Pool 2 of the Second Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 12 to 15, 2006.

Like the first round, Pool 2 was a round-robin tournament. The final two teams advanced to the semifinals.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic	3	2	1	10	11	−1	.667[a]	—	Advance to championship round
2	Cuba	3	2	1	14	12	+2	.667[a]	—
3	Venezuela	3	1	2	9	9	0	.333[b]	1
4	Puerto Rico (H)	3	1	2	10	11	−1	.333[b]	1

Results

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

Cuba 7, Venezuela 2

March 12 14:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	7	10	1
Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	0
WP: Yadel Martí (1–0)   LP: Johan Santana (0–2)   Sv: Pedro Luis Lazo (1) Home runs: CUB: Frederich Cepeda (1), Ariel Pestano (1) VEN: Endy Chávez (1) Attendance: 13,697 (76.1%) Umpires: HP − Tom Hallion, 1B − Lance Barksdale, 2B − Chad Fairchild, 3B − Ian McCabe Boxscore

Puerto Rico 7, Dominican Republic 1

March 12 21:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	7	13	1
Dominican Republic	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
WP: Javier Vázquez (1–0)   LP: Dámaso Marte (0–1) Home runs: PUR: None DOM: Adrián Beltré (4) Attendance: 19,692 (109.4%) Umpires: HP − Rob Drake, 1B − James Hoye, 2B − Adam Dowdy, 3B − Fred van Groningen Boxscore

Dominican Republic 7, Cuba 3

March 13 14:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dominican Republic	0	0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	7	9	1
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	8	2
WP: Odalis Pérez (2–0)   LP: Vicyohandry Odelín (0–1)   Sv: Fernando Rodney (1) Home runs: DOM: David Ortiz (3) CUB: Yulieski Gourriel (2) Attendance: 6,594 (36.6%) Umpires: HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Chad Fairchild, 2B − Tom Hallion, 3B − Ian McCabe Boxscore

Venezuela 6, Puerto Rico 0

March 13 20:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	6	6	2
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
WP: Carlos Zambrano (1–0)   LP: Joel Piñeiro (0–1) Home runs: VEN: Endy Chávez (2), Víctor Martínez (1) PUR: None Attendance: 19,400 (107.8%) Umpires: HP − James Hoye, 1B − Adam Dowdy, 2B − Rob Drake, 3B − Fred van Groningen Boxscore

Dominican Republic 2, Venezuela 1

March 14 20:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Dominican Republic	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2	6	1
WP: Miguel Batista (1–0)   LP: Kelvim Escobar (1–1)   Sv: Duaner Sánchez (1) Attendance: 13,007 (72.3%) Umpires: HP − Chad Fairchild, 1B − Tom Hallion, 2B − Lance Barksdale, 3B − Ian McCabe Boxscore

Cuba 4, Puerto Rico 3

March 15 20:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	2
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	1
WP: Ormari Romero (2–0)   LP: Dicky Gonzalez (1–1)   Sv: Vicyohandry Odelín (1) Home runs: CUB: None PUR: Bernie Williams (2) Attendance: 19,773 (109.9%) Umpires: HP − Adam Dowdy, 1B − Rob Drake, 2B − James Hoye, 3B − Fred van Groningen Boxscore

External links

• Official website