2017 Caribbean Series

The 2017 Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) is the 55th 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, and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. It took place from February 1 to 7, 2017 at the Nuevo Estadio Tomateros in Culiacán, Mexico.

Criollos de Caguas defeated hosts Águilas de Mexicali for the championship.^[1]^[2]

Participating teams

Team	Means of qualification
Alazanes de Granma	Winners of the 2016–17 Cuban National Series
Águilas de Mexicali	Winners of the 2016–17 Mexican Pacific League
Criollos de Caguas	Winners of the 2016–17 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League
Tigres del Licey	Winners of the 2016–17 Dominican Professional Baseball League
Águilas del Zulia	Winners of the 2016–17 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Águilas del Zulia	4	3	1	17	14	+3	.750^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Advance to knockout stage
2	Águilas de Mexicali (H)	4	3	1	16	9	+7	.750^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—
3	Alazanes de Granma	4	3	1	17	9	+8	.750^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—
4	Criollos de Caguas	4	1	3	16	16	0	.250	2
5	Tigres del Licey	4	0	4	7	25	−18	.000	3

Source: MLB
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head matches; 3) Team quality balance; 4) Run differential; 5) Runs scored.
(H) Host.
Notes:

1 2 3 All three teams are tied in head-to-head record with 1–1. Águilas (V) has a team quality balance of +0.059, Águilas (M) has 0 and Alazanes has –0.059.

Time zone: Mexican Pacific Time (UTC–7)

Date	Time	Away	Result	Home	Stadium
February 1	15:00	Alazanes de Granma	4–0	Tigres del Licey	Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 1	20:00	Criollos de Caguas	2–4	Águilas de Mexicali	Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 2	15:00	Águilas del Zulia	4–3	Criollos de Caguas	Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 2	19:00	Águilas de Mexicali	7–2	Tigres del Licey	Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 3	15:00	Criollos de Caguas	1–6	Alazanes de Granma	Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 3	19:00	Águilas del Zulia	1–5	Águilas de Mexicali	Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 4	13:00	Tigres del Licey	2–10	Criollos de Caguas	Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 4	17:00	Alazanes de Granma	3–8	Águilas del Zulia	Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 5	13:00	Tigres del Licey	3–4	Águilas del Zulia	Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 5	17:00	Águilas de Mexicali	0–4	Alazanes de Granma	Nuevo Estadio Tomateros

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final


4	Criollos de Caguas	9

1	Águilas del Zulia	6
			Criollos de Caguas	1

			Águilas de Mexicali	0
3	Alazanes de Granma	0

2	Águilas de Mexicali	1

Semi-finals

Date	Time	Away	Result	Home	Stadium
February 6	13:00	Criollos de Caguas	9–6	Águilas del Zulia	Nuevo Estadio Tomateros
February 6	17:00	Alazanes de Granma	0–1	Águilas de Mexicali	Nuevo Estadio Tomateros

Final

February 7, 2017 19:00 at Nuevo Estadio Tomateros in Culiacán, Mexico
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Criollos de Caguas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1
Águilas de Mexicali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
WP: Miguel Mejía (1–0) LP: Jake Sanchez (0–1)

References

↑ "Mexico and Puerto Rico to play for Caribbean Series title". Retrieved February 12, 2017.
↑ "Puerto Rico tops Mexico 1-0 in 10 for Caribbean Series title". Retrieved February 12, 2017.

External links

Official Site

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[table_hth_ZUL0.078172992951317-3] 1 2 3 All three teams are tied in head-to-head record with 1–1. Águilas (V) has a team quality balance of +0.059, Águilas (M) has 0 and Alazanes has –0.059.

[1] "Mexico and Puerto Rico to play for Caribbean Series title". Retrieved February 12, 2017.

[2] "Puerto Rico tops Mexico 1-0 in 10 for Caribbean Series title". Retrieved February 12, 2017.

Caribbean Series
Years	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Circuits	Dominican Professional Baseball League Mexican Pacific League Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
Related articles	Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame Caribbean Series Most Valuable Player Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame List of players who have played in the Series Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame
1961 to 1969 - The Series was not held during these years following the dissolution of Cuba's professional league. 1981 - The Series was not held due to a Venezuelan player's strike.