2019 Caribbean Series

The 2019 Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was the 61st 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, Panamanian Professional Baseball League, and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. It took place from February 4 to 10, 2019, at Estadio Nacional de Panamá in Panama City, Panama.^[1] The series was originally set to be hosted in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, but for the second consecutive year had to be moved to an alternate location. This was due primarily to security concerns stemming from the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis.^[2]

The won the tournament, becoming the first team from Panama to win since the Carta Vieja Yankees in 1950. It was Panama's first appearance in a Caribbean Series since 1960.

Participating teams[]

Team	Means of qualification
Leñadores de Las Tunas	Winners of the 2018–19 Cuban National Series
Charros de Jalisco	Winners of the 2018–19 Mexican Pacific League
	Winners of the 2018–19 Panamanian Professional Baseball League
Cangrejeros de Santurce	Winners of the 2018–19 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League
Estrellas Orientales	Winners of the 2018–19 Dominican Professional Baseball League
Cardenales de Lara	Winners of the 2018–19 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

Format[]

With the addition of a sixth team for the 2019 competition, two groups were formed with each composed of three teams. The groups had their Round-robin, with each team facing the others in their group twice. The teams with the best record from each group advanced to the Final.^[3]

Round robin[]

Time zone Eastern Standard Time (UTC–5)

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Leñadores de Las Tunas	4	2	2	8	5	+3	.500	—	Advance to the final
2	Charros de Jalisco	4	2	2	14	14	0	.500	—
3	Cardenales de Lara	4	2	2	10	13	−3	.500	—

Source: MLB
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head matches; 3) Team quality balance; 4) Batting average; 5) Drawing of lots.

Date	Time	Away	Result	Home	Stadium
February 4	20:00	Charros de Jalisco	1–5	Cardenales de Lara	Estadio Rod Carew
February 5	15:00	Leñadores de Las Tunas	3–1	Charros de Jalisco	Estadio Rod Carew
February 6	15:00	Leñadores de Las Tunas	0–1	Cardenales de Lara	Estadio Rod Carew
February 7	15:00	Charros de Jalisco	3–2 (11)	Leñadores de Las Tunas	Estadio Rod Carew
February 8	20:00	Cardenales de Lara	4–9	Charros de Jalisco	Estadio Rod Carew
February 9	13:00	Cardenales de Lara	0–3	Leñadores de Las Tunas	Estadio Rod Carew

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	(H)	4	3	1	16	14	+2	.750	—	Advance to the final
2	Estrellas Orientales	4	3	1	15	12	+3	.750	—
3	Cangrejeros de Santurce	4	0	4	12	17	−5	.000	3

Source: MLB
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head matches; 3) Team quality balance; 4) Batting average; 5) Drawing of lots.
(H) Host

Date	Time	Away	Result	Home	Stadium
February 4	15:00	Estrellas Orientales	3–1	Cangrejeros de Santurce	Estadio Rod Carew
February 5	20:00	Estrellas Orientales	2–4		Estadio Rod Carew
February 6	20:00		8–7	Cangrejeros de Santurce	Estadio Rod Carew
February 7	20:00	Cangrejeros de Santurce	4–5	Estrellas Orientales	Estadio Rod Carew
February 8	15:00		3–5	Estrellas Orientales	Estadio Rod Carew
February 9	19:00	Cangrejeros de Santurce	0–1		Estadio Rod Carew

Final[]

Date	Time	Away	Result	Home	Stadium
February 10	16:00	Leñadores de Las Tunas	1–3		Estadio Rod Carew

References[]

^ https://www.lmp.mx/noticia/25527
^ "CBPC reasignará sede Serie del Caribe 2019" (in Spanish). Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe. January 27, 2019. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
^ https://www.lmp.mx/noticia/25546

External links[]

Official Site

[1] ttps://www.lmp.mx/noticia/25527

[2] "CBPC reasignará sede Serie del Caribe 2019" (in Spanish). Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe. January 27, 2019. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.

[3] ttps://www.lmp.mx/noticia/25546

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