The 2018 Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was the 60th 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 2 to 8, 2018 at the Estadio Panamericano in Guadalajara, Mexico. Criollos de Caguas of Puerto Rico won the tournament.
The series was originally set to be hosted in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, but due to the socioeconomic crisis at the time it had to be moved to Mexico for a second consecutive year.
Stadium The Estadio Panamericano is located in Zapopan, within the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area. It is currently home to the Charros de Jalisco of the Mexican Pacific League, who have played there since their entry to the league for the 2014-15 season.
Format The Preliminary Round consisted of a ten-game round robin, after which the top 4 teams advanced to the Semifinal Round (1st vs. 4th, 2nd vs. 3rd). The winners of the semifinal games then squared off in the Final.
Participating teams TeamMeans of qualification Alazanes de GranmaWinners of the 2017–18 Cuban National Series Tomateros de CuliacánWinners of the 2017–18 Mexican Pacific League Criollos de CaguasWinners of the 2017–18 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League Águilas CibaeñasWinners of the 2017–18 Dominican Professional Baseball League Caribes de AnzoáteguiWinners of the 2017–18 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
Preliminary round
Time zone: Mexican Central Time (UTC–6) DateTimeAwayResultHomeStadiumFebruary 213:00 Caribes de Anzoátegui 4–6 Alazanes de GranmaEstadio PanamericanoFebruary 220:00 Criollos de Caguas 7–4 Tomateros de CuliacánEstadio PanamericanoFebruary 314:00 Águilas Cibaeñas 4–15 Caribes de AnzoáteguiEstadio PanamericanoFebruary 320:00 Tomateros de Culiacán 4–5 Alazanes de GranmaEstadio PanamericanoFebruary 414:00 Águilas Cibaeñas 6–3Criollos de CaguasEstadio PanamericanoFebruary 420:00 Caribes de Anzoátegui 6–4 Tomateros de CuliacánEstadio PanamericanoFebruary 514:00 Criollos de Caguas 12–7 Caribes de AnzoáteguiEstadio PanamericanoFebruary 520:00 Alazanes de Granma 1–7 Águilas CibaeñasEstadio PanamericanoFebruary 614:00 Alazanes de Granma 6–3 Criollos de CaguasEstadio PanamericanoFebruary 620:00 Tomateros de Culiacán 8–1 Águilas CibaeñasEstadio Panamericano
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
DateTimeAwayResultHomeStadiumFebruary 714:00 Criollos de Caguas 6–5 Caribes de AnzoáteguiEstadio PanamericanoFebruary 720:00 Águilas Cibaeñas 7–4 Alazanes de GranmaEstadio Panamericano
Final
References
External links Caribbean Series on mlb.com