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2013 World Baseball Classic championship round


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gameWorld Baseball Classic Final
imageFile:ATT Sunset Panorama.jpg
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captionOracle Park, San Francisco
visitorPuerto Rico
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venueOracle Park
citySan Francisco, California, U.S.
manager_visitorEdwin Rodríguez
manager_homeTony Peña
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MVP_teamDominican Republic
MVPRobinson Canó
attendance35,703
time_of_game5:30 p.m. PDT
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previous2009
next2017

| HP: Ted Barrett | 1B: Paul Hyham | 2B: Bill Miller | 3B: Edgar Estivision | LF: Wally Bell | RF: Trevor Grieve The championship round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California, United States, from March 17 to 19, 2013.

The championship round was decided in two semi final games and a final game. In the final (championship) game, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If the teams competing in the final had identical winning percentages in the tournament, then World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) would conduct a coin flip or draw to determine the home team.

The Dominican Republic defeated the Netherlands and Puerto Rico to win their first World Baseball Classic championship. Robinson Canó was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

Bracket

| seed-width=40 | team-width=180 | RD1-seed1=2R | RD1-team1=**** | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-seed2=1W | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=1R | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4=2W | RD1-team4=**** | RD1-score4=4 | RD2-seed1=SF1W | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-seed2=SF2W | RD2-team2=**** | RD2-score2=3 :Note: "1R" = runner up in Pool 1.

Results

  • All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00).

Semifinal 1 − Puerto Rico 3, Japan 1

LF − Ted Barrett, RF − Paul Hyham

Two time World Baseball Classic defending champions Japan faces off against surprising upstart Puerto Rico in the first semi-final matchup. Puerto Rico scores a run from the first inning and scored two additional runs from a home run by Alex Ríos as the Japanese team struggle to catch up. Japan, however, only managed to score at least a run; Seiichi Uchikawa made a baserun snafu in an effort to steal second but was caught up between first and second bases as catcher Yadier Molina tags Uchikawa for a second out. Despite the efforts, Japan eventually loses to Puerto Rico 3-1 as their championship streak from two previous World Baseball Classic games has ended and the Japanese team gracefully bows out to the stands and the Puerto Rican baseball team after their defeat.

Semifinal 2 − Dominican Republic 4, Netherlands 1

LF − Bill Miller, RF − Edgar Estivision

Final − Dominican Republic 3, Puerto Rico 0

LF − Wally Bell, RF − Trevor Grieve

In the final, Samuel Deduno started for the Dominican Republic, while Giancarlo Alvarado started for Puerto Rico. 35,703 fans attended the game at AT&T Park in San Francisco. An additional 50,000 Dominican fans watched the game at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Edwin Encarnación hit a two-run double in the first inning, giving the Dominican Republic the lead. Erick Aybar had the game's third run batted in for the Dominican Republic. Deduno recorded five strikeouts in five scoreless innings pitched and Fernando Rodney completed the game with a save, his seventh save of the tournament.

This was the third time in the tournament that the Dominican Republic defeated Puerto Rico.

References

References

  1. Schlegel, John. (March 20, 2013). "Torrid stretch earns Cano Classic MVP". MLB.com.
  2. Associated Press. "Dominican Republic wins 2013 World Baseball Classic; blanks Puerto Rico in final – MLB – Sporting News". Aol.sportingnews.com.
  3. (March 18, 2013). "WBC provides journeyman one shot at stardom". Usatoday.com.
  4. Busfield, Steve. (March 20, 2013). "Unbeaten Dominican Republic claim World Baseball Classic title". The Guardian.
  5. "To D.R., WBC title means everything". ESPN.com.
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