Baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Baseball at the XVII Pan American Games
Venues	Pan Am Ball Park
Dates	July 11–26, 2015
Competitors	258 from 8 nations
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Baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

Baseball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 11 to 26 at the Pan Am Ball Park, in Ajax, Ontario.^[1][2] Women's baseball will be making its Pan American Games debut, after being added to the program at the 2013 Pan American Sports Organization's general assembly.^[3] A total of seven men's and five women's teams will compete in each tournament respectively.^[3]

Competition schedule

The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, was the venue for the baseball competitions.

The following is the competition schedule for the baseball competitions:^[4]

P

Preliminaries

½

Semifinals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	Sat 11	Sun 12	Mon 13	Tue 14	Wed 15	Thu 16	Fri 17	Sat 18	Sun 19		Mon 20	Tue 21	Wed 22	Thu 23	Fri 24	Sat 25	Sun 26
Men	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	½	B	F
Women											P	P	P	P	P	B	F

Medal table

Baseball competition at the President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark

Key

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	1	1	0	2
1	United States	1	1	0	2
3	Cuba	0	0	1	1
3	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6

Medalists

The following athletes were the final medallists.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Canada (CAN) Andrew Albers Phillippe Aumont Shane Dawson Kellin Deglan Bryan Dykxhoorn Jeff Francis Tyson Gillies Shawn Hill Jesse Hodges Sean Jamieson Brock Kjeldgaard Jordan Lennerton Chris Leroux Kyle Lotzkar Jared Mortensen Tyler O'Neill Pete Orr Jasvir Rakkar Scott Richmond Chris Robinson Evan Rutckyj Tim Smith Skyler Stromsmoe Rene Tosoni	United States (USA) Albert Almora Jake Barrett Buddy Baumann Jeffery Bianchi Aaron Blair Brian Bogusevic Casey Coleman Zach Eflin Brian Ellington Cameron Gallagher Josh Hader David Huff Travis Jankowski Patrick Kivlehan Casey Kotchman Scott McGregor Tommy Murphy Andy Parrino Tyler Pastornicky Paul Sewald Nate Smith Jake Thompson Johnathan Williamson Jacob Wilson	Cuba (CUB) Roel Santos Raul Gonzalez Rudy Reyes Yosvany Alarcon Freddy Alvarez Urmaris Guerra Ismel Jimenez Frederich Cepeda Yander Guevara José Adolis García Hector Mendoza Yorbis Borroto Yordan Manduley Frank Morejon Erly Casanova Alfredo Despaigne Alexander Malleta Yosbany Torres Yoennis Yera Yulexis La Rosa William Saavedra Lazaro Blanco Livan Moinelo Yennier Cano
Women's tournament	United States (USA)[5][6] Veronica Alvarez Ryleigh Buck Samantha Cobb Alex Fulmer Veronica Gajownik Brittany Gomez Jade Gortarez Tamara Holmes Sarah Hudek Anna Kimbrell Jenna Marston Stacy Piagno Nicole Rivera Cydnee Sanders Marti Sementelli Michelle Snyder Malaika Underwood Kelsie Whitmore	Canada (CAN)[7] Melissa Armstrong Amanda Asay Jessica Bérubé Veronika Boyd Claire Eccles Jenna Flannigan Jennifer Gilroy Rebecca Hartley Kelsey Lalor Nicole Luchanski Daniella Matteucci Autumn Mills Heidi Northcott Katherine Psota Vanessa Riopel Stéphanie Savoie Ashley Stephenson Bradi Wall	Venezuela (VEN)[8] Migreily Angulo Ofelia Arrieche Sor Brito Dayvis Cazorla Giddelys Cumana Ingrid Escobar Osmari Garcia Daily Gimenez Lelis Gomez Oriannys Hernandez Kerlys Pérez Marianne Pérez Esquia Rengel Leonela Reyes Maria Rincon Astrid Rodriguez Patricia Segovia Maigleth Torres

Qualification

A total of seven men's teams and five women's team qualified to compete at the games. For the men's tournament, the host nation Canada along with the United States (for its contributions to the game) qualified automatically. The top four teams at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games also qualified. The last qualifier saw one team qualify from the 2015 South American Championships.^[9] For the women's tournament, Canada as host nation qualified automatically, along with the top four nations at the qualification event held in March 2015.^[10] Men's rosters can be have a maximum of 24 athletes, while women's rosters can have a maximum of 18 athletes.^[10][11]

Men

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
Qualified automatically	N/A	N/A	1	United States
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[12]	November 15–21	Veracruz	4	Cuba  Nicaragua  Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico
2015 South American Championships[13]	February 28 – March 7	Cuiabá	1	Colombia
Total			7

Women

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2015 Pan American Women's Baseball Championships[14]	March 8–15	Concepción de la Vega	4	United States  Venezuela  Cuba  Puerto Rico
Total			5

Participating nations

A total of eight countries have qualified baseball teams. The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants qualified.

Canada (42) Colombia (24) Cuba (42) Dominican Republic (24)

Nicaragua (24) Puerto Rico (42) United States (42) Venezuela (18)

References

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2. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
3. "2015 Pan Am Games to include women's baseball". baseball.ca/. Baseball Canada. February 11, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
4. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
5. "2015 Women's Pan American Games Roster". USAbaseball.com. USA Baseball. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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8. "Baseball: Women: Team Roster: VEN – Venezuela" (PDF). Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
9. "Otorgara beisbol de los JCC plazas a Juegos Pan Americanos 2015" [The Central American and Caribbean Games will award places in baseball for the 2015 Pan American Games]. http://www.imagendelgolfo.com.mx/ (in Spanish). 5 October 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
10. "Sport Technical Manual Baseball". http://www.scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
11. Morosi, Jon Paul (21 January 2014). "Sources: MLB to allow minor leaguers to play in Pan American Games". http://www.foxsports.com/. FOX Sports. Retrieved 22 January 2014. External link in |website= (help)
12. "Cuba, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico qualify for Pan Am Games". baseball.ca/. Baseball Canada. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
13. "No. 19 Colombia beats No. 15 Brazil to win South American Championship, qualify for Pan Am Games". ibaf.org/. International Baseball Federation (IBAF). 7 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
14. "USA wins Women's Baseball Pan Am Qualifier". ibaf.org/. International Baseball Federation (IBAF). 12 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.