2023 World Baseball Classic Pool C

2023 World Baseball Classic Pool C
Tournament details
Country	United States
City	Phoenix, Arizona
Venue(s)	Chase Field
Dates	March 11-15
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Mexico
Runners-up	United States
Awards
MVP	Randy Arozarena

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.^[1] 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.^[2] The teams in this pool consisted of Canada, Colombia, newcomer Great Britain, Mexico, and hosts and defending champions United States.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	WBSC Rankings^[6]
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^[a]	—	Advance to quarterfinals Qualification for 2026 World Baseball Classic
2	United States (H)	4	3	1	26	16	.750^[a]	—
3	Canada	4	2	2	27	30	.500	1	Qualification for 2026 World Baseball Classic
4	Great Britain	4	1	3	18	31	.250^[b]	2	Qualification for 2026 World Baseball Classic
5	Colombia	4	1	3	12	19	.250^[b]	2

Source: MLB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Mexico defeated USA, 11–5
^ ^a ^b 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: ^[7]

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

References

^ "Pool C Games Schedule of the 2023 WBC". World Baseball Classic. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
^ "Schedule of the 2023 WBC". World Baseball Classic. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
^ "World Baseball Classic 2023 venues, pools announced". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
^ Borek, Jesse (March 16, 2023). "'It's a fiesta' for electric Arozarena as Mexico moves on". Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
^ Borek, Jesse (March 16, 2023). "Trout puts USA on his back to Classic quarterfinals". Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
^ "WBSC Men's Baseball Rankings". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
^ "World Baseball Classic Stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

[table_hth_MEX0.41317411857339-7] Mexico defeated USA, 11–5

[table_hth_GBR0.41317411857339-8] Great Britain defeated Colombia, 7–5

[1] "Pool C Games Schedule of the 2023 WBC". World Baseball Classic. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

[2] "Schedule of the 2023 WBC". World Baseball Classic. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

[3] "World Baseball Classic 2023 venues, pools announced". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

[4] Borek, Jesse (March 16, 2023). "'It's a fiesta' for electric Arozarena as Mexico moves on". Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 16, 2023.

[5] Borek, Jesse (March 16, 2023). "Trout puts USA on his back to Classic quarterfinals". Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 16, 2023.

[6] "WBSC Men's Baseball Rankings". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

[9] "World Baseball Classic Stats". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

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