2011 Caribbean Series

{{Short description|2011 baseball tournament}}

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The fifty-third edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 2011. It was held from February 2 through February 7 with the champions teams from Dominican Republic (Toros del Este), Mexico (Yaquis de Obregón), Puerto Rico (Criollos de Caguas) and Venezuela (Caribes de Anzoátegui). The format consisted of twelve games, in a double round-robin format with each team facing each other twice. The games were played at Isidoro García Stadium in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

The 2011 Caribbean Series was dedicated to Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar, as part of the annual tournament's events.{{Cite news | last = Ribas | first = Fernando | title = Dedican Serie del Caribe a Roberto Alomar | newspaper = El Nuevo Dia | language = es | publisher = El Nuevo Dia | date = January 26, 2011 | url = http://www.elnuevodia.com/dedicanseriedelcaribearobertoalomar-873749.html | accessdate = January 26, 2011 | archive-date = September 19, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120919220310/http://www.elnuevodia.com/dedicanseriedelcaribearobertoalomar-873749.html | url-status = dead }} In addition to having the Series dedicated to him, the organizing committee of the series announced that Alomar would be inducted into the Caribbean Series Hall of Fame, along with fellow countrymen and former big leaguers Carlos Baerga, Luis de León and Candy Maldonado. The Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame was established in 1996 and honors stars in the Caribbean, primarily from the Caribbean Series.{{Cite web |url=http://latinosports.com/featured/2011-caribbean-series-honoree-roberto-alomar-will-be-inducted-into-its-hall-of-fame.html |title=LatinosSports.com – 2011 Caribbean Series honoree Roberto Alomar |access-date=2011-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713190049/http://latinosports.com/featured/2011-caribbean-series-honoree-roberto-alomar-will-be-inducted-into-its-hall-of-fame.html |archive-date=2011-07-13 |url-status=dead }}[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110202&content_id=16558074&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb MLB.com – Alomar inducted into Caribbean Series HOF]

Final standings

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| Country

ClubWLW/L %GBManagers
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25px MexicoYaquis de Obregón42.667  –Eddy Díaz
25px Puerto RicoCriollos de Caguas33.500  1Lino Rivera
25px Dominican RepublicToros del Este    33.500  1Dean Treanor
25px VenezuelaCaribes de Anzoátegui24.333  2Julio Franco

Scoreboards

=Game 1, February 2=

{{Linescore|

|Road=Dominican Republic|RoadAbr=DOM

|R1= 0|R2= 0|R3= 1|R4= 0|R5= 0|R6= 2|R7= 0|R8=0|R9= 0|R10= 0|R11= 0|R12= 0|R13= 0|R14= 0|R15= 0|RR= 3|RH= 12|RE= 3

|Home=Mexico |HomeAbr=MEX

|H1= 0|H2=0|H3= 0|H4= 0|H5= 0|H6= 0|H7=2|H8=0|H9=1|H10= 0|H11= 0|H12= 0|H13= 0|H14= 0|H15= 1|

HR= 4|HH= 13|HE=2

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=M. Carrillo (1–0)|LP=J. Rosario (0–1)|SV=

|RoadHR=|HomeHR=

|BoxURL =http://espn.go.com/extra/baseball/cbws/boxscore?gameId=310202102&league=CBWS

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=Game 2, February 2=

{{Linescore|

|Road=Venezuela|RoadAbr=VEN

|R1= 4|R2= 0|R3= 0|R4= 0|R5= 0|R6= 0|R7= 1|R8=0|R9= 0|RR= 5|RH= 6|RE=1

|Home=Puerto Rico |HomeAbr=PUR

|H1= 0|H2=0|H3= 1|H4= 1|H5= 0|H6= 0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=0|HR=3|HH= 6|HE= 3

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=S. Etherton (1–0)|LP=W. Collazo (0–1)|SV=F. Butto (1)

|RoadHR=|HomeHR=

| BoxURL = http://espn.go.com/extra/baseball/cbws/boxscore?gameId=310202104&league=CBWS

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=Game 3, February 3=

{{Linescore|

|Road=Venezuela|RoadAbr=VEN

|R1= 0|R2= 1|R3= 0|R4= 2|R5= 0|R6= 0|R7= 0|R8=0|R9= 2|RR= 5|RH= 8|RE= 0

|Home=Dominican Republic |HomeAbr=DOM

|H1= 0|H2= 1|H3= 2|H4= 1|H5= 0|H6= 0|H7= 1|H8= 1|H9=x|HR= 6|HH= 9|HE=0

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=W. Arias (1-0)|LP=E. Figueroa (0-1)|SV=J. Mañón (1)

|RoadHR=L. Jiménez 2 (2), J. Melián (1)|HomeHR=K. Barker (1)

| BoxURL = http://espn.go.com/extra/baseball/cbws/boxscore?gameId=310203101&league=CBWS

|}}

=Game 4, February 3=

{{Linescore|

|Road=Puerto Rico|RoadAbr=PUR

|R1= 5|R2= 0|R3= 0|R4= 0|R5= 1|R6= 1|R7= 0|R8=0|R9= 0|RR= 7|RH= 13|RE= 2

|Home=Mexico |HomeAbr=MEX

|H1= 1|H2= 2|H3= 0|H4= 0|H5= 0|H6= 0|H7= 0|H8= 0|H9=0|HR= 3|HH= 12|HE=3

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=J. Padilla (1-0)|LP=Rol. Valdez (0-1)|SV=

|RoadHR=|HomeHR=

| BoxURL = http://espn.go.com/extra/baseball/cbws/boxscore?gameId=310203102&league=CBWS

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=Game 5, February 4=

{{Linescore|

|Road=Mexico|RoadAbr=MEX

|R1= 0|R2= 0|R3= 2|R4= 0|R5= 4|R6= 1|R7= 0|R8=0|R9= 0|RR= 7|RH= 8|RE= 2

|Home=Venezuela|HomeAbr=VEN

|H1= 0|H2= 0|H3= 0|H4= 0|H5= 1|H6= 1|H7= 1|H8= 0|H9=0|HR= 3|HH= 7|HE= 4

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=M. Quevedo (1-0)|LP=R. Ramírez (0-1)|SV=

|RoadHR=|HomeHR=

| BoxURL = http://espn.go.com/extra/baseball/cbws/boxscore?gameId=310204103&league=CBWS

|}}

=Game 6, February 4=

{{Linescore|

|Road=Dominican Republic|RoadAbr=DOM

|R1= 0|R2= 0|R3= 0|R4= 0|R5= 0|R6= 1|R7= 0|R8=0|R9= 3|RR= 4|RH= 11|RE= 1

|Home=Puerto Rico|HomeAbr=PUR

|H1= 0|H2= 0|H3= 1|H4= 0|H5= 1|H6= 0|H7= 1|H8= 0|H9=0|HR= 3|HH=   8|HE=0

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=H. Sánchez (1-0)|LP=S. Rivera (0-1)|SV=J. Mañón (2)

|RoadHR=|HomeHR=

| BoxURL = http://espn.go.com/extra/baseball/cbws/boxscore?gameId=310204104&league=CBWS

|}}

=Game 7, February 5=

{{Linescore|

|Road=Mexico|RoadAbr=MEX

|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=2|R9=3|RR=6|RH=13|RE=1

|Home=Dominican Republic|HomeAbr=DOM

|H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=1|H5=1|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=3|HH=10|HE=1

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=A. Guerrero (1-0)|LP=J. Rosario (0-2)|SV=L. Ayala (1)

|RoadHR=K. García (1), J. Vázquez (1)||HomeHR=

| BoxURL = http://espn.go.com/extra/baseball/cbws/boxscore?gameId=310205101&league=CBWS

|}}

=Game 8, February 5=

{{Linescore|

|Road=Puerto Rico|RoadAbr=PUR

|R1=0|R2=1|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|R10=2|RR=4|RH=6|RE=1

|Home=Venezuela|HomeAbr=VEN

|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=1|H8=0|H9=0|H10=0|HR=2|HH=7|HE=2

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=E. Ramos (1-0)|LP=L. Ramírez (0-1)|SV=K. Calero (1)

|RoadHR=|HomeHR=

| BoxURL = http://espn.go.com/extra/baseball/cbws/boxscore?gameId=310205103&league=CBWS

|}}

=Game 9, February 6=

{{Linescore|

|Road=Dominican Republic|RoadAbr=DOM

|R1= 0|R2= 0|R3= 0|R4= 0|R5= 0|R6= 0|R7= 0|R8=0|R9= 0|RR= 0|RH= 8|RE= 1

|Home=Venezuela |HomeAbr=VEN

|H1= 0|H2= 0|H3= 0|H4= 1|H5= 1|H6= 0|H7= 0|H8= 1|H9=x|HR= 3|HH= 6|HE=1

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=M. Ayala (1-0)|LP=E. de la Cruz (0-1)|SV=F. Butto (2)

|RoadHR=||HomeHR= A. Espinoza (1)

| BoxURL = http://espn.go.com/extra/baseball/cbws/boxscore?gameId=310206103&league=CBWS

|}}

=Game 10, February 6=

{{Linescore|

|Road=Mexico|RoadAbr=MEX

|R1=0|R2=2|R3=0|R4=0|R5=2|R6=0|R7=1|R8=0|R9=1|RR=6|RH=10|RE=0

|Home=Puerto Rico|HomeAbr=PUR

|H1=1|H2=3|H3=0|H4=0|H5=2|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=x|HR=7|HH=13|HE=2

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=J. Padilla (2-0)|LP=D. Guerrero (0-1)|SV=J. Torres (1)

|RoadHR=K. García (2)|HomeHR=

| BoxURL = http://espn.go.com/extra/baseball/cbws/boxscore?gameId=310206104&league=CBWS

|}}

=Game 11, February 7=

{{Linescore|

|Road=Venezuela|RoadAbr=VEN

|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=2|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=9|RE=0

|Home=Mexico |HomeAbr=MEX

|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=3|H7=0|H8=0|H9=x|HR=3|HH=7|HE=0

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=A. Ramírez (1-0)|LP=S. Etherton (1-1)|SV=L. Ayala (2)

|RoadHR=E. Alfonzo (1)|HomeHR= J. Vázquez (2)

| BoxURL = http://espn.go.com/extra/baseball/cbws/boxscore?gameId=310207102&league=CBWS

|}}

=Game 12, February 7=

{{Linescore|

|Road=Puerto Rico|RoadAbr=PUR

|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=4|RE=2

|Home=Dominican Republic |HomeAbr=DOM

|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=2|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=0|H9=x|HR=3|HH=6|HE=2

|RSP=|HSP=

|WP=Ra. Valdez (1-0)|LP=W. Collazo (0-2)|SV=J. Mañón (3)

|RoadHR=|HomeHR=

| BoxURL = http://espn.go.com/extra/baseball/cbws/boxscore?gameId=310207101&league=CBWS

|}}

Individual leaders

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|Player

Statistic
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Ruddy Yan (DOM)Batting average  .556
Karim García (MEX)
Luis Jiménez (VEN)
Jorge Vázquez (MEX)
Home runs      2
Jorge Vázquez (MEX)RBI      6
Justin Christian (MEX)
Alex Cora (PUR)
Runs      7
Ruddy Yan (DOM)Hits    10
Robinson Cancel (DOM)
Jackson Melián (VEN)
Doubles      3
Alejandro de Aza (DOM)
Welington Castillo (DOM)
Esteban Germán (DOM)
Triples      1
Alex Cora (PUR)
Esteban Germán
Leo Heras (MEX)
Henry Rodríguez (VEN)
Stolen bases      2
Ruddy Yan (DOM)OBP .635
Jackson Melián (VEN)SLG .684
Jackson Melián (VEN)OPS1.118
Daniel Guerrero (MEX)Games pitched      5
Juan Padilla (PUR)Wins      2
Raúl Valdez (DOM)Strikeouts    11
Raúl Valdez (DOM)ERA  0.64
Raúl Valdez (DOM)Innings pitched  14.0
Julio Mañón (DOM)Saves      3

[http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/extra/beisbol/cbws/scoreboard?date=20110202 ESPN – Scoreboards]

All-Star Team

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|Name

Position
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Iker Franco (MEX)catcher
Jorge Vázquez (MEX)first baseman
Alex Cora (PUR)second baseman
Danny Richar (DOM)third baseman
Henry Rodríguez (VEN)shortstop
Ruddy Yan (DOM)left fielder
José Constanza (DOM)center fielder
Karim García (MEX)right fielder
Bárbaro Cañizares (MEX)designated hitter
Raúl Valdez (DOM)starting pitcher
Juan Padilla (PUR)relief pitcher
Awards
Jorge Vázquez (MEX)Most Valuable Player
Eddie Díaz (MEX)Manager

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References