2023 Baseball Champions League Americas

Tournament details
Country	Mexico
City	Mérida
Venue(s)	Parque Kukulcán Alamo
Dates	28 September – 1 October
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (1st title)
Runner-up	Caimanes de Barranquilla
Third place	Leones de Yucatán
Fourth place	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 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

Mérida
Parque Kukulcán Alamo
Capacity: 14,917

Participating teams

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

Round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks	3	2	1	13	10	+3	.667	—	Advance to Final game
2	Caimanes de Barranquilla	3	2	1	18	16	+2	.667	—
3	Leones de Yucatán (H)	3	1	2	13	11	+2	.333	1
4	Alazanes de Granma	3	1	2	10	17	−7	.333	1

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
28 Sep 2023	13:00	Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks	1–3	Alazanes de Granma		Parque Kukulcán Alamo	2:11	400	Boxscore
28 Sep 2023	20:30	Caimanes de Barranquilla	5–3	Leones de Yucatán		Parque Kukulcán Alamo	3:04	3,915	Boxscore
29 Sep 2023	13:00	Alazanes de Granma	3–7	Caimanes de Barranquilla		Parque Kukulcán Alamo	2:37	95	Boxscore
29 Sep 2023	20:00	Leones de Yucatán	1–2	Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks		Parque Kukulcán Alamo	2:37	3,393	Boxscore
30 Sep 2023	13:00	Caimanes de Barranquilla	6–10	Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks		Parque Kukulcán Alamo	3:23	87	Boxscore
30 Sep 2023	20:00	Alazanes de Granma	4–9	Leones de Yucatán		Parque Kukulcán Alamo	2:43	2,422	Boxscore

Final game

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
Caimanes de Barranquilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
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

Batting Stat [8] Name Team Total AVG Roy Morales Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks .600 H Roy Morales Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 9 R 3 tied with 4 HR Yadir Drake Leones de Yucatán 2 RBI Pabel Manzanero Caimanes de Barranquilla 7 SLG Yadir Drake Leones de Yucatán 1.000

Pitching Stat [8] Name Team Total W 7 tied with 1 L 7 tied with 1 SV Elkin Alcalá Caimanes de Barranquilla 2 Alberto Civil Alazanes de Granma IP Erly Casanova Alazanes de Granma 7.0 ERA 5 tied with 0.00 SO Tyler Grauer Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 7

References

External links

• World Baseball Softball Confederation - Baseball Champions League Americas 2023