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2023 Caribbean Series

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2023 Caribbean Series
Tournament details
CountryVenezuela
CityLa Guaira
Caracas
Venue(s)La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
DatesFebruary 2 – February 10, 2023
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsDominican Republic Tigres del Licey (11th title)
Runner-upVenezuela Leones del Caracas
Third placeMexico Cañeros de Los Mochis
Fourth placeColombia Vaqueros de Montería
← 2022
2024 ⊟

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

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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

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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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Team Manager Means of qualification
Colombia Vaqueros de Montería Colombia Ronald Ramírez Winners of the 2022–23 Colombian Professional Baseball League
Mexico Cañeros de Los Mochis Venezuela José Moreno Winners of the 2022–23 Mexican Pacific League
Panama Federales de Chiriquí Panama José Mayorga Winners of the 2022–23 Panamanian Professional Baseball League
Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez Puerto Rico Mako Oliveras Winners of the 2022–23 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League
Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey Dominican Republic José Offerman Winners of the 2022–23 Dominican Professional Baseball League
Venezuela Leones del Caracas Venezuela José Alguacil Winners of the 2022–23 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
Cuba Agricultores (Las Tunas/Granma) Cuba Carlos Martí Winners of the 2022–23 Cuban Elite League
Curaçao WildCats KJ74 Curaçao Hainley Statia Winners of the 2022 Curaçao National Championship AA League

Preliminary round

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1 Mexico Cañeros de Los Mochis 7 5 2 31 27 4 .714[a] Advance to knockout stage
2 Venezuela Leones del Caracas (H) 7 5 2 44 30 14 .714[a]
3 Colombia Vaqueros de Montería 7 4 3 44 31 13 .571[b] 1
4 Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey 7 4 3 32 27 5 .571[b] 1
5 Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez 7 4 3 29 24 5 .571[b] 1
6 Panama Federales de Chiriquí 7 3 4 23 29 −6 .429 2
7 Curaçao WildCats KJ74 7 2 5 18 27 −9 .286 3
8 Cuba Agricultores 7 1 6 23 49 −26 .143 4
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head matches; 3) Team quality balance; 4) Batting average; 5) Drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head: Cañeros 1-0; Leones 0-1
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head: Vaqueros 2-0; Tigres 1-1; Indios 0-2
Time zone: Time in Venezuela (UTC–4)
Date Time Away Result Home Stadium
February 2 10:30 Agricultores Cuba 3−1 (10) Curaçao WildCats KJ74 Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 2 12:00 Cañeros de Los Mochis Mexico 5−4 Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 2 15:00 Vaqueros de Montería Colombia 7−1 Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 2 20:30 Leones del Caracas Venezuela 5−2 Panama Federales de Chiriquí La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 3 13:00 Federales de Chiriquí Panama 6−5 Colombia Vaqueros de Montería La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 3 14:30 Tigres del Licey Dominican Republic 3−1 Cuba Agricultores Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 3 18:00 WildCats KJ74 Curaçao 2−1 Mexico Cañeros de Los Mochis La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 3 19:30 Indios de Mayagüez Puerto Rico 6−1 Venezuela Leones del Caracas Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 4 10:30 WildCats KJ74 Curaçao 1−0 Panama Federales de Chiriquí La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 4 14:00 Indios de Mayagüez Puerto Rico 4−6 Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 4 15:00 Vaqueros de Montería Colombia 6−7 Mexico Cañeros de Los Mochis La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 4 19:30 Agricultores Cuba 3−20 Venezuela Leones del Caracas La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 5 13:00 Vaqueros de Montería Colombia 6−5 (13) Curaçao WildCats KJ74 Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 5 14:30 Cañeros de Los Mochis Mexico 6−5 Cuba Agricultores La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 5 18:00 Indios de Mayagüez Puerto Rico 2−3 Panama Federales de Chiriquí Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 5 19:30 Tigres del Licey Dominican Republic 2−3 (12) Venezuela Leones del Caracas La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 6 10:30 Agricultores Cuba 4−5 Colombia Vaqueros de Montería La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 6 14:00 Tigres del Licey Dominican Republic 10−1 Panama Federales de Chiriquí Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 6 15:00 WildCats KJ74 Curaçao 1−3 Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 6 19:30 Cañeros de Los Mochis Mexico 7−0 Venezuela Leones del Caracas La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 7 13:00 Agricultores Cuba 3−4 Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 7 14:30 Federales de Chiriquí Panama 1−2 Mexico Cañeros de Los Mochis Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 7 18:00 Vaqueros de Montería Colombia 11−1 Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 7 19:30 Leones del Caracas Venezuela 8−6 Curaçao WildCats KJ74 Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 8 10:30 Federales de Chiriquí Panama 10–4 Cuba Agricultores La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 8 14:00 WildCats KJ74 Curaçao 2–6 Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 8 15:00 Indios de Mayagüez Puerto Rico 9–3 Mexico Cañeros de Los Mochis La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 8 19:30 Leones del Caracas Venezuela 7–4 Colombia Vaqueros de Montería La Rinconada Baseball Stadium

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals Final
      
1 Mexico Cañeros de Los Mochis 3
4 Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey 8
4 Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey 3
2 Venezuela Leones del Caracas 0
2 Venezuela Leones del Caracas 7
3 Colombia Vaqueros de Montería 5 Third place play-off
1 Mexico Cañeros de Los Mochis 1
3 Colombia Vaqueros de Montería 0

Semi-finals

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Date Time Away Result Home Stadium
February 9 15:30 Tigres del Licey Dominican Republic 8–3 Mexico Cañeros de Los Mochis Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 9 19:30 Vaqueros de Montería Colombia 5–7 Venezuela Leones del Caracas La Rinconada Baseball Stadium

Third place play-off

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Date Time Away Result Home Stadium
February 10 14:30 Vaqueros de Montería Colombia 0–1 Mexico Cañeros de Los Mochis La Rinconada Baseball Stadium

Final

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February 10, 2023 19:30 at La Rinconada Baseball Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 9 0
Venezuela Leones del Caracas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
WP: Cesar Valdez (1–0)   LP: Erick Alejandro Leal (0–1)

Awards

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All-Tournament Team
Position Player
Starting Pitcher Colombia Eduar López
Relief Pitcher Venezuela Anthony Vizcaya
Catcher Mexico José Félix
First Baseman Mexico Reynaldo Rodríguez
Second Baseman Colombia Francisco Acuña
Third Baseman Puerto Rico Emmanuel Rivera
Shortstop Colombia Dayan Frías
Outfielders Dominican Republic Emilio Bonifácio
Colombia Gustavo Campero
Venezuela Danry Vásquez
Designated Hitter Colombia Jordan Díaz
Manager Mexico José Moreno

References

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  1. ^ Sanchez, Ruben (2022-05-19). "Estadios de la Serie del Caribe de Venezuela serán evaluados en junio". Meridiano. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. ^ Acevedo, Manuel (2022-05-13). "Serie del Caribe 2023 en Venezuela tendrá a clubes de Cuba y Curazao". Meridiano. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  3. ^ "Calendario Serie del Caribe". Series Del Caribe. 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
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