2013 World Baseball Classic Pool C
# 2013 World Baseball Classic Pool C

Pool C of the First Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 7 to 10, 2013.

Pool C was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once each, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 2.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 1.000 | — | Advance to second round Qualification for 2017 World Baseball Classic |
| 2 | Puerto Rico (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | .667 | 1 | Advance to second round Qualification for 2017 World Baseball Classic |
| 3 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 21 | −4 | .333 | 2 | Qualification for 2017 World Baseball Classic |
| 4 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 20 | −11 | .000 | 3 | |

Pool C MVP: Robinson Canó

## Results

* All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

### Dominican Republic 9, Venezuela 3

March 7 19:30 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| WP: Pedro Strop (1−0) LP: Aníbal Sánchez (0−1) Home runs: VEN: None DOM: Hanley Ramírez (1) Attendance: 15,055 (82.4%) Umpires: HP − Eric Cooper, 1B − Ed Hickox, 2B − Paul Hyham, 3B − Jesus Miller Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Puerto Rico 3, Spain 0

March 8 18:30 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Giancarlo Alvarado (1−0) LP: Sergio Pérez (0−1) Sv: Xavier Cedeño (1) Attendance: 14,974 (82.0%) Umpires: HP − Dan Bellino, 1B − Jesus Miller, 2B − Eric Cooper, 3B − Jair Fernandez Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Dominican Republic 6, Spain 3

March 9 12:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Samuel Deduno (1−0) LP: Yoanner Negrin (0−1) Sv: Fernando Rodney (1) Home runs: DOM: Carlos Santana (1) ESP: None Attendance: 13,421 (73.5%) Umpires: HP − Paul Hyham, 1B − Dan Bellino, 2B − Eric Cooper, 3B − Jesus Miller Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Puerto Rico 6, Venezuela 3

March 9 18:30 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Nelson Figueroa (1−0) LP: Henderson Álvarez (0−1) Sv: Fernando Cabrera (1) Attendance: 18,800 (102.9%) Umpires: HP − Ed Hickox, 1B − Jair Fernandez, 2B − Dan Bellino, 3B − Jesus Miller Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Venezuela 11, Spain 6

March 10 12:30 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 11 | 16 | 1 |
| WP: Ramón A. Ramírez (1−0) LP: Eddie Morlan (0−1) Home runs: ESP: Bárbaro Cañizares (1), Engel Beltré (1) VEN: Miguel Cabrera (1), Pablo Sandoval (1) Attendance: 13,395 (73.3%) Umpires: HP − Dan Bellino, 1B − Paul Hyham, 2B − Ed Hickox, 3B − Jair Fernandez Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Dominican Republic 4, Puerto Rico 2

March 10 19:30 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| WP: Lorenzo Barceló (1−0) LP: José Berríos (0−1) Sv: Fernando Rodney (2) Home runs: DOM: Robinson Canó (1) PUR: Mike Avilés (1) Attendance: 19,413 (106.3%) Umpires: HP − Eric Cooper, 1B − Ed Hickox, 2B − Paul Hyham, 3B − Jair Fernandez Boxscore |||||||||||||
