2020 Caribbean Series

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[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout stage
2 Cardenales de Lara 5 4 1 20 15 +5 .800[lower-alpha 1]
3 Tomateros de Culiacán 5 4 1 22 11 +11 .800[lower-alpha 1]
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) Host.
Notes:
  1. 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
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Awards

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