Baseball at the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games | |||||
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Venue | Estadio Nacional | ||||
Competitors | 34 from 2 nations | ||||
Teams | 2 | ||||
Medalists | |||||
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Baseball was contested at the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mexico City, Mexico, between teams representing Mexico and Cuba. Guatemala, the third nation participating in the games, did not send a baseball selection to the tournament.
The competition consisted of a three game series, where Cuba defeated Mexico 12–0 in the first game, 10–3 in the third game and 8–2 in the third game to claim the gold medal; Mexico was awarded the silver medal. [1]
A total of two countries participated. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country. [2]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's baseball | Cuba Miguel Aguilera Gustavo Alfonso Joaquín Calvo Antonio Castro Antonio Casuso Alfredo Consuegra Jorge Consuegra José Echarri Porfirio Espinosa Cándido Hernández Rafael Inclán Tomás Minguillón Silvio O'Farrill Roberto Puig Bernardo Rodríguez Pedro Ruiz Camilo Vietti | Mexico R. Ampudia E. Ampudia Reyna Carrasco Cantú García Sarabia González Ortega Pinedo Stoopen Herrera Mirabete Anzures Becerril Aranda Castro | Not awarded |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB |
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1 | Cuba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 5 | +25 | 1.000 | — |
2 | Mexico (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 30 | −25 | .000 | 3 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Cuba | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1 |
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
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Cuba | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 |
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
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