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2023 Baseball Champions League Americas

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2023 Baseball Champions League Americas
Tournament details
Country Mexico
CityMérida
Venue(s)Parque Kukulcán Alamo
Dates28 September – 1 October
Teams4
Final positions
ChampionsUnited States Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (1st title)
Runner-upColombia Caimanes de Barranquilla
Third placeMexico Leones de Yucatán
Fourth placeCuba Alazanes de Granma
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The 2023 Baseball Champions League Americas was the first edition of the Baseball Champions League Americas, an international competition for baseball clubs organized by the WBSC Americas, part of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

The first edition was held in the Parque Kukulcán Alamo, in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, from 28 September to 1 October 2023. The competition was sanctioned by WBSC and the Mexican League and featured four teams from Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and the United States.[1][2]

A single round-robin format was used, with each team facing each other once. The top two teams advanced to the final game.[3]

The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, representing United States, won the tournament after defeating the Caimanes de Barranquilla, from Colombia, in the championship game, 8–0. The Leones de Yucatán (Mexico) placed third and the Alazanes de Granma (Cuba) finished fourth.[4][5] Fargo Moorhead RedHawks catcher Roy Morales earned the Most Valuable Player Award of the tournament.[6]

Venue

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Mérida
Parque Kukulcán Alamo
Capacity: 14,917

Participating teams

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Team Manager[7] Means of qualification
Cuba Alazanes de Granma Cuba Leonardo Soto Winners of the 2022 Cuban National Series
Colombia Caimanes de Barranquilla Colombia Carlos Vidal Winners of the 2021–22 Colombian Professional Baseball League
United States Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks United States Chris Coste Winners of the 2022 American Association of Professional Baseball
Mexico Leones de Yucatán Mexico Roberto Vizcarra Winners of the 2022 Mexican League season

Round robin

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1 United States Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 3 2 1 13 10 +3 .667 — Advance to Final game
2 Colombia Caimanes de Barranquilla 3 2 1 18 16 +2 .667 —
3 Mexico Leones de Yucatán (H) 3 1 2 13 11 +2 .333 1
4 Cuba Alazanes de Granma 3 1 2 10 17 −7 .333 1
Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts
Date Local time Road team Score Home team Inn. Venue Game duration Attendance Boxscore
28 Sep 2023 13:00 Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks United States 1–3 Cuba Alazanes de Granma   Parque Kukulcán Alamo 2:11 400 Boxscore
28 Sep 2023 20:30 Caimanes de Barranquilla Colombia 5–3 Mexico Leones de Yucatán   Parque Kukulcán Alamo 3:04 3,915 Boxscore
29 Sep 2023 13:00 Alazanes de Granma Cuba 3–7 Colombia Caimanes de Barranquilla   Parque Kukulcán Alamo 2:37 95 Boxscore
29 Sep 2023 20:00 Leones de Yucatán Mexico 1–2 United States Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks   Parque Kukulcán Alamo 2:37 3,393 Boxscore
30 Sep 2023 13:00 Caimanes de Barranquilla Colombia 6–10 United States Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks   Parque Kukulcán Alamo 3:23 87 Boxscore
30 Sep 2023 20:00 Alazanes de Granma Cuba 4–9 Mexico Leones de Yucatán   Parque Kukulcán Alamo 2:43 2,422 Boxscore

Final game

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1 October 2023 18:00 (UTC–6) at Parque Kukulcán Alamo in Mérida, México
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Colombia Caimanes de Barranquilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
United States Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 X 8 11 0
WP: Tyler Grauer (1–0)   LP: Jalen Miller (0–1)

Statistical leaders

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References

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  1. ^ "Baseball Champions League launched; First-ever professional and world-level competition for clubs". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Se presentó la Baseball Champions League (América)". MiLB.com (in Spanish). 10 July 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 Baseball Champions League Info". American Association of Professional Baseball. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks shut out Barranquilla, win inaugural Baseball Champions League Americas". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  5. ^ "RedHawks win inaugural WBSC Baseball Champions League Americas". fmredhawks.com. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Roy Morales is the first Baseball Champions League Americas MVP". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Meet the four managers of the Baseball Champions League Americas". wbsc.org. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Stats". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
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