1978 Caribbean Series

The twenty-first edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 1978. It was held from February 4 through February 9 with the champions teams from the Dominican Republic, Águilas Cibaeñas; Mexico, Tomateros de Culiacán; Puerto Rico, Indios de Mayagüez and Venezuela, Leones del Caracas. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at Estadio Teodoro Mariscal in Mazatlán, México.

Summary[]

Final standings
	Club	W	L	W/L %	GB	Managers
	Puerto Rico	5	1	.833	–	Rene Lachemann
	Dominican Republic	3	3	.500	2.0	Johnny Lipon
	Venezuela	3	3	.500	2.0	Felipe Alou
	Mexico	1	5	.167	4.0	Raúl Cano

Individual leaders
Player/Club	Statistic
José Morales / PUR	Batting average	.421
Bob Molinaro / VEN	Runs	6
Bob Molinaro / VEN José Morales / PUR	Hits	8
Gonzalo Márquez / VEN	Doubles	2
Ramón Avilés / PUR	Triples	1
Leon Roberts / VEN	Home runs	2
Leon Roberts / VEN	Runs batted in	6
Eight tied	Stolen bases	1
Diego Seguí / VEN	Wins	2
Diego Seguí / VEN	Strikeouts	17
Danny Darwin / PUR Paul Mirabella / VEN	ERA	0.00
Four tied	Saves	1
Odell Jones / DOM Diego Seguí / VEN	Innings pitched	12.0
Awards
José Morales / PUR	Most Valuable Player
Rene Lachemann / PUR	Manager

All-Star Team
Name/Club	Position
Rick Sweet / PUR	catcher
/ PUR	first baseman
Ramón Avilés / PUR	second baseman
/ PUR	shortstop
Kurt Bevacqua / PUR	third baseman
Leon Roberts / VEN	left fielder
Tony Armas / VEN	center fielder
Bombo Rivera / VEN	right fielder
José Morales / PUR	designated hitter
Danny Darwin / PUR	RH pitcher
Paul Mirabella / VEN	LH pitcher
Rene Lachemann / PUR	manager

Scoreboards[]

Game 1, February 4[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	10	0
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
WP: Danny Darwin (1-0) LP: Al Holland (0-1) Home runs: PUR: Jim Dwyer (1) DOM: None Notes: Darwin pitched a complete game shutout.

Game 2, February 4[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	5	2
Mexico	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	3
WP: Diego Seguí (1-0) LP: George Brunet (0-1) Home runs: VEN: Greg Pryor (1), Leon Roberts (1) MEX: None

Game 3, February 5[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dominican Republic	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	16	0
Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
WP: Odell Jones (1-0) LP: Gary Beare (0-1) Sv: George Frazier (1) Home runs: DOM: Rico Carty (1), Taylor Duncan (1) VEN: None

Game 4, February 5[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Puerto Rico	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	1	3	0
WP: Jesús Hernáiz (1-0) LP: Vicente Romo (0-1) Sv: Tom Bruno (1)

Game 5, February 6[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Venezuela	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	6	13	0
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	x	7	10	2
WP: Steve Grilli (1-0) LP: Len Barker (0-1) Sv: Dennis Kinney (1)

Game 6, February 6[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dominican Republic	1	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	3	6	0
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
WP: Nino Espinosa (1-0) LP: (0-1) Notes: Espinosa pitched a complete game shutout.

Game 7, February 7[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	4
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	12	3
WP: Dennis Kinney (1-0) LP: Bill Castro (0-1) Home runs: DOM: None PUR: (1)

Game 8, February 7[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mexico	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	10	2
Venezuela	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	4
WP: (1-0) LP: Cardell Camper (0-1)

Game 9, February 8[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	8	1
Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
WP: Paul Mirabella (1-0) LP: Al Holland (0-1) Sv: Len Barker (1) Home runs: VEN: None DOM: Leon Roberts (2) Notes: Mirabella pitched six-plus perfect innings and lost the no-hitter in the 8th frame.

Game 10, February 8[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	2	0	9	9	0
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	4	6
WP: Tom Bruno (1-0) LP: George Brunet (0-2)

Game 11, February 9[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1
Venezuela	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	x	7	9	0
WP: Diego Seguí (2-0) LP: Bobby Cuellar (0-1) Home runs: PUR: None VEN: Tony Armas (1)

Game 12, February 9[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mexico	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	6	0
Dominican Republic	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	7	0
WP: Silvio Martínez (1-0) LP: Horacio Piña (0-1)

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