Italy 6, 
Canada 2
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| ITA (1-1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| CAN (0-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Final
| W: | D. Serafini (1-0) |
| L: | V. Perkins (0-1) |
| SV: | J. Grilli (1) |
| Italy | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| N Punto SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .100 |
| D Dallospedale 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .167 |
| F Catalanotto LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .375 |
| V Pascucci DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .167 |
| C Denorfia CF | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .571 |
| G Mazzanti 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .444 |
| A Liddi 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .500 |
| F Cervelli C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| M Chiarini RF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .200 |
| a-M Costanzo PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| A De Santis PR-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | - | |
| a-walked for M Chiarini in the 7th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: C Denorfia 3 (3, S Green, V Perkins, S Diamond); A Liddi (1, S Diamond) RBI: C Denorfia 2 (2), D Dallospedale (1), A Liddi 2 (2), N Punto (1) S: F Cervelli SF: A Liddi 2-out RBI: C Denorfia, N Punto GIDP: V Pascucci Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: G Mazzanti 1, A Liddi 3, D Dallospedale 1, N Punto 2, V Pascucci 1 Team LOB: 13 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: A Liddi (1, 2nd base off S Green/R Martin) | ||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (N Punto-G Mazzanti, D Dallospedale-N Punto-G Mazzanti). | ||||||||
| Italy | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| D Serafini (W, 1-0) | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 64-34 | 6.00 |
| C Cooper | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 58-34 | 0.00 |
| J Grilli (S, 1) | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 44-29 | 7.36 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 166-97 | |
| PITCHING Batters faced: D Serafini 14; C Cooper 13; J Grilli 13 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Serafini 6-1; C Cooper 0-4; J Grilli 3-5 | |||||||||
| Canada | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| C Barnwell SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .000 |
| b-A Stern PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| R Martin C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .222 |
| J Votto DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .556 |
| J Morneau 1B | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .444 |
| J Bay CF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| M Stairs RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .000 |
| M Teahen 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .167 |
| N Weglarz LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| P Orr 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 |
| a-S Clapp PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 8 | - | |
| a-flied out to center for P Orr in the 8th b-struck out looking for C Barnwell in the 9th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: J Morneau 2 (2, D Serafini 2); J Votto (2, D Serafini); J Bay (1, D Serafini) RBI: J Bay 2 (2) GIDP: J Votto, M Stairs Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: C Barnwell 2, M Stairs 2, N Weglarz 1 Team LOB: 11 | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: V Perkins (1, bobble) DP: 1 (C Barnwell-P Orr-J Morneau). | ||||||||
| Canada | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| V Perkins (L, 0-1) | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 52-28 | 9.00 |
| T Burton | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17-11 | 0.00 |
| S Diamond | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50-27 | 3.00 |
| S Green | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16-8 | 27.00 |
| C Leroux | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30-16 | 0.00 |
| J Crain | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18-14 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 183-104 | |
| PITCHING Batters faced: V Perkins 14; T Burton 5; S Diamond 12; S Green 5; C Leroux 6; J Crain 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: V Perkins 3-1; T Burton 0-2; S Diamond 5-3; S Green 1-1; C Leroux 0-2; J Crain 0-0 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| ITA | CAN | |||
| 1st | C Denorfia reached on infield single to third, D Dallospedale scored, F Catalanotto to third, V Pascucci to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 2nd | D Dallospedale singled to right, M Chiarini scored, N Punto to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 3rd | A Liddi hit sacrifice fly to left, C Denorfia scored. | 3 | 0 |
| 4th | C Denorfia doubled to left center, F Catalanotto scored. | 4 | 0 |
| 4th | J Bay doubled to left, J Votto and J Morneau scored. | 4 | 2 |
| 7th | A Liddi singled to right, C Denorfia scored. | 5 | 2 |
| 7th | N Punto grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Liddi scored, A De Santis to second. | 6 | 2 |
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| Game Information |
| Game Time: 3:36 |
| Weather: indoors |
| Umpires: Home Plate - Marvin Hudson, First Base - Minoru Nakamura, Second Base - Jerry Meals, Third Base - Masami Yoshikawa |
WBC Scores
Monday, March 9th 2009
| Korea | 1 | Final |
| Japan | 0 |
| Italy | 6 | Final |
| Canada | 2 |
| Netherlands | 1 | Final |
| Puerto Rico | 3 |
| Mexico | 14 | Final |
| South Africa | 3 |