2017 Caribbean Series

The 2017 Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was the 59th edition of the international competition featuring the champions of 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	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Águilas del Zulia	4	3	1	17	14	+3	.750^[a]	—	Advance to knockout stage
2	Águilas de Mexicali (H)	4	3	1	16	9	+7	.750^[a]	—
3	Alazanes de Granma	4	3	1	17	9	+8	.750^[a]	—
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) Batting average; 5) Drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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". Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

External links

Official Site

[table_hth_ZUL0.84630702661644-3] 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". Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

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