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. 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 TeamMeans of qualification Vaqueros de MonteríaWinners of the 2019–20 Colombian Professional Baseball League Tomateros de CuliacánWinners of the 2019–20 Mexican Pacific League Astronautas de ChiriquíWinners of the 2019–20 Panamanian Professional Baseball League Cangrejeros de SanturceWinners of the 2019–20 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League Toros del EsteWinners of the 2019–20 Dominican Professional Baseball League Cardenales de LaraWinners of the 2019–20 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
Preliminary round
Time zone: Atlantic Standard Time (UTC–4) DateTimeAwayResultHomeStadiumFebruary 110:00 Vaqueros de Montería 4–6 Cardenales de LaraHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 114:30 Tomateros de Culiacán 1–2 Toros del EsteHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 120:00 Astronautas de Chiriquí 3–4 (10) Cangrejeros de SanturceHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 211:00 Vaqueros de Montería 0–1 Astronautas de ChiriquíHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 215:30 Cangrejeros de Santurce 2–4 Tomateros de CuliacánHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 220:30 Cardenales de Lara 3–2 Toros del EsteHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 310:00 Astronautas de Chiriquí 1–6 Tomateros de CuliacánHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 314:30 Toros del Este 4–0 Vaqueros de MonteríaHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 320:00 Cangrejeros de Santurce 2–3 (10) Cardenales de LaraHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 410:00 Astronautas de Chiriquí 3–4 Toros del EsteHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 414:30 Tomateros de Culiacán 7–6 Cardenales de LaraHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 420:00 Vaqueros de Montería 2–3 Cangrejeros de SanturceHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 510:00 Cardenales de Lara 2–0 Astronautas de ChiriquíHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 514:30 Vaqueros de Montería 0–4 Tomateros de CuliacánHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 520:00 Toros del Este 5–4 Cangrejeros de SanturceHiram Bithorn Stadium
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
DateTimeAwayResultHomeStadiumFebruary 614:30 Tomateros de Culiacán 0–1 Cardenales de LaraHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 620:00 Cangrejeros de Santurce 3–4 Toros del EsteHiram Bithorn Stadium
Final
Awards +All-Tournament TeamPositionPlayerStarting Pitcher Édgar TorresRelief Pitcher Ramón RamírezCatcher Alí SolísFirst Baseman Joey MenesesSecond Baseman Ramiro PeñaThird Baseman Emmanuel RiveraShortstop Alí CastilloOutfielders Rubén Sosa Rico Noel Henry RamosDesignated Hitter Jordany Valdespin
References
External links Caribbean Series on mlb.com