2016 Caribbean Series

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The 2016 Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) is the 58th edition of the international competition featuring the champions of the Cuban National Series, Dominican Professional Baseball League, Mexican Pacific League, Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League, and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. It took place February 1–7 at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. [1] The teams played a ten-game round robin, followed by the semifinals and championship game.

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For the first time, the tournament featured a home run derby, [2] however Major League Baseball players were barred from participating due to complaints from Major League Baseball Players Association over injury risks. [3]

Round robin

Schedule

Time zone Atlantic Standard Time (UTC–4)
DateTimeAwayResultHomeStadium
February 114:00 Cangrejeros de Santurce Flag of Puerto Rico.svg 1–2 Flag of Venezuela.svg Tigres de Aragua Estadio Quisqueya
February 120:00 Venados de Mazatlán Flag of Mexico.svg 3–2 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Leones de Escogido Estadio Quisqueya
February 215:30 Tigres de Ciego de Ávila Flag of Cuba.svg 3–9 Flag of Mexico.svg Venados de Mazatlán Estadio Quisqueya
February 219:50 Leones de Escogido Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 7–8 (10) Flag of Venezuela.svg Tigres de Aragua Estadio Quisqueya
February 315:30 Tigres de Aragua Flag of Venezuela.svg 4–6 Flag of Mexico.svg Venados de Mazatlán Estadio Quisqueya
February 319:50 Cangrejeros de Santurce Flag of Puerto Rico.svg 12–1 Flag of Cuba.svg Tigres de Ciego de Ávila Estadio Quisqueya
February 415:30 Tigres de Aragua Flag of Venezuela.svg 3–1 Flag of Cuba.svg Tigres de Ciego de Ávila Estadio Quisqueya
February 419:50 Leones de Escogido Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 1–2 (14) Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Cangrejeros de Santurce Estadio Quisqueya
February 515:30 Venados de Mazatlán Flag of Mexico.svg 8–4 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Cangrejeros de Santurce Estadio Quisqueya
February 519:00 Tigres de Ciego de Ávila Flag of Cuba.svg 4–2 (11) Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Leones de Escogido Estadio Quisqueya

Standings

PosTeamGWLPCTGBRSRARDH–HTQB
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Venados de Mazatlán 4401.000–261313
2 Flag of Venezuela.svg Tigres de Aragua 431.750117152
3 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Cangrejeros de Santurce 422.500219127
4 Flag of Cuba.svg Tigres de Ciego de Ávila 413.2503926–17
5 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Leones de Escogido 404.00041217–5

Playoff round

Semifinals Finals
      
3 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Cangrejeros de Santurce 3
2 Flag of Venezuela.svg Tigres de Aragua 13
Flag of Venezuela.svg Tigres de Aragua 4
Flag of Mexico.svg Venados de Mazatlán 5
4 Flag of Cuba.svg Tigres de Ciego de Ávila 2
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Venados de Mazatlán 7

Semifinals

DateTimeAwayResultHomeStadium
February 615:30 Cangrejeros de Santurce Flag of Puerto Rico.svg 3–13 Flag of Venezuela.svg Tigres de Aragua Estadio Quisqueya
February 619:50 Tigres de Ciego de Ávila Flag of Cuba.svg 2–7 Flag of Mexico.svg Venados de Mazatlán Estadio Quisqueya

Final

DateTimeAwayResultHomeStadium
February 716:00 Tigres de Aragua Flag of Venezuela.svg 4–5 Flag of Mexico.svg Venados de Mazatlán Estadio Quisqueya

References

  1. ↑ "Stage set for colorful Caribbean Series". Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  2. ↑ "Vladimir Guerrero headlines a Caribbean Series HR Derby". 3 February 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb-news/4693460-caribbean-series-home-run-derby-mlbpa-dominican-players-david-ortiz-miguel-cabrera [ dead link ]
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