title: 2009 World Baseball Classic Pool 2
text: # 2009 World Baseball Classic Pool 2
  
  Pool 2 of the Second Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, United States from March 14 to 18, 2009.
  
  Like the first round, Pool 2 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The final two teams played against each other for seeding and both advanced to the semifinals.
  
  ## Bracket
  
  | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Qualifiers | Qualifiers | Qualifiers | Seeding | Seeding | Seeding |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | DR | Netherlands | 1 | | | | | | |
  | CW | Venezuela | 3 | | | | | | |
  | CW | Venezuela | 3 | W1 | Venezuela | 2 | | | |
  | | | | W2 | Puerto Rico | 0 | | | |
  | CR | United States | 1 | W2 | Puerto Rico | 0 | | | |
  | DW | Puerto Rico | 11 | | | | | | |
  | DW | Puerto Rico | 11 | | | | W4 | Venezuela | 10 |
  | | | | | | | W5 | United States | 6 |
  | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | W5 | United States | 6 |
  | | | | W3 | United States | 6 | | | |
  | L1 | Netherlands | 3 | L4 | Puerto Rico | 5 | | | |
  | L2 | United States | 9 | | | | | | |
  
  ## Results
  
  * All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).
  
  ### Venezuela 3, Netherlands 1
  
  March 14 13:00 at Dolphin Stadium :
  
  | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
  | Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 3 | 2 |
  | WP: Carlos Silva (1–0) LP: Sidney Ponson (1–1) Sv: Francisco Rodríguez (2) Home runs: NED: None VEN: Miguel Cabrera (1), José López (1) Attendance: 17,345 (45.0%) Umpires: HP − Ed Rapuano, 1B − Masato Tomoyose, 2B − Bruce Dreckman, 3B − Hitoshi Watarida Boxscore |||||||||||||
  
  ### Puerto Rico 11, United States 1
  
  March 14 20:00 at Dolphin Stadium :
  
  | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | 6 | 0 |
  | Puerto Rico | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 11 | 13 | 0 |
  | WP: Javier Vázquez (2–0) LP: Jake Peavy (0–1) Home runs: USA: None PUR: Felipe López (1), Carlos Beltrán (1) Attendance: 30,595 (79.3%) Umpires: HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Bruce Dreckman, 3B − Masato Tomoyose Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Two outs when last run scored. Boxscore |||||||||||||
  
  ### United States 9, Netherlands 3
  
  March 15 19:30 at Dolphin Stadium :
  
  | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 |
  | United States | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 | 12 | 1 |
  | WP: Roy Oswalt (1–0) LP: Rick VandenHurk (0–1) Home runs: NED: Bryan Engelhardt (1) USA: Jimmy Rollins (1), Adam Dunn (1) Attendance: 11,059 (28.7%) Umpires: HP − Bruce Dreckman, 1B − Hitoshi Watarida, 2B − Ed Rapuano, 3B − Luis Ramírez Boxscore |||||||||||||
  
  ### Venezuela 2, Puerto Rico 0
  
  March 16 20:00 at Dolphin Stadium :
  
  | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
  | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | WP: Félix Hernández (2–0) LP: Ian Snell (0–1) Sv: Francisco Rodríguez (3) Home runs: VEN: Ramón Hernández (1) PUR: None Attendance: 25,599 (66.4%) Umpires: HP − Ed Rapuano, 1B − Masato Tomoyose, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Hitoshi Watarida Boxscore |||||||||||||
  
  ### United States 6, Puerto Rico 5
  
  March 17 19:00 at Dolphin Stadium :
  
  | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
  | United States | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
  | WP: Jonathan Broxton (1–0) LP: J. C. Romero (1–1) Home runs: PUR: Alex Ríos (1), Carlos Delgado (1) USA: Kevin Youkilis (1) Attendance: 13,224 (34.3%) Umpires: HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Ed Rapuano, 3B − Masato Tomoyose Notes: One out when winning run scored. Boxscore |||||||||||||
  
  ### Venezuela 10, United States 6
  
  March 18 19:00 at Dolphin Stadium :
  
  | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
  | Venezuela | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 10 | 15 | 1 |
  | WP: Armando Galarraga (1–0) LP: Jeremy Guthrie (0–2) Home runs: USA: Mark DeRosa (1) VEN: Max Ramírez (1) Attendance: 16,575 (43.0%) Umpires: HP − Bruce Dreckman, 1B − Hitoshi Watarida, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Luis Ramírez Boxscore |||||||||||||
  