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]

2023 Caribbean Series
Tournament details
CountryVenezuela
CityLa Guaira
Caracas
Venue(s)La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium
DatesFebruary 2 – February 10, 2023
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsDominican Republic Tigres del Licey (11th title)
Runner-upVenezuela Leones del Caracas
Third placeMexico Cañeros de Los Mochis
Fourth placeColombia Vaqueros de Montería
← 2022
2024 →

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

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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

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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

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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

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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: [1]
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 Head-to-head: Cañeros 1-0; Leones 0-1
  2. ^ a b c 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

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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

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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

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

Final

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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

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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

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  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.
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