2020 Caribbean Series

2020 Caribbean Series
Tournament details
Country	Puerto Rico
City	San Juan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	February 1, 2020 – February 7, 2020
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Toros del Este (1st title)
Runner-up	Cardenales de Lara
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The 2020 Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was the 62nd edition of the international competition featuring the champions of the Colombian Professional Baseball League, Dominican Professional Baseball League, Mexican Pacific League, Panamanian Professional Baseball League, Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League, and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. It took place from February 1 to 7, 2020 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The 2020 edition marked the first-ever appearance of Colombia in the Series, and therefore featured six teams for the second consecutive year.^[1] They replaced Cuba in the circuit, who was unable to compete due to an inability to secure travel visas in time for the competition.

The Toros del Este of the Dominican Professional Baseball League won the tournament, which was their first Series championship and the 20th overall for the Dominican Republic.

Format

The Preliminary Round consisted of a fifteen-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

Team	Means of qualification
Vaqueros de Montería	Winners of the 2019–20 Colombian Professional Baseball League
Tomateros de Culiacán	Winners of the 2019–20 Mexican Pacific League
Astronautas de Chiriquí	Winners of the 2019–20 Panamanian Professional Baseball League
Cangrejeros de Santurce	Winners of the 2019–20 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League
Toros del Este	Winners of the 2019–20 Dominican Professional Baseball League
Cardenales de Lara	Winners of the 2019–20 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Toros del Este	5	4	1	17	11	+6	.800^[a]	—	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cardenales de Lara	5	4	1	20	15	+5	.800^[a]	—
3	Tomateros de Culiacán	5	4	1	22	11	+11	.800^[a]	—
4	Cangrejeros de Santurce (H)	5	2	3	15	17	−2	.400	2
5	Astronautas de Chiriquí	5	1	4	8	16	−8	.200	3
6	Vaqueros de Montería	5	0	5	6	18	−12	.000	4

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:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head, TQB: Toros 1−1, 0.013; Cardenales 1−1, 0.000; Tomateros 1−1, −0.026

Time zone: Atlantic Standard Time (UTC–4)

Date	Time	Away	Result	Home	Stadium
February 1	10:00	Vaqueros de Montería	4–6	Cardenales de Lara	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 1	14:30	Tomateros de Culiacán	1–2	Toros del Este	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 1	20:00	Astronautas de Chiriquí	3–4 (10)	Cangrejeros de Santurce	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 2	11:00	Vaqueros de Montería	0–1	Astronautas de Chiriquí	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 2	15:30	Cangrejeros de Santurce	2–4	Tomateros de Culiacán	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 2	20:30	Cardenales de Lara	3–2	Toros del Este	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 3	10:00	Astronautas de Chiriquí	1–6	Tomateros de Culiacán	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 3	14:30	Toros del Este	4–0	Vaqueros de Montería	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 3	20:00	Cangrejeros de Santurce	2–3 (10)	Cardenales de Lara	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 4	10:00	Astronautas de Chiriquí	3–4	Toros del Este	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 4	14:30	Tomateros de Culiacán	7–6	Cardenales de Lara	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 4	20:00	Vaqueros de Montería	2–3	Cangrejeros de Santurce	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 5	10:00	Cardenales de Lara	2–0	Astronautas de Chiriquí	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 5	14:30	Vaqueros de Montería	0–4	Tomateros de Culiacán	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 5	20:00	Toros del Este	5–4	Cangrejeros de Santurce	Hiram Bithorn Stadium

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

3	Tomateros de Culiacán	0

2	Cardenales de Lara	1
			2	Cardenales de Lara	3

			1	Toros del Este	9
4	Cangrejeros de Santurce	3

1	Toros del Este	4

Semi-finals

Date	Time	Away	Result	Home	Stadium
February 6	14:30	Tomateros de Culiacán	0–1	Cardenales de Lara	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
February 6	20:00	Cangrejeros de Santurce	3–4	Toros del Este	Hiram Bithorn Stadium

Final

February 7, 2020 20:00 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cardenales de Lara	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	0
Toros del Este	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	3	0	9	12	0

Awards

All-Tournament Team
Position	Player
Starting Pitcher	Édgar Torres
Relief Pitcher	Ramón Ramírez
Catcher	Alí Solís
First Baseman	Joey Meneses
Second Baseman	Ramiro Peña
Third Baseman	Emmanuel Rivera
Shortstop	Alí Castillo
Outfielders	Rubén Sosa Rico Noel Henry Ramos
Designated Hitter	Jordany Valdespin

References

^ "Colombia estará presente en Serie del Caribe San Juan 2020" (in Spanish). Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe. January 5, 2020. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2020.

External links

Caribbean Series on mlb.com

[table_hth_EST0.46963182951772-2] Head-to-head, TQB: Toros 1−1, 0.013; Cardenales 1−1, 0.000; Tomateros 1−1, −0.026

[1] "Colombia estará presente en Serie del Caribe San Juan 2020" (in Spanish). Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe. January 5, 2020. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2020.

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