2023 Caribbean Series

2023 Caribbean Series

Tournament details
Country	Venezuela
Cities	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	Tigres del Licey (11th title)
Runners-up	Leones del Caracas
Third place	Cañeros de Los Mochis
Fourth place	Vaqueros de Montería
Tournament statistics
Games played	32
Attendance	247,317 (7,729 per game)
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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

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

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

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

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Cañeros de Los Mochis	7	5	2	31	27	+4	.714 [a]	—	Advance to knockout stage
2	Leones del Caracas (H)	7	5	2	44	30	+14	.714 [a]	—
3	Vaqueros de Montería	7	4	3	44	31	+13	.571 [b]	1
4	Tigres del Licey	7	4	3	32	27	+5	.571 [b]	1
5	Indios de Mayagüez	7	4	3	29	24	+5	.571 [b]	1
6	Federales de Chiriquí	7	3	4	23	29	−6	.429	2
7	WildCats KJ74	7	2	5	18	27	−9	.286	3
8	Agricultores	7	1	6	23	49	−26	.143	4

Source:
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. 1 2 Head-to-head: Cañeros 1-0; Leones 0-1
2. 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	3−1 (10)	WildCats KJ74	Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 2	12:00	Cañeros de Los Mochis	5−4	Tigres del Licey	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 2	15:00	Vaqueros de Montería	7−1	Indios de Mayagüez	Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 2	20:30	Leones del Caracas	5−2	Federales de Chiriquí	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 3	13:00	Federales de Chiriquí	6−5	Vaqueros de Montería	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 3	14:30	Tigres del Licey	3−1	Agricultores	Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 3	18:00	WildCats KJ74	2−1	Cañeros de Los Mochis	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 3	19:30	Indios de Mayagüez	6−1	Leones del Caracas	Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 4	10:30	WildCats KJ74	1−0	Federales de Chiriquí	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 4	14:00	Indios de Mayagüez	4−6	Tigres del Licey	Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 4	15:00	Vaqueros de Montería	6−7	Cañeros de Los Mochis	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 4	19:30	Agricultores	3−20	Leones del Caracas	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 5	13:00	Vaqueros de Montería	6−5 (13)	WildCats KJ74	Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 5	14:30	Cañeros de Los Mochis	6−5	Agricultores	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 5	18:00	Indios de Mayagüez	2−3	Federales de Chiriquí	Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 5	19:30	Tigres del Licey	2−3 (12)	Leones del Caracas	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 6	10:30	Agricultores	4−5	Vaqueros de Montería	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 6	14:00	Tigres del Licey	10−1	Federales de Chiriquí	Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 6	15:00	WildCats KJ74	1−3	Indios de Mayagüez	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 6	19:30	Cañeros de Los Mochis	7−0	Leones del Caracas	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 7	13:00	Agricultores	3−4	Indios de Mayagüez	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 7	14:30	Federales de Chiriquí	1−2	Cañeros de Los Mochis	Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 7	18:00	Vaqueros de Montería	11−1	Tigres del Licey	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 7	19:30	Leones del Caracas	8−6	WildCats KJ74	Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 8	10:30	Federales de Chiriquí	10–4	Agricultores	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 8	14:00	WildCats KJ74	2–6	Tigres del Licey	Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
February 8	15:00	Indios de Mayagüez	9–3	Cañeros de Los Mochis	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
February 8	19:30	Leones del Caracas	7–4	Vaqueros de Montería	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

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

Third place play-off

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

Final

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
Tigres del Licey	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	9	0
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

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player
Starting Pitcher	Eduar López
Relief Pitcher	Anthony Vizcaya
Catcher	José Félix
First Baseman	Reynaldo Rodríguez
Second Baseman	Francisco Acuña
Third Baseman	Emmanuel Rivera
Shortstop	Dayan Frías
Outfielders	Emilio Bonifácio Gustavo Campero Danry Vásquez
Designated Hitter	Jordan Díaz
Manager	José Moreno

References

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.

External links

• Official website (Spanish)