The 2017 Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was the 59th 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 from February 1 to 7, 2017 at the Nuevo Estadio Tomateros in Culiacán, Mexico.

Criollos de Caguas defeated hosts Águilas de Mexicali for the championship.[1][2]

Participating teams edit

Team Means of qualification
  Alazanes de Granma Winners of the 2016–17 Cuban National Series
  Águilas de Mexicali Winners of the 2016–17 Mexican Pacific League
  Criollos de Caguas Winners of the 2016–17 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League
  Tigres del Licey Winners of the 2016–17 Dominican Professional Baseball League
  Águilas del Zulia Winners of the 2016–17 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

Preliminary round edit

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1   Águilas del Zulia 4 3 1 17 14 +3 .750[a] Advance to knockout stage
2   Águilas de Mexicali (H) 4 3 1 16 9 +7 .750[a]
3   Alazanes de Granma 4 3 1 17 9 +8 .750[a]
4   Criollos de Caguas 4 1 3 16 16 0 .250 2
5   Tigres del Licey 4 0 4 7 25 −18 .000 3
Source: MLB
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 c All three teams are tied in head-to-head record with 1–1. Águilas (V) has a team quality balance of +0.059, Águilas (M) has 0 and Alazanes has –0.059.
Time zone: Mexican Pacific Time (UTC–7)
Date Time Away Result Home Stadium
February 1 15:00 Alazanes de Granma   4–0   Tigres del Licey Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 1 20:00 Criollos de Caguas   2–4   Águilas de Mexicali Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 2 15:00 Águilas del Zulia   4–3   Criollos de Caguas Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 2 19:00 Águilas de Mexicali   7–2   Tigres del Licey Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 3 15:00 Criollos de Caguas   1–6   Alazanes de Granma Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 3 19:00 Águilas del Zulia   1–5   Águilas de Mexicali Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 4 13:00 Tigres del Licey   2–10   Criollos de Caguas Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 4 17:00 Alazanes de Granma   3–8   Águilas del Zulia Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 5 13:00 Tigres del Licey   3–4   Águilas del Zulia Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 5 17:00 Águilas de Mexicali   0–4   Alazanes de Granma Nuevo Estadio Tomateros

Knockout stage edit

Semi-finals Final
      
4   Criollos de Caguas 9
1   Águilas del Zulia 6
  Criollos de Caguas 1
  Águilas de Mexicali 0
3   Alazanes de Granma 0
2   Águilas de Mexicali 1

Semi-finals edit

Date Time Away Result Home Stadium
February 6 13:00 Criollos de Caguas   9–6   Águilas del Zulia Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 6 17:00 Alazanes de Granma   0–1   Águilas de Mexicali Nuevo Estadio Tomateros

Final edit

February 7, 2017 19:00 at Nuevo Estadio Tomateros in Culiacán, Mexico
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
  Criollos de Caguas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1
  Águilas de Mexicali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
WP: Miguel Mejía (1–0)   LP: Jake Sanchez (0–1)

References edit

  1. ^ "Mexico and Puerto Rico to play for Caribbean Series title". Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  2. ^ "Puerto Rico tops Mexico 1-0 in 10 for Caribbean Series title". Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

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