2006 World Baseball Classic Pool D

Pool D of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Cracker Jack Stadium, Kissimmee, Florida, United States from March 7 to 10, 2006.

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

## Standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification

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1  |  Dominican Republic | 3  | 3  | 0  | 25  | 12  | +13  | 1.000  | -- | Advance to second round
2  |  Venezuela | 3  | 2  | 1  | 13  | 11  | +2  | .667  | 1
3  |  Italy | 3  | 1  | 2  | 13  | 14  | −1  | .333  | 2  |
4  |  Australia | 3  | 0  | 3  | 4  | 18  | −14  | .000  | 3

Source: [citation needed]

## Results

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* All times are Eastern Standard Time (UTC−05:00).

### Dominican Republic 11, Venezuela 5

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March 7 13:00 at Cracker Jack Stadium Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Dominican Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1
Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1
WP: Bartolo Colón (1–0)  LP: Johan Santana (0–1)
Home runs:
DOM: David Ortiz 2 (2), Adrián Beltré 2 (2)
VEN: Miguel Cabrera (1), Edgardo Alfonzo (1)
Attendance: 10,645 (112.1%)
Umpires: HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Troy Fullwood, 2B − Dusty Dellinger, 3B − Fred van Groningen
Boxscore

### Italy 10, Australia 0

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March 7 20:00 at Cracker Jack Stadium Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 1 | 2
Italy | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 10 | 12 | 0
WP: Jason Grilli (1–0)  LP: John Stephens (0–1)
Home runs:
AUS: None
ITA: Mark Saccomanno (1), Vince Sinisi (1)
Attendance: 8,099 (85.3%)
Umpires: HP − Casey Moser, 1B − Scott Barry, 2B − Ed Hickox, 3B − Carlos Rey
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.
Two outs when last run scored.
Boxscore

### Venezuela 6, Italy 0

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March 8 19:00 at Cracker Jack Stadium Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1
Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 2
WP: Freddy García (1–0)  LP: Lenny DiNardo (0–1)
Home runs:
ITA: None
VEN: Miguel Cabrera (2)
Attendance: 10,101 (106.3%)
Umpires: HP − Ed Hickox, 1B − Casey Moser, 2B − Scott Barry, 3B − Carlos Rey
Boxscore

### Dominican Republic 8, Italy 3

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March 9 13:00 at Cracker Jack Stadium Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Italy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2
Dominican Republic | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 | 11 | 0
WP: Odalis Pérez (1–0)  LP: Lenny DiNardo (0–1)
Home runs:
ITA: None
DOM: Albert Pujols (1), Adrián Beltré (3), Moisés Alou (1)
Attendance: 9,949 (104.7%)
Umpires: HP − Troy Fullwood, 1B − Dusty Dellinger, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Fred van Groningen
Boxscore

### Venezuela 2, Australia 0

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March 9 20:00 at Cracker Jack Stadium Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0
Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
WP: Kelvim Escobar (1–0)  LP: Phil Brassington (0–1)  Sv: Francisco Rodríguez (1)
Home runs:
VEN: Ramón Hernández (1)
AUS: None
Attendance: 10,111 (106.4%)
Umpires: HP − Scott Barry, 1B − Ed Hickox, 2B − Casey Moser, 3B − Carlos Rey
Boxscore

### Dominican Republic 6, Australia 4

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March 10 19:00 at Cracker Jack Stadium Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1
Dominican Republic | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 8 | 2
WP: Daniel Cabrera (1–0)  LP: Damian Moss (0–1)  Sv: Dámaso Marte (1)
Attendance: 11,083 (116.7%)
Umpires: HP − Dusty Dellinger, 1B − Lance Barksdale, 2B − Troy Fullwood, 3B − Fred van Groningen
Boxscore

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