# 2006 World Baseball Classic Pool C

Pool C of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 7 to 10, 2006.
Pool C was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 2.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Puerto Rico (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 1.000 | — | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 20 | +1 | .667 | 1 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 19 | −4 | .333 | 2 | |
| 4 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 20 | −13 | .000 | 3 | |

## Results

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

### Puerto Rico 2, Panama 1

March 7 20:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: José Santiago (1–0) LP: Manny Acosta (0–1) Sv: Fernando Cabrera (1) Home runs: PAN: None PUR: Alex Ríos (1) Attendance: 19,043 (105.8%) Umpires: HP − Tom Hallion, 1B − James Hoye, 2B − Kevin Causey, 3B − Ian McCabe Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Cuba 8, Panama 6

March 8 14:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| Panama | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Yunesky Maya (1–0) LP: Jorge Cortez (0–1) Sv: Yadel Martí (1) Home runs: CUB: Yulieski Gourriel (1) PAN: Rubén Rivera (1) Attendance: 6,129 (34.1%) Umpires: HP − Adam Dowdy, 1B − Chad Fairchild, 2B − Rob Drake, 3B − Leone Pierfranco Boxscore |||||||||||||||

### Puerto Rico 8, Netherlands 3

March 8 20:30 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Orlando Román (1–0) LP: Jair Jurrjens (0–1) Home runs: PUR: Javy López (1), Iván Rodríguez (1), Carlos Beltrán (1) NED: None Attendance: 15,570 (86.5%) Umpires: HP − Kevin Causey, 1B − Tom Hallion, 2B − James Hoye, 3B − Ian McCabe Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Cuba 11, Netherlands 2

March 9 20:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cuba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| WP: Ormari Romero (1–0) LP: Diego Markwell (0–1) Sv: Yadel Martí (2) Home runs: CUB: Yoandry Garlobo (1), Osmani Urrutia (1) NED: None Attendance: 7,657 (42.5%) Umpires: HP − Chad Fairchild, 1B − Rob Drake, 2B − Adam Dowdy, 3B − Leone Pierfranco Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Netherlands 10, Panama 0

March 10 14:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 10 | 16 | 0 |
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| WP: Shairon Martis (1–0) LP: Miguel Gómez (0–1) Attendance: 6,337 (35.2%) Umpires: HP − James Hoye, 1B − Kevin Causey, 2B − Tom Hallion, 3B − Ian McCabe Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Shairon Martis threw a No-hitter. Boxscore |||||||||||||
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### Puerto Rico 12, Cuba 2

March 10 20:30 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Dicky Gonzalez (1–0) LP: Luis Borroto (0–1) Home runs: PUR: Bernie Williams (1), Alex Cintrón (1), Carlos Beltrán (2) CUB: None Attendance: 19,736 (109.6%) Umpires: HP − Rob Drake, 1B − Adam Dowdy, 2B − Chad Fairchild, 3B − Leone Pierfranco Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Boxscore |||||||||||||