Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games

International sporting event

Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games

Venue| Pan American Baseball Stadium
Dates| October 19 – October 25
Competitors| 190 from 8 nations
Medalists
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|  Cuba

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Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held between October 19 and 25, 2011. All games were played at the Pan American Baseball Stadium in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico. The draw for the competition took place in July 2011, in which the eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[1]

Baseball was competed by men only, while women competed in the similar sport of softball. Each team could enter a team of 24 athletes for a maximum of 192 competitors for this tournament.[2] The tournament was played using designated hitter rules.[2]

Cuba entered the tournament having won 10 consecutive baseball gold medals at the Pan American Games, dating back to 1971. Canada won the tournament, defeating the United States in the gold medal game. Cuba finished in third place, winning the bronze medal.

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Canada| 1| 0| 0| 1
2|  United States| 0| 1| 0| 1
3|  Cuba| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (3 entries)| 1| 1| 1| 3

### Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's  |  Canada

* Andrew Albers
* Cole Armstrong
* Chris Bisson
* Shawn Bowman
* Nick Bucci
* Michael Crouse
* Emerson Frostad
* Mark Hardy
* Jim Henderson
* Shawn Hill
* Jay Johnson
* Mike Johnson
* Chris Kissock
* Brock Kjeldgaard
* Marcus Knecht
* Kyle Lotzkar
* Jonathan Malo
* Dustin Molleken
* Scott Richmond
* Chris Robinson
* Jamie Romak
* Tim Smith
* Skyler Stromsmoe
* Jimmy Van Ostrand

|  United States

* Pete Andrelczyk
* Jeff Beliveau
* Brett Carroll
* Justin Cassel
* Matt Clark
* Jordan Danks
* C. J. Fick
* James Gallagher
* Drew Garcia
* Tuffy Gosewisch
* Brett Jackson
* Jeff Marquez
* James McCann
* Tommy Mendonca
* Jordy Mercer
* Scott Patterson
* A. J. Pollock
* Todd Redmond
* Matt Shoemaker
* Drew Smyly
* Joe Thurston
* Chad Tracy
* Andy Van Hekken
* Randy Williams

|  Cuba

* José Abreu
* Yosvany Alarcón
* Freddy Álvarez
* Erisbel Arruebarrena
* Alexeis Bell
* Rusney Castillo
* Frederich Cepeda
* Alfredo Despaigne
* Giorvis Duvergel
* Michel Enríquez
* Miguel González
* Norberto González
* Yulieski González
* Yuli Gurriel
* Dalier Hinojosa
* Miguel Lahera
* Jonder Martínez
* Frank Morejón
* Vicyohandri Odelín
* Héctor Olivera
* Yadier Pedroso
* Ariel Pestano
* Rudy Reyes
* Alberto Soto

## Schedule

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The competition was spread out across seven days.[3]

| Preliminary round  |     | Semifinals  |  M  | Event finals

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October | 19th
Wed | 20th
Thu | 21st
Fri | 22nd
Sat | 23rd
Sun | 24th
Mon | 25th
Tue | Gold
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Men's tournament  |  |  |  |  |  |  | M | 1

## Teams

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### Qualifying Summary

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The hosts Mexico, along with the top seven teams at the Pan American Qualification tournament qualified to compete at the games.[2]

Event  | Date  | Location  | Vacancies  | Qualified

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Host Nation  | –  | –  | 1  |  Mexico
Qualifying Tournament  | Oct 1 – Oct 13, 2010  |  Mayagüez, Carolina and Ponce | 7  |  United States
Cuba
Venezuela
Dominican Republic
Panama
Canada
Puerto Rico
TOTAL |  | 8 |

### Participants

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Main article: Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Team squads

*  Canada
*  Cuba
*  Dominican Republic
*  Mexico
*  Panama
*  Puerto Rico
*  United States
*  Venezuela

## Format

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* Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
* The third and fourth placed teams in each group will play each other for fifth and seventh place respectively.
* In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
* The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

1. Head to head results.
2. Run average (not the run difference) between the tied teams.[2]

## Preliminary round

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All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)[4]

### Group A

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

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1  |  Mexico (H) | 3  | 0  | 8  | 5  | +3  | 1.000  | —  | Advance to Semifinals
2  |  United States | 2  | 1  | 33  | 5  | +28  | .667  | 1
3  |  Dominican Republic | 1  | 2  | 12  | 29  | −17  | .333  | 2  |
4  |  Panama | 0  | 3  | 7  | 21  | −14  | .000  | 3

Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

October 19, 2011
19:00 | Mexico  | 2–1  |  Panama | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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October 20, 2011
14:00 | Dominican Republic  | 2–20  |  United States | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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October 21, 2011
10:00 | United States  | 11–0  |  Panama | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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October 21, 2011
19:00 | Mexico  | 3–2  |  Dominican Republic | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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October 22, 2011
14:00 | Panama  | 6–8  |  Dominican Republic | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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October 22, 2011
19:00 | Mexico  | 3–2  |  United States | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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### Group B

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

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1  |  Cuba | 3  | 0  | 22  | 16  | +6  | 1.000  | —  | Advance to Semifinals
2  |  Canada | 2  | 1  | 14  | 14  | 0  | .667  | 1
3  |  Venezuela | 1  | 2  | 14  | 15  | −1  | .333  | 2  |
4  |  Puerto Rico | 0  | 3  | 17  | 22  | −5  | .000  | 3

Source: [citation needed]

October 19, 2011
10:00 | Canada  | 5–4  |  Puerto Rico | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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October 19, 2011
14:00 | Venezuela  | 4–5  |  Cuba | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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October 20, 2011
10:00 | Venezuela  | 9–6  |  Puerto Rico | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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October 20, 2011
19:00 | Canada  | 5–9  |  Cuba | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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October 21, 2011
14:00 | Puerto Rico  | 7–8  |  Cuba | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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October 22, 2011
10:00 | Venezuela  | 1–4  |  Canada | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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## Elimination stage

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### Seventh place match

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October 24, 2011
10:00 | Puerto Rico  | 3–2  |  Panama | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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### Fifth place match

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October 25, 2011
10:00 | Venezuela  | 7–14  |  Dominican Republic | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 24 October – Lagos de Moreno| |

|  Cuba| 10

| 25 October – Lagos de Moreno

|  United States| 12 |

|  United States| 1

| 24 October – Lagos de Moreno

| |  Canada| 2

|  Mexico| 3

|  Canada| 5 |

| Third place

| 25 October – Lagos de Moreno

|  Cuba| 6

|  Mexico| 0

### Semifinals

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October 24, 2011
14:00 | United States  | 12–10  |  Cuba | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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October 24, 2011
19:00 | Canada  | 5–3  |  Mexico | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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### Bronze medal match

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October 25, 2011
14:00 | Cuba  | 6–0  |  Mexico | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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### Gold medal match

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October 25, 2011
19:00 | United States  | 1–2  |  Canada | Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

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2011 Pan American Games Baseball tournament
Winners

Canada
1st title

## Final standings

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Rank  | Team  | Record

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|  Canada | 4–1
|  United States | 3–2
|  Cuba | 4–1
4  |  Mexico | 3–2
5  |  Dominican Republic | 2–2
6  |  Venezuela | 1–3
7  |  Puerto Rico | 1–3
8  |  Panama | 0–4

## Statistics leaders

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### Batting

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| Statistic | Name | Total/Avg

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Batting average |  Brett Carroll | .556
Hits |  Brett Carroll | 10
Runs |  Brett Carroll | 8
Home runs |  José Dariel Abreu | 3
RBI |  Tommy Mendonca | 10
Stolen bases |  Reymond Fuentes | 3
Slugging percentage |  Brett Carroll | 1.111

### Pitching

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| Statistic | Name | Total/Avg

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Wins |  Shawn Hill | 2
Losses |  Eliecer Navarro
Luis Torres | 2
Saves |  Alan Guerrero | 2
Innings pitched |  Andy Van Hekken | 14
ERA | 35 players | 0.00
Strikeouts |  Julio Rodriguez
Miguel González | 11

## References

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1. ^ Boletín COPABE Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
2. ^ a b c d Baseball technical manual
3. ^ Competition schedule and results
4. ^ Competition summary[dead link]
5. ^ Best Offensive Players[dead link]
6. ^ Best Pitchers[dead link]

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