2023 Caribbean Series
Tournament details | |
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Country | Venezuela |
City | La Guaira Caracas |
Venue(s) | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
Dates | February 2 – February 10, 2023 |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
The 2023 Caribbean Series was the 65th edition of the Caribbean Series, played at La Rinconada Baseball Stadium in Caracas and Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium in La Guaira, Venezuela from February 2 to February 10, 2023.[1]
The series brought together the champions of each professional baseball league in the countries that make up the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Panama and Colombia), plus the representatives of Curaçao and Cuba as guests.[2]
Stadium
[edit]La Rinconada Baseball Stadium and Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium in Caracas were the hosts of the round robin matches and the semi-finals and La Rinconada hosted the finals and third place game.[3] La Rinconada stadium was opened for the first time and it is the largest baseball stadium in South America with a capacity of 40,000.
Tournament format
[edit]A single round-robin format was used; each team faced each other once. The four teams with the best records advanced to the semifinals (1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd). The two losers met in the 3rd place match and the two winners met in the final to decide the tournament champion.
Participating teams
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Winners of the 2022–23 Colombian Professional Baseball League |
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Winners of the 2022–23 Mexican Pacific League |
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Winners of the 2022–23 Panamanian Professional Baseball League |
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Winners of the 2022–23 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League |
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Winners of the 2022–23 Dominican Professional Baseball League |
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Winners of the 2022–23 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League |
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Winners of the 2022–23 Cuban Elite League |
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Winners of the 2022 Curaçao National Championship AA League |
Preliminary round
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 27 | 4 | .714[a] | — | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 30 | 14 | .714[a] | — | |
3 | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 31 | 13 | .571[b] | 1 | |
4 | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 27 | 5 | .571[b] | 1 | |
5 | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 24 | 5 | .571[b] | 1 | |
6 | ![]() |
7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 29 | −6 | .429 | 2 | |
7 | ![]() |
7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 27 | −9 | .286 | 3 | |
8 | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 49 | −26 | .143 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head matches; 3) Team quality balance; 4) Batting average; 5) Drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- Time zone: Time in Venezuela (UTC–4)
Knockout stage
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||
4 | ![]() | 8 | |||||||
4 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||
2 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
2 | ![]() | 7 | |||||||
3 | ![]() | 5 | Third place play-off | ||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||
3 | ![]() | 0 |
Semi-finals
[edit]Date | Time | Away | Result | Home | Stadium |
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February 9 | 15:30 | Tigres del Licey ![]() |
8–3 | ![]() |
Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
February 9 | 19:30 | Vaqueros de Montería ![]() |
5–7 | ![]() |
La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
Third place play-off
[edit]Date | Time | Away | Result | Home | Stadium |
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February 10 | 14:30 | Vaqueros de Montería ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
Final
[edit]Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Cesar Valdez (1–0) LP: Erick Alejandro Leal (0–1) |
Awards
[edit]Position | Player |
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Starting Pitcher | ![]() |
Relief Pitcher | ![]() |
Catcher | ![]() |
First Baseman | ![]() |
Second Baseman | ![]() |
Third Baseman | ![]() |
Shortstop | ![]() |
Outfielders | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Designated Hitter | ![]() |
Manager | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ Sanchez, Ruben (2022-05-19). "Estadios de la Serie del Caribe de Venezuela serán evaluados en junio". Meridiano. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ Acevedo, Manuel (2022-05-13). "Serie del Caribe 2023 en Venezuela tendrá a clubes de Cuba y Curazao". Meridiano. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ "Calendario Serie del Caribe". Series Del Caribe. 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
External links
[edit]- Official website (Spanish)