2017 World Baseball Classic Pool B

Pool B of the First Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan from March 7 to 10, 2017, between Australia, China, Cuba and Japan. Pool B was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool E.

Two-time champions Japan concluded Pool B with a 3–0 record, whereas China lost all three games after their poor performances and must now qualify for the 2021 World Baseball Classic. Cuba defeated Australia to advance to the second round.[1]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan (H) 3 3 0 22 8 +14 1.000 — Advance to second round
2  Cuba 3 2 1 16 14 +2 .667 1
3  Australia 3 1 2 15 8 +7 .333 2
4  China 3 0 3 1 24 −23 .000 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pool B MVP: Japan Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh

Results

Japan 11, Cuba 6

March 7, 19:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Cuba 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 11 3
 Japan 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 2 X 11 14 1
WP: Ayumu Ishikawa (1−0)   LP: Yoanni Yera (0−1)
Home runs:
CUB: Alfredo Despaigne (1)
JPN: Nobuhiro Matsuda (1), Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh (1)
Attendance: 44,908 (106.9%)
Umpires: HP − Todd Tichenor, 1B − Fabrizio Fabrizzi, 2B − Su-won Choi, 3B − Cory Blaser
Boxscore

Cuba 6, China 0

March 8, 12:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
 Cuba 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 X 6 14 1
WP: Vladimir Baños (1−0)   LP: Xia Luo (0−1)
Attendance: 39,102 (93.1%)
Umpires: HP − Su-won Choi, 1B − Larry Vanover, 2B − Todd Tichenor, 3B − Fabrizio Fabrizzi
Boxscore

Japan 4, Australia 1

March 8, 19:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 8 1
 Australia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
WP: Kodai Senga (1−0)   LP: Matthew Williams (0−1)   Sv: Kazuhisa Makita (1)
Home runs:
JPN: Sho Nakata (1), Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh (2)
AUS: Allan de San Miguel (1)
Attendance: 41,408 (98.6%)
Umpires: HP − Cory Blaser, 1B − Todd Tichenor, 2B − Chien-wen Su, 3B − Fabrizio Fabrizzi
Boxscore

Australia 11, China 0

March 9, 19:00 at Tokyo Dome (F/8)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Australia 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 4 X 11 9 0
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 5 0
WP: Travis Blackley (1−0)   LP: Kwon Ju (0−1)
Home runs:
AUS: Luke Hughes (1), James Beresford (1)
CHN: None
Attendance: 3,013 (7.2%)
Umpires: HP − Larry Vanover, 1B − Su-won Choi, 2B − Cory Blaser, 3B − Chien-wen Su
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 8 innings.
Boxscore

Cuba 4, Australia 3

March 10, 12:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Australia 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 13 1
 Cuba 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 X 4 10 0
WP: Vladimir García (1−0)   LP: Lachlan Wells (0−1)   Sv: Miguel Lahera (1)
Home runs:
AUS: Trent Oeltjen (1)
CUB: Alfredo Despaigne (2)
Attendance: 38,050 (90.6%)
Umpires: HP − Todd Tichenor, 1B − Fabrizio Fabrizzi, 2B − Larry Vanover, 3B − Su-won Choi
Boxscore

Japan 7, China 1

March 10, 19:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 China 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
 Japan 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 7 8 0
WP: Shota Takeda (1−0)   LP: Quan Gan (0−1)
Home runs:
CHN: None
JPN: Seiji Kobayashi (1), Sho Nakata (2)
Attendance: 40,053 (95.4%)
Umpires: HP − Cory Blaser, 1B − Larry Vanover, 2B − Chien-wen Su, 3B − Su-won Choi
Boxscore

References

  1. ^ World Baseball Classic: Cuba, Japan advance to 2nd round - CBC Sports - Baseball - MLB