index of (RA*9)/IPD.

Results

Pool B
 MEX 0
 USA 2
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 CAN 11
 RSA 8
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 CAN 8
 USA 6
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 RSA 4
 MEX 10
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 MEX 9
 CAN 1
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 USA 17
 RSA 0 (F/5)
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United States 2, Mexico 0

March 7 14:00 at Chase Field
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
 United States 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2 6 1
WP: Mike Timlin (1–0)   LP: Rodrigo López (0–1)   Sv: Brad Lidge (1)
Home runs:
MEX: None
USA: Derrek Lee (1), Chipper Jones (1)
Attendance: 32,727 (66.7%)
Umpires: HP − Chris Guccione, 1B − Angel Campos, 2B − Mike Muchlinski, 3B − Neil Poulton
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Canada 11, South Africa 8

March 7 19:00 at Scottsdale Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Canada 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 4 11 12 2
 South Africa 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 8 9 3
WP: Chris Reitsma (1–0)   LP: Jared Elario (0–1)   Sv: Jesse Crain (1)
Home runs:
CAN: Corey Koskie (1)
RSA: None
Attendance: 5,829 (68.6%)
Umpires: HP − Chris Griffith, 1B − Bob Davidson, 2B − Travis Reininger, 3B − Nelson Díaz
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Canada 8, United States 6

March 8 14:00 at Chase Field
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Canada 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 13 1
 United States 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 9 0
WP: Adam Loewen (1–0)   LP: Dontrelle Willis (0–1)   Sv: Steve Green (1)
Home runs:
CAN: Adam Stern (1)
USA: Jason Varitek (1)
Attendance: 16,993 (34.7%)
Umpires: HP − Bob Davidson, 1B − Travis Reininger, 2B − Chris Griffith, 3B − Nelson Díaz
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Mexico 10, South Africa 4

March 8 19:00 at Scottsdale Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 South Africa 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 3
 Mexico 2 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 X 10 12 2
WP: Francisco Campos (1–0)   LP: Darryn Smith (0–1)
Home runs:
RSA: None
MEX: Jorge Cantú (1)
Attendance: 7,937 (93.4%)
Umpires: HP − Mike Muchlinski, 1B − Chris Guccione, 2B − Angel Campos, 3B − Neil Poulton
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Mexico 9, Canada 1

March 9 18:00 at Chase Field
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Mexico 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 14 0
 Canada 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2
WP: Esteban Loaiza (1–0)   LP: Jeff Francis (0–1)
Home runs:
MEX: Jorge Cantú (2), Mario Valenzuela (1)
CAN: None
Attendance: 15,744 (32.1%)
Umpires: HP − Travis Reininger, 1B − Chris Griffith, 2B − Bob Davidson, 3B − Nelson Díaz
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United States 17, South Africa 0

March 10 13:00 at Scottsdale Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 4 6 6 1 0 X X X X 17 18 0
 South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0 2 1
WP: Roger Clemens (1–0)   LP: Carl Michaels (0–1)
Home runs:
USA: Derrek Lee (2), Ken Griffey, Jr. 2 (2)
RSA: None
Attendance: 11,975 (140.9%)
Umpires: HP − Angel Campos, 1B − Mike Muchlinski, 2B − Chris Guccione, 3B − Neil Poulton
Notes: Completed early due to 15–run mercy rule after 5 innings.
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