The thirty-fifth edition of the

Caribbean Series The Caribbean Series (''Spanish'': ''Serie del Caribe''), also called Caribbean World Series, is the highest tournament for professional baseball teams in Latin America. The tournament location is rotated annually among the countries and is norma ...

(''Serie del Caribe'') was played in . It was held from February 4 through February 9 with the champions teams from the

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Águilas Cibaeñas The Águilas Cibaeñas (English lit. ''Cibaoan Eagles'') is a professional baseball team in the Dominican Republic's Dominican Professional Baseball League, winter baseball league. Founded on January 28, and based in Santiago de los Caballeros, S ...

;

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Venados de Mazatlán Venados de Mazatlán ( en, Mazatlán Deer) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League based in Mazatlan, Sinaloa. In 2016, the team won the Mexican Pacific League Championship and went on to win their second Caribbean Series ...

;

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, Cangrejeros de Santurce, and

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. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and was played at

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Summary

It was the second straight Caribbean Series held in Mexico, as an attempt to keep high attendance after the disappointing revenues from the previous two editions played at Miami. The Series had to go more than the scheduled 12 games when both Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico teams ended with a similar 4–2 record. The Cangrejeros de Santurce of Puerto Rico clinched the title after beating the Águilas Cibaeñas in a tiebreaker game. In the decisive match, Santurce got revenge for two round-robin defeats to the Dominican squad. The Mexico and Venezuela clubs would finish round robin tied for third place, with a 2–4 record. With

Mako Oliveras Max Oliveras Gutiérrez ako(born September 10, 1946 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a former Minor League Baseball player who later managed in the minors for several teams. He joined the Alpha chapter of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity in 1964. Olive ...

at the helm, the Cangrejeros won the final game behind a strong effort from

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, who pitched scoreless innings of relief to get the win, highlighted by a three-hit performance from DH

Dickie Thon Richard William Thon (born June 20, 1958) is a Puerto Rican-American former professional baseball shortstop who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the California Angels, Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Range ...

, which included a two-run

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. Santurce 1B Hector Villanueva earned MVP honors, as he led the hitters with a .533

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and nine

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, adding two homers to share the Series lead. The pitching staff was led by Mike Cook, who posted a 2–0 record and a perfect 0.00

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in 11 innings of work. Other contributions came from relievers

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(one save, 0.00 ERA, 10

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s, five innings) and

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(0–1, 0.90 ERA). Also in the roster was veteran catcher

Junior Ortiz Adalberto "Junior" Ortiz Colón (born October 24, 1959), is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of thirteen seasons in the majors from 1982 to 1994. He was a member of the 1991 Minnesota Twins season, 1991 World Champion ...

(.375 BA), as well as outfielders

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and Gerald Williams. The Cibao club was managed by

Julián Javier Manuel Julián (Liranzo) Javier (born August 9, 1936), better known as Julián Javier oo-lee-AN hah-vee-ER is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. Called ''Hoolie'' by his teammates, he was also nicknamed "The Phantom" by Tim McCarver ...

and featured players such as IF

Andújar Cedeño Andújar Cedeño Donastorg (August 21, 1969 – October 28, 2000) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop who played from 1990 to 1996. Born in La Romana, Dominican Republic, he played for the Houston Astros from 1990 to 1994, the San Diego P ...

(.381 BA), C

Tony Peña Antonio Francisco Peña Padilla (; born June 4, 1957) is a Dominican former professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Pirates, Cardinals, Red Sox, Indians, White Sox, and Astros. ...

(.300 BA) and OF

Moisés Alou Moisés Rojas-Alou Beltré (; ; born July 3, 1966) is a Dominican-American former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for 17 seasons in the National League. In 1,942 career games, Alou had a batting average of .303 with 2,134 hits, ...

(.273, two HR), as well as pitchers José Martínez (1–0, 0.77) and Dave Johnson (1–0, 1.29). The Venados of Mazatlán were managed by

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and received support from OF

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, who belted two homers and slugged .600, and from pitchers Mike García (no hits in five innings) and Earnie Johnson (no runs in eight innings).

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hurled one gem against Dominican Republic and did not have a decision, but his performance earned him a comeback to the Major Leagues with the

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in the upcoming season. The Águilas del Zulia were guided by

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, and included big leaguers

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Pedro Castellano Pedro Orlando Castellano Arrieta (born March 11, 1970), is a Venezuelan former Major League Baseball third baseman/first baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Colorado Rockies (1993, 1995–1996). He also played one season in Japan ...

, Cris Colón,

Jason Grimsley Jason Alan Grimsley (born August 7, 1967) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for seven teams during a 15-year career. He was a member of both the 1999 and 2000 World Series champion New York Yankees. Major League career J ...

Urbano Lugo Rafael Urbano Lugo Colina (born August 12, 1962) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher from 1985 through 1990. Listed at 6' 0" (1.83 m), 185 lb. (84 k), he batted and threw right han ...

Julio Machado Julio Segundo Machado Rondón (born December 1, 1965) is a Venezuelan former Major League Baseball (MLB) right-handed relief pitcher who played for the New York Mets (1989–90) and Milwaukee Brewers (1990–91). Machado's MLB career was cut shor ...

and

Eduardo Zambrano Eduardo "Eddie" José Zambrano (born February 1, 1966) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball player. He played parts of two Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons for the Chicago Cubs (1993–94), playing four different positions. He batted ...

, among others.

Final standings

Individual leaders

All-Star Team

Sources

* Nuñez, José Antero (1994). ''Serie del Caribe de la Habana a Puerto la Cruz''. JAN Editor.

External links

BR Bullpen1-800-Beisbol. com – Estadísticas Serie del Caribe 1993
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