Pool C of the First Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Marlins Park, Miami, Florida, United States, from March 9 to 12, 2017, between Canada, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. Pool C was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams – the Dominican Republic [1] and the United States [2] – advancing to Pool F, one of two second-round pools. Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic was named MVP for the first-round Pool C bracket of the WBC, after batting .357. [2]
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Dominican Republic
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3 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 1.000 | — | Advance to second round |
| 2 | 
United States (H)
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3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | .667 | 1 | |
| 3 | 
Colombia
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | .333 | 2 | |
| 4 | 
Canada
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | −18 | .000 | 3 |
Pool C
MVP:
Manny Machado
Results
- Times from March 9 to 11 are Eastern Standard Time ( UTC−05:00) and times of March 12 are Eastern Daylight Time ( UTC−04:00).
Dominican Republic 9, Canada 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Canada |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Dominican Republic |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 9 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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WP:
Carlos Martínez (1−0)
LP:
Ryan Dempster (0−1) Home runs: CAN: None DOM: Welington Castillo (1), José Bautista (1) Attendance: 27,388 (74.5%) Umpires: HP − Dan Iassogna, 1B − Mark Wegner, 2B − Edwin Hernández, 3B − Jesús Miller Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
United States 3, Colombia 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Colombia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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United States |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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WP:
Tyler Clippard (1−0)
LP:
Guillermo Moscoso (0−1) Attendance: 22,580 (61.5%) Umpires: HP − Tripp Gibson, 1B − Jesús Miller, 2B − Dan Iassogna, 3B − Edgar Estivision Notes: Two outs when winning run scored. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colombia 4, Canada 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Colombia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Canada |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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WP:
Julio Teherán (1−0)
LP:
Ryan Kellogg (0−1)
Sv:
Dayán Díaz (1) Attendance: 17,209 (46.8%) Umpires: HP − Edwin Hernández, 1B − Dan Iassogna, 2B − Tripp Gibson, 3B − Edgar Estivision Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dominican Republic 7, United States 5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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United States |
0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Dominican Republic |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | X | 7 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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WP:
Álex Colomé (1−0)
LP:
Andrew Miller (0−1)
Sv:
Jeurys Familia (1) Home runs: USA: None DOM: Manny Machado (1), Nelson Cruz (1), Starling Marte (1) Attendance: 37,446 (101.9%) Umpires: HP − Mark Wegner, 1B − Edgar Estivision, 2B − Tripp Gibson, 3B − Jesús Miller Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The crowd of 37,446 set a baseball attendance record for Marlins Park, surpassing Opening Day of the 2014 Major League Baseball season. [3]
Dominican Republic 10, Colombia 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Dominican Republic |
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Colombia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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WP:
Enny Romero (1−0)
LP:
William Cuevas (0−1) Home runs: DOM: None COL: Jorge Alfaro (1) Attendance: 36,952 (100.6%) Umpires: HP − Tripp Gibson, 1B − Jesús Miller, 2B − Mark Wegner, 3B − Edwin Hernández Notes: Extra inning rule was used in 11th inning. Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
United States 8, Canada 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Canada |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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United States |
3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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WP:
Danny Duffy (1−0)
LP:
Ryan Dempster (0−2) Home runs: CAN: None USA: Nolan Arenado (1), Buster Posey (1) Attendance: 22,303 (60.7%) Umpires: HP − Dan Iassogna, 1B − Edwin Hernández, 2B − Edgar Estivision, 3B − Mark Wegner Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||