2009 World Baseball Classic Pool D

Pool D of the First Round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic was held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 7 to 11, 2009.

Pool D was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine seeding for the Pool 2.

Bracket

PreliminariesQualifiersSeeding
– Netherlands3
– Dominican Rep.2
W1 Netherlands1
W2 Puerto Rico3
– Panama0
– Puerto Rico7
W4 Puerto Rico5
W5 Netherlands0
Lower round 1Lower final
W3 Dominican Rep.1
L1 Dominican Rep.9L4 Netherlands2
L2 Panama0

Results

Netherlands 3, Dominican Republic 2

March 7 12:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Netherlands 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
 Dominican Republic 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 3
WP: Sidney Ponson (1−0)   LP: Edinson Vólquez (0−1)   Sv: Leon Boyd (1)
Home runs:
NED: None
DOM: Miguel Tejada (1)
Attendance: 9,335 (51.9%)
Umpires: HP − Larry Vanover, 1B − Corrie Davis, 2B − Eric Cooper, 3B − Stephan Dupont
Boxscore

Puerto Rico 7, Panama 0

March 7 18:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
 Puerto Rico 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 X 7 13 0
WP: Javier Vázquez (1−0)   LP: Bruce Chen (0−1)
Home runs:
PAN: None
PUR: Carlos Delgado (1), Iván Rodríguez 2 (2)
Attendance: 17,348 (96.4%)
Umpires: HP − Laz Díaz, 1B − Stephan Dupont, 2B − Eric Cooper, 3B − Luis Ramírez
Boxscore

Dominican Republic 9, Panama 0

March 8 16:30 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
 Dominican Republic 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 3 X 9 8 0
WP: Johnny Cueto (1−0)   LP: Ramiro Mendoza (0−1)
Home runs:
PAN: None
DOM: Miguel Olivo 2 (2), Nelson Cruz (1)
Attendance: 9,221 (51.2%)
Umpires: HP − Eric Cooper, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Larry Vanover, 3B − Corrie Davis
Boxscore

Puerto Rico 3, Netherlands 1

March 9 18:30 at Hiram Bithorn 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 5 1
 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 X 3 8 0
WP: J. C. Romero (1−0)   LP: Dennis Neuman (0−1)   Sv: Fernando Cabrera (1)
Attendance: 19,479 (108.2%)
Umpires: HP − Larry Vanover, 1B − Corrie Davis, 2B − Laz Díaz, 3B − Stephan Dupont
Boxscore

Netherlands 2, Dominican Republic 1

March 10 18:30 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
 Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 3
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1
WP: Leon Boyd (1−0)   LP: Carlos Mármol (0−1)
Attendance: 11,814 (65.6%)
Umpires: HP − Laz Díaz, 1B − Stephan Dupont, 2B − Larry Vanover, 3B − Luis Ramírez
Notes: Two outs when winning run scored.
Boxscore

Puerto Rico 5, Netherlands 0

March 11 17:30 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
 Puerto Rico 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 X 5 10 0
WP: Jonathan Sánchez (1−0)   LP: Pim Walsma (0−1)
Attendance: 19,501 (108.3%)
Umpires: HP − Eric Cooper, 1B − Luis Ramírez, 2B − Laz Díaz, 3B − Corrie Davis
Boxscore