The Lions and Tigers are the in the final series

January 19, 2025

The Leones del Escogido have secured their ticket to the final of the Dominican Baseball League (Lidom) 2024-2025 after an electrifying 8-6 victory against the Tigres del Licey, who obtained their qualification the night before by beating the Estrellas Orientales 2-1.

With this classification, the Leones del Escogido reach their 29th Final Series and will face the Tigres del Licey for the tenth time, who lead the historic rivalry 6-3 since 1986 in these instances.

The series will be played in a best-of-seven format, with the Tigers starting as hosts.

The games are scheduled for Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at the Tigres stadium, while Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday will be at the Leones home, if the series is extended.

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Caimanes-Olímpica tied the final and the seventh and final match will be played

By Juan Carlos Rodelo

Caimanes-Olímpica de Barranquilla forced a seventh and final game to decide the champion of professional baseball in our country, defeating the Vaqueros de Montería 11-3 on Sunday night at the Édgar Rentería stadium and tying the series at 3-3.

The match to decide the champion will be this Monday at 7:00 p.m. at the Barranquilla baseball park.

A huge outing by Caimenes starter Luis De Ávila not only earned him the win, but also allowed the Barranquilla team to mount its best offense of the final with 18 hits, five of them doubles.






De Ávila pitched five innings, allowing three runs, two of them earned, on four hits, and striking out one and giving up one free pass.

The loss went to Junior Rincon, who in a single inning pitched allowed four runs, three of them earned, the result of three hits, giving up one walk and striking out two opponents.

The Barranquilla relief team performed at the height combining the arms of Jan Herrera, Reiver Sanmartín and Kevin Escorcia who silenced the Cowboy bats.

For Caimanes-Olímpica, Dilson Herrera stood out, going 3-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored.

Guillermo Quintana 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Jair Camargo 3-for-5 with two runs scored.

This Monday, Caimanes-Olímpica will offer free entry for children over 5 years old. Men and women will have to pay their entrance fee.

[ Dayan Frias lead off, played SS,; AB 4, R 1, H 1, RBI 0, W 0, K 0, AVE 264, OPS 761
2B: (1) FRIAS SERRANO, Dayan de Jesus
DP: (1) FRIAS SERRANO, Dayan de Jesus

The Vaqueros held a 3-1 series lead,
blew 3 leads in game 5 including a 1-run lead it the top of the 9th,
blew the series on top of it.
The Caimenes narrowed the series at 3-2

The Vaqueros lost game 6 as the Caimenes tied the series at 3-3
The pressure is on to win game 7 ]

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Vaqueros went out or was it turned off?

Jan 22, 2025

Montería. The defeat of Vaqueros de Montería for the second consecutive year in the final of Colombian professional baseball at the hands of Caimanes de Barranquilla left a bad taste in the mouth among the fans of the Sinuana team, who this season saw the title very close, but inexplicably it slipped out of their hands.

The Vaqueros put the Barranquilla team in check with a 3-1 lead, just one victory away from winning their third pennant, but the pitching fell apart in a resounding way,

Two outs away from the championship and the Vaqueros blew the game in the 9th. The fifth game was a poorly played one. 7 errors by the Caimenes and 5 by the Vaqueros. the Vaqueros then went on to lose games 6 & 7.

Caimanes-Olímpica defined its roster to play the Americas Series in Nicaragua

Pitchers: Kevin Escorcia (LHP), Ronald Ramirez Montoya (LHP), Jean Herrera (RHP), Jhon Romero (RHP), Hansel Paulino (RHP), Randy Cuentas (RHP), Dewin Perez (LHP), Deivy Mendez (RHP), Alvin Herrera, Samuel Burgos (RHP), Junior Rincon (RHP), Alvery De los Santos (RHP), Luis Perez (RHP), Fernando Perez (RHP) and Oddy Nunez (LHP).

Receivers: Guillermo Quintana and Ronaldo Hernández.

Infielders: Edgar Barrios, Fabian Pertuz Jr., Dario Borrero, Joseph Rosa and Estamy Ureña.

Outfielders: Jesus Marriaga, Gustavo Armas, Jesus Valdez, Alejandro De Aza and Dilson Herrera.

Notably missing from the Americas Series is Dayan Frias.

So! now there was none.

First time in memory that we did not have at least one player representing the Guardians in Series competition.

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The Indians are crowned in the LBPRC

The Editorial Staffby The Editorial Staff

The Mayagüez Indians were crowned champions of the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (LBPRC) by defeating the San Juan Senators 5-2, in the sixth game of the final series held at the Hiram Bithorn stadium in the capital.

Their 20th winter league championship came by dominating the championship series with a 5-1 record.

Mayagüez will now represent Puerto Rico in the 2025 Caribbean Series, which will be played in Mexicali, Mexico, from January 31 to February 8.

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Who Are the Japan Breeze? The Mystery Team of the Caribbean Series

Leif Skodnick - World Baseball Network

Jan 20th, 2025 8:39pm EST

At first glance, sure, it feels strange: a team representing Japan is playing in the Caribbean Series, which is being held this year in Mexicali, Mexico, closer to the Gulf of California than the Caribbean.

Led by Nippon Professional Baseball hall of famer Alex Ramirez, a native of Venezuela who played 135 games in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates before continuing his career in Japan, the team, known as the Japan Breeze, is the first entrant in the Caribbean Series from outside the Americas.

Largely comprised of players from Japan’s industrial leagues and independent minor leagues, the Japan Breeze was the opponent for the 2025 Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Profesional (LVBP) All-Star Game, falling 3-1 but nonetheless holding the Venezuelan stars to three runs on four hits.

It’s hard to make a prognostication on a team where you don’t have a complete roster, and the players whose names you do have don’t seem to have any statistics in notable leagues.

That said, one of the old tropes that scouts will always toss out is that “there are no secrets in baseball.” Or any other sport, for that matter.

It’s certainly possible that the Japan Breeze will knock off one of the four champions of the CBPC’s leagues in Mexicali. They’d need to win at least two games to have a chance of making the Caribbean Series semifinals, and with the limited information available on the team – eight of 11 players who came to bat for the team are virtual unknowns – it’s really hard to see this team winning more than two games during pool play.

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