Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games

Baseball at the XV Pan American Games
Medalists
Cuba    United States    Mexico and  Nicaragua
«2003 2011»

Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at Cidade do Rock which received temporary facilities for baseball competitions, with a stadium and training fields. Total capacity for these facilities is 651 spectators.

Cuba is the reigning Pan American Games baseball champion, with 10 consecutive gold medals in Pan American Games.

Tournament

The competition had eight teams divided in two groups. In each group, each team played against all others once and the two best advanced to the semifinals. The best team from Group A will play the second team from Group B and vice versa. Ties within a group were broken by the team allowing the least amount of runs to pass to the knockout round. The competition began on July 14, with the finals on July 19 (rescheduled to July 20 due to rain).

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	Pct
USA	3	3	0	20	10	1.000
Nicaragua	3	1	2	6	9	0.333
Dominican Republic	3	1	2	15	9	0.333
Brazil	3	1	2	8	21	0.333

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	Pct
Cuba	3	2	1	15	8	0.667
Mexico	3	2	1	13	10	0.667
Panama	3	2	1	8	14	0.667
Venezuela	3	0	3	7	11	0.000

Knockout round

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 July
	Nicaragua	0
	Cuba	4
					20 July
					Cuba	3
					USA	1
					Third place
	18 July			20 July
	Mexico	1		Nicaragua	Cancelled
	USA	2			Mexico	Cancelled

Medal chart

Cuba

United States of America.

Mexico and Nicaragua (awarded to both since the event was cancelled due to rain).

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cuba (CUB) [1] Frederich Cepeda Yoennis Cespedes Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz Giorvis Duvergel Norberto Gonzalez Yuliesky Gourriel Pedro Luis Lazo Jonder Martinez Yunieski Maya Alexander Mayeta Luis Miguel Navas Adiel Palma Eduardo Paret Ariel Pestano Alexei Ramirez Elier Sanchez Eriel Sanchez Yoandry Urgelles Osmani Urrutia Norge Luis Vera	United States (USA) [2] Pedro Alvarez Ryan Berry Jordan Danks Danny Espinosa Ryan Flaherty Logan Forsythe Brett Hunter Joe Kelly Roger Kieschnick Lance Lynn Brian Matusz Tommy Medica Jordy Mercer Petey Paramore Josh Romanski Tyson Ross Cody Satterwhite Justin Smoak Jacob Thompson Brett Wallace	Mexico (MEX) [3] Jorge Campillo Francisco Campos Rafael Diaz Adame Efren Espinoza Gustavo Garcia Aguayo Luis Alfonso Garcia Benjamin Gil Aguilar Geronimo Gil Reyes Jose Leonez Silva Noe de Jesus Muñoz Pablo Javier Ortega Roberto Ramirez Sanchez Oscar Rivera Ruiz Jose Luis Sandoval Luis Mauricio Suarez Mauricio Tequida Miranda Ivan Terrazas Magaña Mario Alejandro Valdez	Nicaragua (NCA) [4] Jorge Luis Avellan Norman Rene Cardoze Larry Francisco Galeano Yasmir Antonio Garcia Sandor Guido Armando de Jesus Hernandez Hesse Estaly Loaisiga Palma Edgard Roberto Lopez Oswaldo Antonio Mairena Sergio Antonio Mena Jose Esteban Perez Jairo Ramon Pineda Luz de Jesús Portobanco Julio Cesar Raudes Pedro Wilder Rayo Rojas Justo Cesar Rivas Jenrry Antonio Roa Miranda Jose Luis Saenz Morales Danilo Francisco Sotelo Eddy Orland Talavera

Notes

1. "Baseball: Men's Team: CUB - Cuba". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25.
2. "Baseball: Men's Team: USA - United States of America". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25.
3. "Baseball: Men's Team: MEX - Mexico". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25.
4. "Baseball: Men's Team: NCA - Nicaragua". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25.

References

• "Official baseball results". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2008-01-12.
• "2007 Pan American Games Baseball". Baseball-Reference.com.
• "2007 Pan American Games (Rosters)". Baseball-Reference.com.