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'''Pool B of the First Round of the [[2009 World Baseball Classic]]''' was held at [[Foro Sol]], [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] from March 8 to 12, 2009.

Pool B was a [[Double-elimination tournament|modified double-elimination tournament]]. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine seeding for the Pool 1.

==Bracket==
<onlyinclude>{{4Team2ElimBracket
| RD1=Preliminaries | RD2=Qualifiers | RD3=Seeding
| RD1-seed1=– | RD1-team1={{bb|RSA}} | RD1-score1=1
| RD1-seed2=– | RD1-team2='''{{bb|CUB}}''' | RD1-score2='''8'''
| RD1-seed3=– | RD1-team3='''{{bb|AUS}}''' | RD1-score3='''17'''
| RD1-seed4=– | RD1-team4={{bb|MEX}} | RD1-score4=7
| RD1-seed5=L1 | RD1-team5={{bb|RSA}} | RD1-score5=3
| RD1-seed6=L2 | RD1-team6='''{{bb|MEX}}''' | RD1-score6='''14'''
| RD2-seed1=W1 | RD2-team1='''{{bb|CUB}}''' | RD2-score1='''5'''
| RD2-seed2=W2 | RD2-team2={{bb|AUS}} | RD2-score2=4
| RD2-seed3=W3 | RD2-team3='''{{bb|MEX}}''' | RD2-score3='''16'''
| RD2-seed4=L4 | RD2-team4={{bb|AUS}} | RD2-score4=1
| RD3-seed1=W4 | RD3-team1='''{{bb|CUB}}''' | RD3-score1='''16'''
| RD3-seed2=W5 | RD3-team2={{bb|MEX}} | RD3-score2=4
}}</onlyinclude>

==Results==
*All times are [[Central Time Zone|Central Standard Time]] ([[UTC−06:00]]).

===Cuba 8, South Africa 1===
{{Linescore
| Date = March 8
| Time = 12:00
| Location = [[Foro Sol]]
| Road = {{bb|RSA}} | RoadAbr = RSA
| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 1 | RR = 1 | RH = 4 | RE = 0
| Home = '''{{bb|CUB}}''' | HomeAbr = CUB
| H1 = 1 | H2 = 2 | H3 = 2 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 2 | H6 = 1 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = X | HR = 8 | HH = 13 | HE = 0
| WP = [[Norge Luis Vera]] (1−0)
| LP = [[Barry Armitage]] (0−1)
| SV = 
| RoadHR = 
| HomeHR = [[Frederich Cepeda]] 2 (2), [[Alfredo Despaigne]] (1), [[Héctor Olivera (baseball)|Héctor Olivera]] (1),<br>[[Yulieski Gourriel]] (1), [[Yoenis Céspedes]] (1)
| Attendance = 11,270 (43.3%)
| Umpires = HP − [[Ted Barrett]], 1B − [[Oh Seok-hwan|Seok-hwan Oh]], 2B − [[Lance Barksdale]], 3B − [[Edgar Estivison]]
| Notes = 
| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_08_rsaint_cubint_1&mode=box
}}

===Australia 17, Mexico 7===
{{Linescore
| Date = March 8
| Time = 19:00
| Location = [[Foro Sol]]
| Road = '''{{bb|AUS}}''' | RoadAbr = AUS
| R1 = 3 | R2 = 1 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 3 | R6 = 3 | R7 = 4 | R8 = 3 | R9 = X | RR = 17 | RH = 22 | RE = 2
| Home = {{bb|MEX}} | HomeAbr = MEX
| H1 = 5 | H2 = 1 | H3 = 1 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = X | HR = 7 | HH = 12 | HE = 1
| WP = [[Damian Moss]] (1−0)
| LP = [[Ricardo Rincón]] (0−1)
| SV = 
| RoadHR = [[Luke Hughes (baseball)|Luke Hughes]] (1), [[Chris Snelling]] 2 (2), [[Ben Risinger]] (1)
| HomeHR = [[Jorge Vázquez (baseball)|Jorge Vázquez]] (1), [[Alfredo Amézaga]] (1)
| Attendance = 20,821 (80.1%)
| Umpires = HP − [[Greg Gibson (umpire)|Greg Gibson]], 1B − [[Moon Seong-hoon|Seong-hoon Moon]], 2B − [[Lance Barksdale]], 3B − [[Oh Seok-hwan|Seok-hwan Oh]]
| Notes = Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 8 innings.
| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_08_ausint_mexint_1&mode=box
}}

===Mexico 14, South Africa 3===
{{Linescore
| Date = March 9
| Time = 20:00
| Location = [[Foro Sol]]
| Road = '''{{bb|MEX}}''' | RoadAbr = MEX
| R1 = 1 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 2 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 3 | R8 = 4 | R9 = 4 | RR = 14 | RH = 16 | RE = 2
| Home = {{bb|RSA}} | HomeAbr = RSA
| H1 = 1 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 1 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 1 | H8 = 0 | H9 = 0 | HR = 3 | HH = 7 | HE = 2
| WP = [[Elmer Dessens]] (1−0)
| LP = [[Justin Erasmus]] (0−1)
| SV = 
| RoadHR = [[Adrián González]] 2 (2), [[Óscar Robles]] (1), [[Jorge Cantú]] (1)
| HomeHR = 
| Attendance = 10,311 (39.7%)
| Umpires = HP − [[Lance Barksdale]], 1B − [[Oh Seok-hwan|Seok-hwan Oh]], 2B − [[Greg Gibson (umpire)|Greg Gibson]], 3B − [[Moon Seong-hoon|Seong-hoon Moon]]
| Notes = 
| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_09_mexint_rsaint_1&mode=box
}}

===Cuba 5, Australia 4===
{{Linescore
| Date = March 10
| Time = 20:00
| Location = [[Foro Sol]]
| Road = '''{{bb|CUB}}''' | RoadAbr = CUB
| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 1 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 1 | R7 = 1 | R8 = 2 | R9 = 0 | RR = 5 | RH = 9 | RE = 1
| Home = {{bb|AUS}} | HomeAbr = AUS
| H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 1 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 3 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = 0 | HR = 4 | HH = 6 | HE = 1
| WP = [[Ismel Jimenez]] (1−0)
| LP = [[Rich Thompson (pitcher, born 1984)|Rich Thompson]] (0−1)
| SV = 
| RoadHR = [[Yoenis Céspedes]] (2), [[Yosvani Peraza]] (1)
| HomeHR = 
| Attendance = 13,396 (51.5%)
| Umpires = HP − [[Ted Barrett]], 1B − [[Edgar Estivison]], 2B − [[Greg Gibson (umpire)|Greg Gibson]], 3B − [[Moon Seong-hoon|Seong-hoon Moon]]
| Notes = 
| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_10_cubint_ausint_1&mode=box
}}

===Mexico 16, Australia 1===
{{Linescore
| Date = March 11
| Time = 20:00
| Location = [[Foro Sol]]
| Road = '''{{bb|MEX}}''' | RoadAbr = MEX
| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 4 | R4 = 7 | R5 = 1 | R6 = 4 | R7 = X | R8 = X | R9 = X | RR = 16 | RH = 13 | RE = 0
| Home = {{bb|AUS}} | HomeAbr = AUS
| H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 1 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = X | H8 = X | H9 = X | HR = 1 | HH = 6 | HE = 0
| WP = [[Jorge Campillo]] (1−0)
| LP = [[David_Welch_(baseball)#David_Welch|David Welch]] (0−1)
| SV = 
| RoadHR = [[Scott Hairston]] (1), [[Karim García]] 2 (2)
| HomeHR = [[Brett Roneberg]] (1)
| Attendance = 16,718 (64.3%)
| Umpires = HP − [[Greg Gibson (umpire)|Greg Gibson]], 1B − [[Oh Seok-hwan|Seok-hwan Oh]], 2B − [[Ted Barrett]], 3B − [[Edgar Estivison]]
| Notes = Completed early due to 15–run mercy rule after 6 innings.
| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_11_mexint_ausint_1&mode=box
}}

===Cuba 16, Mexico 4===
{{Linescore
| Date = March 12
| Time = 19:00
| Location = [[Foro Sol]]
| Road = {{bb|MEX}} | RoadAbr = MEX
| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 2 | R4 = 1 | R5 = 1 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = X | R9 = X | RR = 4 | RH = 5 | RE = 0
| Home = '''{{bb|CUB}}''' | HomeAbr = CUB
| H1 = 1 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 1 | H4 = 5 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 9 | H8 = X | H9 = X | HR = 16 | HH = 17 | HE = 1
| WP = [[Yulieski González]] (1−0)
| LP = [[Dennys Reyes]] (0−1)
| SV = 
| RoadHR = [[Freddy Sandoval]] (2), [[Óscar Robles]] (1), [[Karim García]] (3)
| HomeHR = [[Yulieski Gourriel]] (2), [[Ariel Pestano]] (1), [[Frederich Cepeda]] (3)
| Attendance = 20,149 (77.5%)
| Umpires = HP − [[Lance Barksdale]], 1B − [[Edgar Estivison]], 2B − [[Ted Barrett]], 3B − [[Moon Seong-hoon|Seong-hoon Moon]]
| Notes = Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.<br>One out when last run scored.
| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2009/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_12_mexint_cubint_1
}}

==External links==
*[https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic Official website]

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