2017 World Baseball Classic – Pool F

Pool F of the Second Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Petco Park, San Diego, California, from March 14 to 18, between the top two teams in Pools C and D. Pool F was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to semifinals. The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and United States advanced to Pool F.

Puerto Rico and the United States advanced to the championship round. The defending champions, the Dominican Republic, were eliminated.

NOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH − Head-to-head. RA − Runs against. IPD − Innings the team pitched. RA/IPD − The index of RA/IPD. TG − Tiebreaker game.

Pool F MVP: Yadier Molina

Puerto Rico made its comeback from its three-loss streak from 2013 World Baseball Classic by giving the reigning champions Dominican Republic its first loss since the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Drew Smyly struck out eight Venezuelan batters, while Félix Hernández did not allow a run to the United States for five innings.Adam Jones and Eric Hosmer hit home runs in the eighth inning to give the United States the lead.