# 2023 World Baseball Classic Pool C

The 2023 World Baseball Classic Pool C was the third of four pools of the 2023 World Baseball Classic that took place from March 11th-15th at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The Pool C winner and runner up, Mexico and United States advanced to the Quarterfinals 2 round, as well as the Pool D winner and runner up. The Quarterfinals 2 round will be played March 17–18, 2023 in Miami. The teams in this pool consisted of Canada, Colombia, newcomer Great Britain, Mexico, and hosts and defending champions United States.
After starting with a loss to Colombia, Mexico bounced back with three straight wins over the United States, Great Britain and Canada to advance to the quarterfinals as pool winners. The U.S. and Colombia played the last game of the pool, a Colombia win would force a three-way tie which could also favor Canada depending on tiebreakers. The U.S. won 3–2 to advance. Colombia fell to 1–3, tying with Great Britain, but as they lost the head-to-head game, Colombia was relegated to the 2026 World Baseball Classic qualifiers.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | WBSC Rankings |
| C1 | United States | 1 | WBSC Americas | Hosts + 2017 participants | March 6, 2017 | 5th | 2017 | Champions (2017) | 3 |
| C2 | Mexico | 2 | WBSC Americas | 2017 participants | March 6, 2017 | 5th | 2017 | Quarterfinals (2006, 2009) | 5 |
| C3 | Colombia | 3 | WBSC Americas | 2017 participants | March 6, 2017 | 2nd | 2017 | Pool stage (2017) | 11 |
| C4 | Canada | 4 | WBSC Americas | 2017 participants | March 6, 2017 | 5th | 2017 | Pool stage (2006, 2009, 2013, 2017) | 14 |
| C5 | Great Britain | 5 | WBSC Europe | Qualifiers Pool A winners | September 20, 2022 | 1st | — | — | 22 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 4 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 14 | .750 | — | Advance to quarterfinals Qualification for 2026 World Baseball Classic |
| 2 | United States (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 16 | .750 | — | Advance to quarterfinals Qualification for 2026 World Baseball Classic |
| 3 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 30 | .500 | 1 | Qualification for 2026 World Baseball Classic |
| 4 | Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 31 | .250 | 2 | Qualification for 2026 World Baseball Classic |
| 5 | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | .250 | 2 | |
* 1 2 Mexico defeated USA, 11–5
* 1 2 Great Britain defeated Colombia, 7–5

## Summary

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Mar 11, 2023 | 12:30 MST | Colombia | 5–4 | Mexico | 10 | Chase Field | 3:24 | 28,497 | Boxscore |
| Mar 11, 2023 | 19:00 MST | Great Britain | 2–6 | United States | | Chase Field | 2:54 | 39,650 | Boxscore |
| Mar 12, 2023 | 12:00 MST | Great Britain | 8–18 | Canada | 7 | Chase Field | 3:38 | 11,555 | Boxscore |
| Mar 12, 2023 | 19:00 MST | Mexico | 11–5 | United States | | Chase Field | 3:41 | 47,534 | Boxscore |
| Mar 13, 2023 | 12:00 MST | Colombia | 5–7 | Great Britain | | Chase Field | 3:50 | 10,416 | Boxscore |
| Mar 13, 2023 | 19:00 MST | Canada | 1–12 | United States | 7 | Chase Field | 2:20 | 29,621 | Boxscore |
| Mar 14, 2023 | 12:00 MST | Canada | 5–0 | Colombia | | Chase Field | 2:48 | 10,571 | Boxscore |
| Mar 14, 2023 | 19:00 MST | Great Britain | 1–2 | Mexico | | Chase Field | 3:05 | 17,705 | Boxscore |
| Mar 15, 2023 | 12:00 MST | Mexico | 10–3 | Canada | | Chase Field | 3:31 | 17,245 | Boxscore |
| Mar 15, 2023 | 19:00 MST | United States | 3–2 | Colombia | | Chase Field | 3:02 | 29,856 | Boxscore |

## Matches
### Colombia vs Mexico

March 11, 2023 12:30 PM MST at Chase Field in Phoenix, United States :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Guillermo Zuñiga (1–0) LP: Jesús Cruz (0–1) Home runs: COL: Reynaldo Rodríguez (1) MEX: Randy Arozarena (1) Attendance: 28,497 Umpires: HP: Cory Blaser. 1B: Edwin Louisa. 2B: Doug Eddings. 3B: Jairo Mendoza Boxscore ||||||||||||||

### Great Britain vs United States

March 11, 2023 19:00 PM MST at Chase Field in Phoenix, United States :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Adam Wainwright (1–0) LP: Vance Worley (0–1) Home runs: GBR: Trayce Thompson (1) USA: Kyle Schwarber (1) Attendance: 39,650 Umpires: HP – Carlos Torres, 1B – Felix Tejada, 2B – Bill Miller, 3B – Jhonatan Biarreta Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Great Britain vs Canada

March 12, 2023 12:00 PM MST at Chase Field in Phoenix, United States :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Canada | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | x | x | x | 18 | 17 | 0 |
| WP: Phillippe Aumont (1–0) LP: Akeel Morris (0–1) Home runs: GBR: Harry Ford (1) CAN: Edouard Julien (1), Owen Caissie (1) Attendance: 11,555 Umpires: HP – Felix Tejada, 1B – Bill Miller, 2B – Jhonatan Biarreta, 3B – Carlos Torres Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Mexico vs United States

March 12, 2023 19:00 PM MST at Chase Field in Phoenix, United States :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Mexico | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 0 |
| United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Patrick Sandoval (1–0) LP: Nick Martinez (0–1) Home runs: MEX: Joey Meneses 2 (2) USA: Will Smith (1) Attendance: 47,534 Umpires: HP – Alan Porter, 1B – Jairo Mendoza, 2B – Edwin Louisa, 3B – Cory Blaser Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Colombia vs Great Britain

March 13, 2023 12:00 PM MST at Chase Field in Phoenix, United States :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| WP: Graham Spraker (1–0) LP: Yapson Gomez (0–1) Sv: Ian Gibaut (1) Home runs: COL: Dilson Herrera (1) GBR: Harry Ford (2) Attendance: 10,416 Umpires: HP – Jhonatan Biarreta, 1B – Cory Blaser, 2B – Felix Tejada, 3B – Doug Eddings Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Canada vs United States

March 13, 2023 19:00 PM MST at Chase Field in Phoenix, United States :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| United States | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 12 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Lance Lynn (1–0) LP: Mitch Bratt (0–1) Home runs: CAN: Jared Young (1) USA: Mike Trout (1), Trea Turner (1) Attendance: 29,621 Umpires: HP – Bill Miller, 1B – Edwin Louisa, 2B – Alan Porter 3B – Jairo Mendoza Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Canada vs Colombia

March 14, 2023 12:00 PM MST at Chase Field in Phoenix, United States :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Noah Skirrow (1–0) LP: Adrian Almeida (0–1) Home runs: CAN: Otto Lopez (1) COL: None Attendance: 10,571 Umpires: HP – Doug Eddings, 1B – Alan Porter 2B – Jairo Mendoza, 3B – Edwin Louisa Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Great Britain vs Mexico

March 14, 2023 19:00 PM MST at Chase Field in Phoenix, United States :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: JoJo Romero (1–0) LP: Tahnaj Thomas (0–1) Sv: Giovanny Gallegos (1) Attendance: 17,705 Umpires: HP – Cory Blaser, 1B – Carlos Torres, 2B – Félix Tejada, 3B – Jhonatan Biarreta Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Mexico vs Canada

March 15, 2023 12:00 PM MST at Chase Field in Phoenix, United States :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: José Urquidy (1–0) LP: Rob Zastryzny (0–1) Home runs: MEX: Rowdy Tellez (1) CAN: Bo Naylor (1), Edouard Julien (2) Attendance: 17,245 Umpires: HP – Carlos Torres, 1B – Doug Eddings, 2B – Jhonathan Biarreta, 3B – Edwin Louisa Boxscore |||||||||||||

### United States vs Colombia

March 15, 2023 19:00 PM MST at Chase Field in Phoenix, United States :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Kendall Graveman (1–0) LP: Ruben Galindo (0–1) Sv: Ryan Pressly (1) Attendance: 29,856 Umpires: HP – Alan Porter, 1B – Bill Miller, 2B – Jairo Mendoza, 3B – Roberto Peralta Boxscore |||||||||||||

## Statistics

Source:

### Leading hitters
#### Power

| SLG | Team | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | AB |
| .500 | Canada | 26 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 130 |
| .480 | United States | 19 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 127 |
| .414 | Mexico | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 145 |
| .398 | Great Britain | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 118 |
| .277 | Colombia | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 130 |

#### Efficiency

| OBP | Team | H | BB | HBP | AB | SF |
| .417 | Canada | 39 | 24 | 2 | 130 | 0 |
| .379 | Mexico | 41 | 19 | 4 | 145 | 1 |
| .367 | United States | 34 | 19 | 2 | 127 | 2 |
| .352 | Great Britain | 27 | 21 | 2 | 118 | 1 |
| .248 | Colombia | 25 | 10 | 0 | 130 | 1 |

### Leading pitchers

| WHIP | Team | BB | H | IP | K |
| 1.03 | Mexico | 12 | 26 | 37 | 40 |
| 1.24 | United States | 8 | 34 | 34 | 37 |
| 1.42 | Colombia | 18 | 33 | 36 | 37 |
| 1.84 | Canada | 24 | 33 | 31 | 35 |
| 2.29 | Great Britain | 31 | 40 | 31 | 22 |