2019 Caribbean Series

{{Short description|2019 baseball tournament}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

The 2019 Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was the 61st 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, Panamanian Professional Baseball League, and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. It took place from February 4 to 10, 2019, at Estadio Nacional de Panamá in Panama City, Panama.{{cite web | url=https://www.lmp.mx/noticia/25527 | title=Sitio Oficial de la Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacifico | date=August 30, 2022 }} The series was originally set to be hosted in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, but for the second consecutive year had to be moved to an alternate location. This was due primarily to security concerns stemming from the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis.{{cite news|title=CBPC reasignará sede Serie del Caribe 2019|url=http://www.seriedelcaribe.net/articulos/cbpc-reasigna-sede-serie-del-caribe-2019/|publisher=Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe|date=January 27, 2019|accessdate=January 27, 2019|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128083304/http://www.seriedelcaribe.net/articulos/cbpc-reasigna-sede-serie-del-caribe-2019/|archive-date=January 28, 2019|url-status=dead}}

The Toros de Herrera won the tournament, becoming the first team from Panama to win since the Carta Vieja Yankees in 1950. It was Panama's first appearance in a Caribbean Series since 1960.

Participating teams

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!Team

!Means of qualification

{{flagicon|CUB}} Leñadores de Las Tunas

|Winners of the 2018–19 Cuban National Series

{{flagicon|MEX}} Charros de Jalisco

|Winners of the 2018–19 Mexican Pacific League

{{flagicon|PAN}} Toros de Herrera

|Winners of the 2018–19 Panamanian Professional Baseball League

{{flagicon|PRI}} Cangrejeros de Santurce

|Winners of the 2018–19 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League

{{flagicon|DOM}} Estrellas Orientales

|Winners of the 2018–19 Dominican Professional Baseball League

{{flagicon|VEN}} Cardenales de Lara

|Winners of the 2018–19 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

Format

With the addition of a sixth team for the 2019 competition, two groups were formed with each composed of three teams. The groups had their Round-robin, with each team facing the others in their group twice. The teams with the best record from each group advanced to the Final.{{cite web | url=https://www.lmp.mx/noticia/25546 | title=Sitio Oficial de la Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacifico | date=August 30, 2022 }}

Round robin

= Group A =

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|team1=LTU |team2=JAL |team3=LAR

|result1=F

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|win_LTU=2 |loss_LTU=2 |pf_LTU=8 |pa_LTU=5

|win_JAL=2 |loss_JAL=2 |pf_JAL=14|pa_JAL=14

|win_LAR=2 |loss_LAR=2 |pf_LAR=10|pa_LAR=13

|name_LTU={{flagicon|CUB}} Leñadores de Las Tunas

|name_JAL={{flagicon|MEX}} Charros de Jalisco

|name_LAR={{flagicon|VEN}} Cardenales de Lara

|class_rules=1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head matches; 3) Team quality balance; 4) Batting average; 5) Drawing of lots.

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width="90"|Date

!width="40"|Time

!width="170"|Away

!width="110"|Result

!width="170"|Home

!width="100"|Stadium

align=center

|February 4

|20:00

| align="right"|Charros de Jalisco {{flagicon|MEX}}

|1–5

|align=left|{{flagicon|VEN}} Cardenales de Lara

|Estadio Rod Carew

align=center

|February 5

|15:00

|align=right|Leñadores de Las Tunas {{flagicon|CUB}}

|3–1

|align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} Charros de Jalisco

|Estadio Rod Carew

align=center

|February 6

|15:00

| align=right|Leñadores de Las Tunas {{flagicon|CUB}}

|0–1

| align="left"|{{flagicon|VEN}} Cardenales de Lara

|Estadio Rod Carew

align=center

|February 7

|15:00

|align=right|Charros de Jalisco {{flagicon|MEX}}

|3–2 (11)

| align="left"|{{flagicon|CUB}} Leñadores de Las Tunas

|Estadio Rod Carew

align=center

|February 8

|20:00

|align=right|Cardenales de Lara {{flagicon|VEN}}

|4–9

|align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} Charros de Jalisco

|Estadio Rod Carew

align=center

|February 9

|13:00

|align=right|Cardenales de Lara {{flagicon|VEN}}

|0–3

|align=left|{{flagicon|CUB}} Leñadores de Las Tunas

|Estadio Rod Carew

= Group B =

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|team1=HRA |team2=EOR |team3=SAN

|result1=F

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|win_EOR=3 |loss_EOR=1 |pf_EOR=15|pa_EOR=12

|win_SAN=0 |loss_SAN=4 |pf_SAN=12|pa_SAN=17

|win_HRA=3 |loss_HRA=1 |pf_HRA=16|pa_HRA=14|status_HRA=H

|name_EOR={{flagicon|DOM}} Estrellas Orientales

|name_SAN={{flagicon|PRI}} Cangrejeros de Santurce

|name_HRA={{flagicon|PAN}} Toros de Herrera

|class_rules=1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head matches; 3) Team quality balance; 4) Batting average; 5) Drawing of lots.

|res_col_header=Q

|col_F=green1 |text_F=Advance to the final

}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center; width: 95%;"
width="90"|Date

!width="40"|Time

!width="170"|Away

!width="110"|Result

!width="170"|Home

!width="100"|Stadium

align=center

|February 4

|15:00

|align=right|Estrellas Orientales {{flagicon|DOM}}

|3–1

|align=left|{{flagicon|PRI}} Cangrejeros de Santurce

|Estadio Rod Carew

align=center

|February 5

|20:00

|align=right|Estrellas Orientales {{flagicon|DOM}}

|2–4

|align=left|{{flagicon|PAN}} Toros de Herrera

|Estadio Rod Carew

align=center

|February 6

|20:00

|align=right|Toros de Herrera {{flagicon|PAN}}

|8–7

|align=left|{{flagicon|PRI}} Cangrejeros de Santurce

|Estadio Rod Carew

align=center

|February 7

|20:00

|align=right|Cangrejeros de Santurce {{flagicon|PRI}}

|4–5

|align=left|{{flagicon|DOM}} Estrellas Orientales

|Estadio Rod Carew

align=center

|February 8

|15:00

|align=right|Toros de Herrera {{flagicon|PAN}}

|3–5

|align=left|{{flagicon|DOM}} Estrellas Orientales

|Estadio Rod Carew

align=center

|February 9

|19:00

|align=right|Cangrejeros de Santurce {{flagicon|PRI}}

|0–1

|align=left|{{flagicon|PAN}} Toros de Herrera

|Estadio Rod Carew

Final

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width="90"|Date

!width="40"|Time

!width="170"|Away

!width="110"|Result

!width="170"|Home

!width="100"|Stadium

align=center

|February 10

|16:00

|align=right|Leñadores de Las Tunas {{flagicon|CUB}}

|1–3

|align=left|{{flagicon|PAN}} Toros de Herrera

|Estadio Rod Carew

References

{{Portal|Caribbean|Baseball}}

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