Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games

Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games
Venue	Cidade do Rock Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Competitors	8 teams
Medalists
Cuba   United States   Mexico and Nicaragua
«2003 2011»

Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games was contested between teams representing Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States, and Venezuela. The 2007 edition was the 15th Pan American Games, and was hosted by Rio de Janeiro. Baseball games took place at Cidade do Rock, which received temporary facilities for baseball competitions, with a stadium and training fields.

Cuba entered the competition as the nine-time defending champions, having won each gold medal dating back to 1971. They successfully defended their title, with the United States finishing second.

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 lowest number 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
					20 July
	Cuba	4
					Cuba	3
	18 July
					USA	1
	Mexico	1
	USA	2
					Third place
					20 July
					Nicaragua	Cancelled
					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 Frederich Cepeda Yoenis Céspedes Aroldis Chapman Giorvis Duvergel Norberto González Yuli Gurriel Pedro Luis Lazo Jonder Martínez Yunesky Maya Alexander Mayeta Luis Miguel Navas Adiel Palma Eduardo Paret Ariel Pestano Alexei Ramírez Elier Sánchez Eriel Sánchez Yoandry Urgellés Osmani Urrutia Norge Luis Vera	United States 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 Jorge Campillo Francisco Campos Rafael Diaz Efren Espinoza Karim Garcia Luis García Benji Gil Gerónimo Gil José Silva Noe D. Muñoz Pablo Ortega Roberto Ramírez Oscar Ruiz Jose Luis Sandoval Luis Mauricio Suarez Mauricio Tequida Miranda Ivan Terrazas Magaña Mario Alejandro Valdez	Nicaragua Jorge Avellan Norman Cardoze Larry Galeano Yasmir Garcia Sandor Guido Armando Hernandez Hesse Loaisiga Edgard Lopez Oswaldo Mairena Sergio Mena Jose Perez Jairo Pineda Luz Portobanco Julio Raudes Pedro Rayo Justo Rivas Henry Roa Jose Saenz Danilo Sotelo Eddy Talavera

References

• "Official baseball results". Rio2007.org.br. XV Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2008-01-12.