The Dominican Republic’s baseball team, the Tigres del Licey just made it to the semi-finals of the Caribbean Series. Puerto Rico defeated Venezuela 5-4. Cuba was eliminated.
The DR defeated Mexico 7-6 last night, Wednesday 5 February to end the first part of the championship 2-2. The other teams in the semifinals are Mexico, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.
The DR matches Mexico at 8:30pm (Dominican time) today, Thursday 6 February. On Friday, 7 February Puerto Rico matches Venezuela. The Saturday 8 February playoff games will be decided by the winners of these games.
While for years the winner of the Caribbean Series has been decided by a double round-robin, the program was changed this year to allow for Cuba’s entry. The new format this year has each team playing each other once, followed by two semifinals and a championship game.
http://seriedelcaribe2014.net
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/winterleagues/league.jsp?league=cs
CARIBBEAN SERIES STANDINGS
Team
W-L
Percentage
DIF
Venezuela
3 – 1
1.000
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Mexico
2 – 2
0.500
1.5
DR
2 – 2
0.333
1.5
Puerto Rico
2 – 2
0.333
2.0
Cuba
1 – 3
0.250
2.5
For more on upcoming events, see www.dr1.com/calendar