2018 Caribbean Series

2018 baseball tournament

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.[1]

## Stadium

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

Team  | Means of qualification

|

Alazanes de Granma | Winners of the 2017–18 Cuban National Series
Tomateros de Culiacán | Winners of the 2017–18 Mexican Pacific League
Criollos de Caguas | Winners of the 2017–18 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League
Águilas Cibaeñas | Winners of the 2017–18 Dominican Professional Baseball League
Caribes de Anzoátegui | Winners of the 2017–18 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

## Preliminary round

[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  |  Alazanes de Granma | 4  | 3  | 1  | 18  | 18  | 0  | .750  | -- | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Caribes de Anzoátegui | 4  | 2  | 2  | 32  | 26  | +6  | .500  | 1
3  |  Criollos de Caguas | 4  | 2  | 2  | 25  | 23  | +2  | .500  | 1
4  |  Águilas Cibaeñas | 4  | 2  | 2  | 18  | 27  | −9  | .500  | 1
5  |  Tomateros de Culiacán (H) | 4  | 1  | 3  | 20  | 19  | +1  | .250  | 2  | Eliminated

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

Time zone: Mexican Central Time (UTC–6)
Date  | Time  | Away  | Result  | Home  | Stadium

|
|
|
|
|

February 2  | 13:00  | Caribes de Anzoátegui | 4–6 |  Alazanes de Granma | Estadio Panamericano
February 2  | 20:00  | Criollos de Caguas | 7–4 |  Tomateros de Culiacán | Estadio Panamericano
February 3  | 14:00  | Águilas Cibaeñas | 4–15 |  Caribes de Anzoátegui | Estadio Panamericano
February 3  | 20:00  | Tomateros de Culiacán | 4–5 |  Alazanes de Granma | Estadio Panamericano
February 4  | 14:00  | Águilas Cibaeñas | 6–3 | Criollos de Caguas | Estadio Panamericano
February 4  | 20:00  | Caribes de Anzoátegui | 6–4 |  Tomateros de Culiacán | Estadio Panamericano
February 5  | 14:00  | Criollos de Caguas | 12–7 |  Caribes de Anzoátegui | Estadio Panamericano
February 5  | 20:00  | Alazanes de Granma | 1–7 |  Águilas Cibaeñas | Estadio Panamericano
February 6  | 14:00  | Alazanes de Granma | 6–3 |  Criollos de Caguas | Estadio Panamericano
February 6  | 20:00  | Tomateros de Culiacán | 8–1 |  Águilas Cibaeñas | Estadio Panamericano

## Knockout stage

[edit]

| Semi-finals | | | Final |

|
|
|
|
|

|  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| 4 |  Águilas Cibaeñas | 7 | |
| 1 |  Alazanes de Granma | 4 |
| |  Águilas Cibaeñas | 4 |
|  |
| | |  Criollos de Caguas | 9 |
| 3 |  Criollos de Caguas | 6 |

| 2 |  Caribes de Anzoátegui | 5 |

### Semi-finals

[edit]

Date  | Time  | Away  | Result  | Home  | Stadium

|
|
|
|
|

February 7  | 14:00  | Criollos de Caguas | 6–5 |  Caribes de Anzoátegui | Estadio Panamericano
February 7  | 20:00  | Águilas Cibaeñas | 7–4 |  Alazanes de Granma | Estadio Panamericano

### Final

[edit]

February 8, 2018 20:00 at Estadio Panamericano in Guadalajara, Mexico  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Águilas Cibaeñas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0
Criollos de Caguas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | X | 9 | 9 | 2

## References

[edit]

* Caribbean portal
* Baseball portal

1. ^ "La Serie del Caribe 2018 ya no se jugará en Venezuela" (in Spanish). El Nacional. June 14, 2017.

## External links

[edit]

* Caribbean Series on mlb.com

* v
* t
* e

Caribbean Series

Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CPBC)

Editions|

* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Participants|

| Full CPBC members|

* Dominican Republic
* Mexico
* Puerto Rico
* Venezuela

|

Invited members (2025)|

* Japan

Former participants|

* Colombia
* Cuba
* Cuban League
* National Series
* Elite League
* Curaçao
* Nicaragua
* Panama

Related articles|

* Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame
* Caribbean Series Most Valuable Player
* Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame
* Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame
* Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame
* Interamerican Series
* Serie de las Américas
* Choque de Gigantes
* List of baseball players who have played in the Caribbean Series

* 1961 to 1969 - The Series was not held during these years following the dissolution of Cuba's professional league.
* 1981 - The Series was not held due to a Venezuelan player's strike.

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[RF]: Runs for
*[RA]: Runs against
*[RD]: Run difference
*[PCT]: Win percentage
*[GB]: Games behind
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template