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

Baseball – Men's tournament
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenuePan Am Ball Park
DatesJuly 11 – 19
Competitors168 from 7 nations
Medalists
  Canada
  United States
  Cuba
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Baseball at the
2015 Pan American Games
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

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]

For these Games, the men competed in an 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 be have a maximum of 24 athletes.[2][4]

Men

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
Qualified automatically N/A N/A 1  United States
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[5] November 15–21 Mexico Veracruz 4  Cuba
 Nicaragua
 Dominican Republic
 Puerto Rico
2015 South American Championships[6] February 28 – March 7 Brazil Cuiabá 1  Colombia
Total 7

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Canada (CAN)
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		  United States (USA)
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 		 Cuba (CUB)
Roel Santos
Raul Gonzalez
Rudy Reyes
Yosvany Alarcon
Freddy Alvarez
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 Cano

Rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight 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

Team
 G W L RS RA RD TB1
Head-to-Head		 TB2
Team Quality Balance		 TB3
Head-to-Head
 Canada 6 5 1 38 15 +23
 United States 6 4 2 33 22 +11 1-1 .146 1-0
 Cuba 6 4 2 41 23 +18 1-1 .235 0-1
 Puerto Rico 6 4 2 40 44 –4 1-1 –.365
 Dominican Republic 6 3 3 30 35 –5
 Nicaragua 6 1 5 22 43 –21
 Colombia 6 0 6 22 44 –22
Qualified for the Semifinals
Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, the venue for the men's baseball competition.

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  3–10  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,600
Boxscore
11 July 2015
15:30
 		United States  9–10  Puerto Rico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 400
Boxscore
11 July 2015
19:00
 		Canada  4–1  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 3,522
Boxscore
12 July 2015
12:00
 		Dominican Republic  8–5  Nicaragua President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 3,418
Boxscore
12 July 2015
15:30
 		Canada  10–3  Colombia President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,257
Boxscore
12 July 2015
19:00
 		United States  5–2  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 4,209
Boxscore
13 July 2015
12:00
 		Cuba  8–1  Puerto Rico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 2,133
Boxscore
13 July 2015
15:30
 		Colombia  3–5  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,400
Boxscore
13 July 2015
19:00
 		Nicaragua  1–9  Canada President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 4,327
Boxscore
14 July 2015
12:00
 		Colombia  4–7  Nicaragua President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,357
Boxscore
14 July 2015
15:30
 		Dominican Republic  6–12  Puerto Rico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 623
Boxscore
14 July 2015
19:00
 		Cuba  1–3  Canada President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 4,638
Boxscore
15 July 2015
12:00
 		Nicaragua  0–6  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,038
Boxscore
15 July 2015
15:30
 		Puerto Rico  8–7  Colombia President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 738
Boxscore
15 July 2015
19:00
 		Cuba  9–5  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 4,127
Boxscore
16 July 2015
12:00
 		United States  4–6  Dominican Republic President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,453
Boxscore
16 July 2015
15:30
 		Nicaragua  6–11  Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 1,027
Boxscore
16 July 2015
19:00
 		Puerto Rico  4–11  Canada President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 4,727
Boxscore
17 July 2015
12:00
 		Puerto Rico  5–3  Nicaragua President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 724
Boxscore
17 July 2015
15:30
 		Dominican Republic  4–1  Colombia President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 573
Boxscore
17 July 2015
19:00
 		Canada  1–4  United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 4,761
Boxscore

Medal round

Semifinals Gold medal
July 18 — Ajax
  Canada   7  
  Puerto Rico   1  
 
July 19 — Ajax
      Canada   7
    United States   6
Bronze medal
July 18 — Ajax July 19 — Ajax
  United States   6   Puerto Rico   6
  Cuba   5     Cuba   7

Semifinals

18 July 2015
13:00
 		 United States 6–5 Cuba  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 4,702
Boxscore
18 July 2015
19:00
 		Canada  7–1  Puerto Rico President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 4,827
Boxscore

Bronze medal match

19 July 2015
13:00
 		3rd  Cuba 7–6 Puerto Rico  President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 4,914
Boxscore

Gold medal match

19 July 2015
19:00
 		1st Canada  7–6 (10)  United States 2nd President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, Ajax
Attendance: 5,489
Boxscore
 2015 Pan American Games Winners 

Canada
2nd title

Final standings

Rank Team Record
 Canada 7–1
 United States 5–3
 Cuba 5–3
4  Puerto Rico 4–4
5  Dominican Republic 3–3
6  Nicaragua 1–5
7  Colombia 0–6

References

  1. ↑ "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 "Sport Technical Manual Baseball". http://www.scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ "Otorgara beisbol de los JCC plazas a Juegos Pan Americanos 2015" [The Central American and Caribbean Games will award places in baseball for the 2015 Pan American Games]. http://www.imagendelgolfo.com.mx/ (in Spanish). 5 October 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  4. ↑ Morosi, Jon Paul (21 January 2014). "Sources: MLB to allow minor leaguers to play in Pan American Games". http://www.foxsports.com/. FOX Sports. Retrieved 22 January 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ "Cuba, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico qualify for Pan Am Games". http://www.baseball.ca/. Baseball Canada. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  6. ↑ "No. 19 Colombia beats No. 15 Brazil to win South American Championship, qualify for Pan Am Games". http://www.ibaf.org/. International Baseball Federation (IBAF). 7 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ Kennedy, Brendan (20 April 2015). "Pan Am Games baseball schedule announced". Toronto Star (Toronto, Canada). Retrieved 25 April 2015.
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