:2013 World Baseball Classic championship

{{Infobox baseball game

| year = 2013

| game = World Baseball Classic Final

| image = File:ATT Sunset Panorama.jpg

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| caption = Oracle Park, San Francisco

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| home = Dominican Republic

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| home_total = 3

| date = {{Start date|2013|03|19}}

| venue = Oracle Park

| city = San Francisco, California, U.S.

| manager_visitor = Edwin Rodríguez

| manager_home = Tony Peña

| umpires = {{unbulleted list

| HP: {{bbicon|United States}} Ted Barrett

| 1B: {{bbicon|Australia}} Paul Hyham

| 2B: {{bbicon|United States}} Bill Miller

| 3B: {{bbicon|Panama}} Edgar Estivision

| LF: {{bbicon|United States}} Wally Bell

| RF: {{bbicon|Canada}} Trevor Grieve

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| MVP_team = Dominican Republic

| MVP = Robinson Canó

| attendance = 35,703

| time_of_game = 5:30 p.m. PDT

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| next = 2017

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The championship round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California, United States, from March 17 to 19, 2013.

The championship round was a single-elimination tournament. In the final (championship) game, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If the teams competing in the final had identical winning percentages in the tournament, then World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) would conduct a coin flip or draw to determine the home team.

The Dominican Republic defeated the Netherlands and Puerto Rico to win their first World Baseball Classic championship. Robinson Canó was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.{{cite news|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130319&content_id=43006960&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|publisher=MLB.com|date=March 20, 2013|first=John|last=Schlegel|title=Torrid stretch earns Cano Classic MVP|accessdate=March 25, 2013}}

Bracket

{{4TeamBracket

| RD1=Semifinals | RD2=Final

| seed-width=40 | team-width=180

| RD1-seed1=2R | RD1-team1={{bb|PUR}} | RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2=1W | RD1-team2={{bb|JPN}} | RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3=1R | RD1-team3={{bb|NED}} | RD1-score3=1

| RD1-seed4=2W | RD1-team4={{bb|DOM}} | RD1-score4=4

| RD2-seed1=SF1W | RD2-team1={{bb|PUR}} | RD2-score1=0

| RD2-seed2=SF2W | RD2-team2={{bb|DOM}} | RD2-score2=3

}}

:Note: "1R" = runner up in Pool 1.

Results

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00).

=Semifinal 1 − Puerto Rico 3, Japan 1=

{{Linescore

| Date = March 17

| Time = 18:00

| Location = AT&T Park

| Road = {{bb|PUR}} | RoadAbr = PUR

| R1 = 1 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 2 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 3 | RH = 9 | RE = 0

| Home = {{bb|JPN}} | HomeAbr = JPN

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 1 | H9 = 0 | HR = 1 | HH = 6 | HE = 1

| WP = Mario Santiago (1–1)

| LP = Kenta Maeda (2–1)

| SV = Fernando Cabrera (3)

| RoadHR = Alex Ríos (1)

| HomeHR =

| Attendance = 33,683 (80.4%)

| Umpires = HP − Bill Miller, 1B − Edgar Estivision, 2B − Wally Bell, 3B − Trevor Grieve,
LF − Ted Barrett, RF − Paul Hyham

| Notes =

| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_17_purint_jpnint_1&mode=box

}}

Two time World Baseball Classic defending champions Japan faces off against surprising upstart Puerto Rico in the first semi-final matchup. Puerto Rico scores a run from the first inning and scored two additional runs from a home run by Alex Ríos as the Japanese team struggle to catch up. Japan, however, only managed to score at least a run; Seiichi Uchikawa made a baserun snafu in an effort to steal second but was caught up between first and second bases as catcher Yadier Molina tags Uchikawa for a second out. Despite the efforts, Japan eventually loses to Puerto Rico 3-1 as their championship streak from two previous World Baseball Classic games has ended and the Japanese team gracefully bows out to the stands and the Puerto Rican baseball team after their defeat.

=Semifinal 2 − Dominican Republic 4, Netherlands 1=

{{Linescore

| Date = March 18

| Time = 18:00

| Location = AT&T Park

| Road = {{bb|NED}} | RoadAbr = NED

| R1 = 1 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 1 | RH = 4 | RE = 1

| Home = {{bb|DOM}} | HomeAbr = DOM

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 4 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = X | HR = 4 | HH = 9 | HE = 0

| WP = Edinson Vólquez (1–0)

| LP = Diego Markwell (2–1)

| SV = Fernando Rodney (6)

| RoadHR =

| HomeHR =

| Attendance = 27,527 (65.7%)

| Umpires = HP − Wally Bell, 1B − Trevor Grieve, 2B − Ted Barrett, 3B − Paul Hyham,
LF − Bill Miller, RF − Edgar Estivision

| Notes =

| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_18_nedint_domint_1&mode=box

}}

=Final − Dominican Republic 3, Puerto Rico 0=

File:2013 World Baseball Classic championship game.JPG on the Championship Game at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA, USA, on March 19, 2013.]]

{{Linescore

| Date = March 19

| Time = 17:00

| Location = AT&T Park

| Road = {{bb|PUR}} | RoadAbr = PUR

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 0 | RH = 3 | RE = 0

| Home = {{bb|DOM}} | HomeAbr = DOM

| H1 = 2 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 1 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = X | HR = 3 | HH = 8 | HE = 1

| WP = Samuel Deduno (2–0)

| LP = Giancarlo Alvarado (1–1)

| SV = Fernando Rodney (7)

| RoadHR =

| HomeHR =

| Attendance = 35,703 (85.2%)

| Umpires = HP − Ted Barrett, 1B − Paul Hyham, 2B − Bill Miller, 3B − Edgar Estivision,
LF − Wally Bell, RF − Trevor Grieve

| Notes =

| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_19_purint_domint_1&mode=box

}}

File:Robinson Canó holding bat 2011.jpg, the tournament's Most Valuable Player]]

In the final, Samuel Deduno started for the Dominican Republic, while Giancarlo Alvarado started for Puerto Rico.{{cite web|author=Associated Press |url=http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2013-03-19/world-baseball-classic-2013-dominican-republic-puerto-rico-jose-reyes-robinson-c |title=Dominican Republic wins 2013 World Baseball Classic; blanks Puerto Rico in final – MLB – Sporting News |publisher=Aol.sportingnews.com |date= |accessdate=March 20, 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/03/18/wbc-championship-game-puerto-rico-giancarlo-alvarado/1998117/ |title=WBC provides journeyman one shot at stardom |publisher=Usatoday.com |date= March 18, 2013|accessdate=March 20, 2013 |first1=John |last1=Perrotto}} 35,703 fans attended the game at AT&T Park in San Francisco. An additional 50,000 Dominican fans watched the game at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In Puerto Rico, the final was the most watched sporting event for the past year with nearly three-fourths of all households tuning in.{{cite news|title=Unbeaten Dominican Republic claim World Baseball Classic title|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/mar/20/dominican-republic-win-world-baseball-classic|accessdate=March 21, 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|first=Steve|last=Busfield|date=March 20, 2013}}{{cite news|title=To D.R., WBC title means everything|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/worldclassic2013/story/_/id/9073682/world-baseball-classic-title-means-everything-dominicans|access-date=March 21, 2013|newspaper=ESPN.com}}

Edwin Encarnación hit a two-run double in the first inning, giving the Dominican Republic the lead. Erick Aybar had the game's third run batted in for the Dominican Republic. Deduno recorded five strikeouts in five scoreless innings pitched and Fernando Rodney completed the game with a save, his seventh save of the tournament. Four Dominican relief pitchers combined for 4 scoreless innings.{{cite news|title=World-Class Pitching Carries Undefeated Dominicans to Title|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/sports/baseball/dominican-republic-wins-world-baseball-classic.html?_r=0|accessdate=March 21, 2013|newspaper=New York Times|first=Tyler|last=Kepner|date=March 20, 2013}}

This was the third time in the tournament that the Dominican Republic defeated Puerto Rico. The Dominican Republic completed the tournament with an 8–0 record, becoming the first undefeated team to win the World Baseball Classic. Robinson Canó was named the Most Valuable Player of the Classic after he batted 15-for-32 (.469), the most hits in tournament history. After the match the team was congratulated immediately for their victory by Dominican president Danilo Medina.{{cite web|title=Danilo Medina felicita la selección de béisbol|url=http://eldia.com.do/deportes/2013/3/20/109873/Danilo-Medina-felicita-la-seleccion-de-beisbol|publisher=El Dia|accessdate=March 21, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412110721/http://eldia.com.do/deportes/2013/3/20/109873/Danilo-Medina-felicita-la-seleccion-de-beisbol|archive-date=April 12, 2013|url-status=dead}}

References

External links

[https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic Official website]

Championship

World Baseball Classic championship

Category:Baseball competitions in San Francisco

Category:International baseball competitions hosted by the United States

Category:International sports competitions in California

World Baseball Classic championship