2018 Latin American Series

The 2018 Latin American Series was the sixth edition of the Latin American Series, a baseball sporting event played by the champions of the professional winter leagues that make up the Latin American Professional Baseball Association (ALBP) and the first series containing representatives from outside the ALBP's founding nations. [1][2]

2018 Latin American Series
LeagueLatin American Series
SportBaseball
DurationJanuary 26 – January 31, 2018
Number of games8
Number of teams4
League champions Tigres de Chinandega
Runners-up Tobis de Acayucan

The competition took place at the Dennis Martínez National Stadium in Managua, Nicaragua from January 26 to January 31, 2018.

Qualified teams
League Team
Argentine Baseball League Infernales de Salta
Chilean Organized Baseball League Rangers de Santiago
Colombian Professional Baseball League Leones de Montería
Curaçao Baseball League WildCats KJ74
Veracruz State League Tobis de Acayucan
Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League Tigres de Chinandega
Panamanian Professional Baseball League Caballos de Coclé
Bravos de Urracá
  • Teams highlighted in red withdrew from the competition. Due to economic issues surrounding their respective leagues, both the Argentinian and Chilean representatives decided not to participate in this edition. [3] Leones de Montería and Caballos de Coclé boycotted the competition, with Leones withdrawing due to a dispute over missing prize money from their Latin American Series win in 2015, and Caballos after failing to come to an agreement with ALBP over salaries. [4][5] Bravos de Urracá (highlighted in green), who came second in the Panamanian Professional Baseball League, were called in as the replacement representative for Panama. [6]

Group Phase
Pos. Team P W L % Dif
1. Tigres de Chinandega 3301.000—
2. Tobis de Acayucan 321.6671.0
3. WildCats KJ74 312.3332.0
4. Bravos de Urracá 303.0003.0
Qualified for the final
Qualified for the semi-final
Eliminated


Date Local Time Road Team Score Home Team Inn. Venue Game Time Attendance Boxscore
Jan 26, 2018 13:00 WildCats KJ74 7-6 Bravos de Urracá 9 Dennis Martínez National Stadium - -  
Jan 26, 2018 18:30 Tobis de Acayucan 5-10 Tigres de Chinandega 9 Dennis Martínez National Stadium - -  
Jan 27, 2018 13:00 Tobis de Acayucan 12-9 WildCats KJ74 9 Dennis Martínez National Stadium - -  
Jan 27, 2018 18:30 Bravos de Urracá 4-6 Tigres de Chinandega 9 Dennis Martínez National Stadium - -  
Jan 28, 2018 13:00 Bravos de Urracá 2-7 Tobis de Acayucan 9 Dennis Martínez National Stadium - -  
Jan 28, 2018 18:30 WildCats KJ74 5-6 Tigres de Chinandega 11 Dennis Martínez National Stadium - -  

Semi-final
January 30 2018, 18:30
Dennis Martínez National Stadium[7]
Team123456789RHE
WildCats KJ74010101000362
Tobis de Acayucan40001310X9121
WP: José Miguel Piña (1-1);   LP: Cerilio Soleana (0-1);   Sv: n/a
Home runs:
WIL: None
TOB: Yadil Mujica (1).

Final
January 31 2018, 18:30
Estadio Nacional Dennis Martínez[8]
Team123456789RHE
Tobis de Acayucan000000100160
Tigres de Chinandega03200004X9133
WP: Marcos Frías (2-0);   LP: Jorge Luis Ibarra (0-1);   Sv: n/a
Home runs:
TOB: None
TIG: Jamar Walton (3).

Statistics leaders

[9][10]

Batting

Statistic Player Total/Avg
Average Rojean Cleofa (Wildcats)
.667
RBIs Leonardo Ortiz (Tigres)
5
Home Runs Leonardo Ortiz (Tigres)
Jamar Walton (Tigres)
2
Runs] Juan Díaz (Bravos)
5
Hits Rojean Cleofa (Wildcats)
8
Doubles Rojean Cleofa (Wildcats)
Eliseo Aldazaba (Tobis)
Edgard Montiel (Tigres)
Yurendell de Caster (Wildcats)
2
Triples Jamar Walton (Tigres)
Elmer Reyes (Tigres)
1
Stolen bases Enrique Osorio (Tobis)
Yadil Mujica (Tobis)
2
SLG Jamar Walton (Tigres)
1.222
  

Pitching

Statistic Player Total/Avg
ERA Alberto Leyva (Tobis)
Sammy Taveras (Bravos)
Wilber Bucardo (Tigres)
Fidencio Flores (Tigres)
0.00
Complete Games Diegomar Markwell (Wildcats)
Marcos Frías (Tigres)
Alberto Leyva (Tobis)
Raúl Ruiz (Tigres)
Gilberto Méndez (Tobis)
Nelson León (Tigres)
1
Strikeouts Raúl Ruiz (Tigres)
Wilton López (Tigres)
Gilberto Méndez (Tobis)
6
Saves Shairon Martis (Wildcats)
Wilber Bucardo (Tigres)
1

References
  1. "Asociación Latinoamericana se expande para el 2018". Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  2. ALBP se expande.
  3. Cinco países fijos para Serie Latinoamericana.
  4. Caballos no participarán en la Serie Latinoamericana de Béisbol.
  5. Leones de Montería no irá por Colombia a la Serie Latinoamericana de Béisbol.
  6. Los Bravos de Urracá irán a la Serie Latinoamericana.
  7. "Nicaragua y México a la final". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  8. TIGRES BICAMPEONES DE LA SERIE ALBP.
  9. "CLEOFA, CAMPEÓN BATE… VALLE, EL MEJOR NICA EN PROMEDIO". Archived from the original on 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  10. "Estadísticas Finales Etapa Clasificatoria al 28 de enero 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
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