Netherlands 3, 
Dominican Republic 2
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| NED (1-0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| DOM (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
Final
| W: | S. Ponson (1-0) |
| L: | E. Volquez (0-1) |
| SV: | L. Boyd (1) |
| Netherlands | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| E Kingsale RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| S Schoop 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| R Simon 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| M Duursma PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| L Boyd P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| G Halman CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .000 |
| Y de Caster 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .000 |
| S Adriana DH-1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| B Engelhardt LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| D Rombley LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| K Jansen C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| H Statia SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |
| BATTING RBI: S Adriana (1) S: S Schoop, H Statia 2-out RBI: S Adriana GIDP: S Schoop Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: S Adriana 1, S Schoop 1, B Engelhardt 1 Team LOB: 3 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: M Duursma (1, 2nd base by C Marmol/A Castillo) | ||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (S Schoop-H Statia-R Simon, Y de Caster-R Simon). PB: K Jansen. | ||||||||
| Netherlands | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| S Ponson (W, 1-0) | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 69-35 | 4.50 |
| A Smit | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9-4 | 0.00 |
| R Cordemans | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36-21 | 0.00 |
| D Neuman (H, 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18-10 | 0.00 |
| L Boyd (S, 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16-7 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 148-77 | |
| PITCHING IBB: D Ortiz (By A Smit) Batters faced: S Ponson 19; A Smit 3; R Cordemans 10; D Neuman 4; L Boyd 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Ponson 9-2; A Smit 0-1; R Cordemans 3-4; D Neuman 0-2; L Boyd 1-0 | |||||||||
| Dominican Republic | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| W Taveras CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| R Cano 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 |
| H Ramirez SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| D Ortiz DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| J Bautista PR-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| M Tejada 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .250 |
| J Guillen RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| W Aybar 1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| J Reyes PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| F Tatis 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| N Cruz LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| M Olivo C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 |
| a-M Alou PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| A Castillo C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 21 | |
| a-flied out to left for M Olivo in the 8th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: W Aybar (1, R Cordemans) HR: M Tejada (1, 4th inning off S Ponson 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Tejada (1), H Ramirez (1) SF: H Ramirez GIDP: M Olivo, M Tejada Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Tejada 3, M Olivo 1, D Ortiz 1 Team LOB: 11 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: W Taveras (1, 3rd base by L Boyd/K Jansen) | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: M Olivo (1, throw); H Ramirez (1, throw); F Tatis (1, interference) DP: 1 (M Tejada-R Cano-W Aybar). | ||||||||
| Dominican Republic | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| E Volquez (L, 0-1) | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 58-37 | 0.00 |
| R Perez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9-7 | 0.00 |
| P Martinez | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40-32 | 0.00 |
| D Marte | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13-11 | 0.00 |
| C Marmol | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16-11 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 136-98 | |
| PITCHING WP: E Volquez HBP: R Simon (By C Marmol) Batters faced: E Volquez 14; R Perez 3; P Martinez 9; D Marte 3; C Marmol 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: E Volquez 4-2; R Perez 1-0; P Martinez 3-2; D Marte 3-0; C Marmol 0-0 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| NED | DOM | |||
| 1st | E Kingsale scored, S Schoop to third, Y de Caster to second on wild pitch by E Volquez. | 1 | 0 |
| 1st | S Adriana reached on infield single to shortstop, S Schoop and Y de Caster scored, S Adriana to second on throwing error by shortstop H Ramirez. | 3 | 0 |
| 4th | M Tejada homered to right. | 3 | 1 |
| 5th | H Ramirez hit sacrifice fly to right, M Olivo scored, W Taveras to third. | 3 | 2 |
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| Game Information |
| Game Time: 0:00 |
| Weather: 80 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind: 16 mph |
| Umpires: Home Plate - Larry Vanover, First Base - Corrie Davis, Second Base - Eric Cooper, Third Base - Stephan Dupont |
WBC Scores
Saturday, March 7th
| Japan | 14 | Final |
| Korea | 2 |
| Netherlands | 3 | Final |
| Dominican Republic | 2 |
| Canada | 5 | Final |
| United States | 6 |
| Panama | 0 | Final |
| Puerto Rico | 7 |
| Italy | 0 | Final |
| Venezuela | 7 |