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2013 World Baseball Classic – Pool D
Pool D of the First Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix and Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, Scottsdale, Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States from March 7 to 10, 2013. Pool D was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 2. Standings Pool D Most valuable player, MVP: Michael Saunders Results *All times are Mountain Time Zone, Mountain Standard Time (UTC−07:00). Italy 6, Mexico 5 Italy 14, Canada 4 Mexico 5, United States 2 Canada 10, Mexico 3 Brawl The Canada-Mexico game was marred by a bench-clearing brawl in the top of the ninth inning. Team Canada, who had a sizeable 9-3 lead at that point, began the frame with a Chris Robinson (baseball), Chris Robinson bunt single. Though bunting for a hit would customarily be against baseball etiquette with a large lead, the fact that run differential would be used in tie-breaking procedures mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Baseball Classic
The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike the two previous WBCs, which consisted of the same sixteen countries, only the twelve countries that won at least one game in the 2009 WBC were guaranteed a berth in the main tournament. The automatic qualifiers were Australia, China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, the United States, and Venezuela. Four qualification brackets were held in late 2012 and respectively won by Canada, Taiwan, Spain, and Brazil, who joined the WBC as the final four teams (the latter two making their Classic debuts). As in the 2006 tournament, the first round had a round-robin format, which led to South Korea being eliminated on a run difference tiebreaker. Venezuela also failed to advance out of a tough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |