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 14 July, with the finals on 19 July (rescheduled to 20 July due to rain).
Preliminary round Group A
Results
Group B
Results
Knockout round
Semi-finals
Final
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
Statistics leaders
Batting Stat Player Total/Avg Batting average Logan Forsythe .625 Hits Logan Forsythe 10 Runs Jordan Danks 7 Home runs Alexander Mayeta 2 RBI Pedro Álvarez 8 Stolen bases 7 tied with 2 Slugging percentage Justo Rivas .923
Pitching Statistic Name Total/AvgBrazilian Olympic Committee, p. 240 Wins Adiel Palma 2 Losses 15 tied with 1 Innings pitched Adiel Palma 13.2 ERA 9 tied with 0.00 Strikeouts Adiel Palma 19
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