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.

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

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Schedule

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Time zone Atlantic Standard Time (UTC–4)
Date Time Away Result Home Stadium
February 1 14:00 Cangrejeros de Santurce   1–2   Tigres de Aragua Estadio Quisqueya
February 1 20:00 Venados de Mazatlán   3–2   Leones de Escogido Estadio Quisqueya
February 2 15:30 Tigres de Ciego de Ávila   3–9   Venados de Mazatlán Estadio Quisqueya
February 2 19:50 Leones de Escogido   7–8 (10)   Tigres de Aragua Estadio Quisqueya
February 3 15:30 Tigres de Aragua   4–6   Venados de Mazatlán Estadio Quisqueya
February 3 19:50 Cangrejeros de Santurce   12–1   Tigres de Ciego de Ávila Estadio Quisqueya
February 4 15:30 Tigres de Aragua   3–1   Tigres de Ciego de Ávila Estadio Quisqueya
February 4 19:50 Leones de Escogido   1–2 (14)   Cangrejeros de Santurce Estadio Quisqueya
February 5 15:30 Venados de Mazatlán   8–4   Cangrejeros de Santurce Estadio Quisqueya
February 5 19:00 Tigres de Ciego de Ávila   4–2 (11)   Leones de Escogido Estadio Quisqueya

Standings

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Pos Team G W L PCT GB RS RA RD H–H TQB
1   Venados de Mazatlán 4 4 0 1.000 26 13 13
2   Tigres de Aragua 4 3 1 .750 1 17 15 2
3   Cangrejeros de Santurce 4 2 2 .500 2 19 12 7
4   Tigres de Ciego de Ávila 4 1 3 .250 3 9 26 –17
5   Leones de Escogido 4 0 4 .000 4 12 17 –5

Playoff round

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Semifinals Finals
      
3   Cangrejeros de Santurce 3
2   Tigres de Aragua 13
  Tigres de Aragua 4
  Venados de Mazatlán 5
4   Tigres de Ciego de Ávila 2
1   Venados de Mazatlán 7

Semifinals

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Date Time Away Result Home Stadium
February 6 15:30 Cangrejeros de Santurce   3–13   Tigres de Aragua Estadio Quisqueya
February 6 19:50 Tigres de Ciego de Ávila   2–7   Venados de Mazatlán Estadio Quisqueya

Final

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Date Time Away Result Home Stadium
February 7 16:00 Tigres de Aragua   4–5   Venados de Mazatlán Estadio Quisqueya

References

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  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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