Pool 2 of the Second Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 12 to 15, 2006.
Like the first round, Pool 2 was a round-robin tournament. The final two teams advanced to the semifinals.
Standings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dominican Republic
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 | .667[a] | — | Advance to championship round |
| 2 |  Cuba
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3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | +2 | .667[a] | — | |
| 3 |  Venezuela
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3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .333[b] | 1 | |
| 4 |  Puerto Rico (H)
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | .333[b] | 1 |
Results
edit- All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).
Cuba 7, Venezuela 2
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yadel Martí (1–0) LP: Johan Santana (0–2) Sv: Pedro Luis Lazo (1) Home runs: CUB: Frederich Cepeda (1), Ariel Pestano (1) VEN: Endy Chávez (1) Attendance: 13,697 (76.1%) Umpires: HP − Tom Hallion, 1B − Lance Barksdale, 2B − Chad Fairchild, 3B − Ian McCabe Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Puerto Rico 7, Dominican Republic 1
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Puerto Rico |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Javier Vázquez (1–0) LP: Dámaso Marte (0–1) Home runs: PUR: None DOM: Adrián Beltré (4) Attendance: 19,692 (109.4%) Umpires: HP − Rob Drake, 1B − James Hoye, 2B − Adam Dowdy, 3B − Fred van Groningen Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dominican Republic 7, Cuba 3
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dominican Republic |
0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cuba |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Odalis Pérez (2–0) LP: Vicyohandry Odelín (0–1) Sv: Fernando Rodney (1) Home runs: DOM: David Ortiz (3) CUB: Yulieski Gourriel (2) Attendance: 6,594 (36.6%) Umpires: HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Chad Fairchild, 2B − Tom Hallion, 3B − Ian McCabe Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venezuela 6, Puerto Rico 0
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venezuela |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Carlos Zambrano (1–0) LP: Joel Piñeiro (0–1) Home runs: VEN: Endy Chávez (2), Víctor Martínez (1) PUR: None Attendance: 19,400 (107.8%) Umpires: HP − James Hoye, 1B − Adam Dowdy, 2B − Rob Drake, 3B − Fred van Groningen Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dominican Republic 2, Venezuela 1
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venezuela |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Miguel Batista (1–0) LP: Kelvim Escobar (1–1) Sv: Duaner Sánchez (1) Attendance: 13,007 (72.3%) Umpires: HP − Chad Fairchild, 1B − Tom Hallion, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Ian McCabe Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cuba 4, Puerto Rico 3
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cuba |
1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Ormari Romero (2–0) LP: Dicky Gonzalez (1–1) Sv: Vicyohandry Odelín (1) Home runs: CUB: None PUR: Bernie Williams (2) Attendance: 19,773 (109.9%) Umpires: HP − Adam Dowdy, 1B − Rob Drake, 2B − James Hoye, 3B − Fred van Groningen Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||