2021 Mexican Baseball League season

2021 Mexican League season
2021 Mexican League season
League	Mexican League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	20 May – 15 September
Teams	18
Serie del Rey
Champions	Toros de Tijuana
Runners-up	Leones de Yucatán
Finals MVP	Efrén Navarro
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The 2021 Mexican League season was the 96th season in the history of the Mexican League. The league was contested by 18 teams, evenly divided in North and South zones. The season started on 20 May with the series between Sultanes de Monterrey and Acereros de Monclova and ended on 15 September with the last game of the Serie del Rey, where Toros de Tijuana defeated Leones de Yucatán to win the championship.^[1]^[2]

LeagueMexican League

SportBaseball

Duration20 May – 15 September

Teams18

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Two teams joined the league for this season: Mariachis de Guadalajara and El Águila de Veracruz, totalling 18 teams.^[3] Veracruz returned to the league after a three year absence, when in 2018 the franchise was sold and moved to Nuevo Laredo.^[4]

Starting from this season, there were four rounds of playoffs to define the champion. Previously, the Mexican League had three rounds of playoffs.^[5]

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First round		Zone Series		Championship Series		Serie del Rey

North

Mariachis de Guadalajara	4

Algodoneros de Unión Laguna	3
		Mariachis de Guadalajara	4

		Rieleros de Aguascalientes	2



				Mariachis de Guadalajara	2

				Toros de Tijuana	4
Toros de Tijuana	4

Rieleros de Aguascalientes	3
		Toros de Tijuana	4

		Acereros de Monclova	1
Saraperos de Saltillo	1

Acereros de Monclova	4
						Toros de Tijuana	4
South
						Leones de Yucatán	3
Diablos Rojos del México	4

Tigres de Quintana Roo	1
		Diablos Rojos del México	4

		El Águila de Veracruz	1



				Diablos Rojos del México	1

				Leones de Yucatán	4
Olmecas de Tabasco	4

Pericos de Puebla	1
		Olmecas de Tabasco	1

		Leones de Yucatán	4
Leones de Yucatán	4

El Águila de Veracruz	2

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 7	Unión Laguna – 4, Guadalajara – 13	Estadio Panamericano	3:36	3,099
2	August 8	Unión Laguna – 3, Guadalajara – 7	Estadio Panamericano	3:32	2,863
3	August 10	Guadalajara – 12, Unión Laguna – 3	Estadio Revolución	3:51	5,747
4	August 11	Guadalajara – 2, Unión Laguna – 10	Estadio Revolución	3:54	4,825
5	August 12	Guadalajara – 4, Unión Laguna – 5	Estadio Revolución	3:34	5,023
6	August 14	Unión Laguna – 13, Guadalajara – 11	Estadio Panamericano	4:43	3,321
7	August 15	Unión Laguna – 2, Guadalajara – 7	Estadio Panamericano	3:40	2,299

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 7	Aguascalientes – 6, Tijuana – 1	Estadio Chevron	3:00	7,101
2	August 8	Aguascalientes – 4, Tijuana – 8	Estadio Chevron	3:21	6,031
3	August 10	Tijuana – 5, Aguascalientes – 6	Parque Alberto Romo Chávez	3:46	3,489
4	August 11	Tijuana – 4, Aguascalientes – 5	Parque Alberto Romo Chávez	3:53	3,233
5	August 12	Tijuana – 5, Aguascalientes – 0	Parque Alberto Romo Chávez	3:00	2,784
6	August 14	Aguascalientes – 4, Tijuana – 5	Estadio Chevron	4:32	11,986
7	August 15	Aguascalientes – 4, Tijuana – 6	Estadio Chevron	3:47	12,021

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 7	Monclova – 5, Saltillo – 4	Estadio de Béisbol Francisco I. Madero	3:43	5,162
2	August 8	Monclova – 2, Saltillo – 4	Estadio de Béisbol Francisco I. Madero	3:02	5,780
3	August 10	Saltillo – 3, Monclova – 6	Estadio de Béisbol Monclova	3:41	5,366
4	August 11	Saltillo – 2, Monclova – 3	Estadio de Béisbol Monclova	3:11	5,413
5	August 12	Saltillo – 1, Monclova – 3 (10 inn.)	Estadio de Béisbol Monclova	3:14	5,942

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 7	Quintana Roo – 12, México – 2	Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú	3:26	5,276
2	August 8	Quintana Roo – 5, México – 7	Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú	3:27	6,195
3	August 10	México – 9, Quintana Roo – 0	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	3:06	2,227
4	August 11	México – 3, Quintana Roo – 0	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	3:26	1,928
5	August 12	México – 8, Quintana Roo – 4	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	3:46	1,521

2021 Mexican Baseball League season

Standings

Postseason

First round

Zone Series

Championship Series

Serie del Rey

Summary

Game summaries

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Game 6

Game 7

Managerial changes

Offseason

In season

League leaders

Milestones

Pitchers

No-hitters

Awards

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 7	Puebla – 2, Tabasco – 1	Estadio Centenario 27 de Febrero	4:07	2,236
2	August 8	Puebla – 1, Tabasco – 3	Estadio Centenario 27 de Febrero	3:04	2,370
3	August 10	Tabasco – 14, Puebla – 12	Estadio Hermanos Serdán	3:43	2,230
4	August 11	Tabasco – 8, Puebla – 3	Estadio Hermanos Serdán	3:55	2,432
5	August 12	Tabasco – 7, Puebla – 4	Estadio Hermanos Serdán	3:28	2,133

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 7	Veracruz – 3, Yucatán – 15	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	3:36	3,476
2	August 8	Veracruz – 8, Yucatán – 3	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	3:47	3,889
3	August 10	Yucatán – 7, Veracruz – 6	Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila	4:05	2,180
4	August 11	Yucatán – 11, Veracruz – 3	Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila	3:54	2,043
5	August 12	Yucatán – 8, Veracruz – 9	Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila	4:22	1,789
6	August 14	Veracruz – 1, Yucatán – 5	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	2:51	4,108

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 17	Aguascalientes – 7, Guadalajara – 14	Estadio Panamericano	4:05	2,315
2	August 18	Aguascalientes – 7, Guadalajara – 8	Estadio Panamericano	4:18	2,672
3	August 20	Guadalajara – 9, Aguascalientes – 6	Parque Alberto Romo Chávez	4:17	4,350
4	August 21	Guadalajara – 7, Aguascalientes – 9	Parque Alberto Romo Chávez	3:45	1,915
5	August 22	Guadalajara – 6, Aguascalientes – 9	Parque Alberto Romo Chávez	3:27	1,755
6	August 24	Aguascalientes – 3, Guadalajara – 10	Estadio Panamericano	4:18	3,419

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 17	Monclova – 5, Tijuana – 10	Estadio Chevron	3:57	8,827
2	August 18	Monclova – 3, Tijuana – 4	Estadio Chevron	3:16	9,073
3	August 20	Tijuana – 5, Monclova – 4	Estadio de Béisbol Monclova	3:41	5,950
4	August 21	Tijuana – 3, Monclova – 5	Estadio de Béisbol Monclova	3:17	5,950
5	August 22	Tijuana – 10, Monclova – 3	Estadio de Béisbol Monclova	3:40	5,850

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 17	Veracruz – 3, México – 9	Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú	3:33	4,105
2	August 18	Veracruz – 9, México – 14	Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú	4:12	5,658
3	August 21	México – 2, Veracruz – 0	Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila	3:26	2,579
4	August 22	México – 0, Veracruz – 3	Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila	2:47	1,703
5	August 23	México – 5, Veracruz – 2	Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila	3:21	3,000

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 17	Yucatán – 6, Tabasco – 7	Estadio Centenario 27 de Febrero	4:27	1,613
2	August 18	Yucatán – 3, Tabasco – 0	Estadio Centenario 27 de Febrero	3:24	1,655
3	August 20	Tabasco – 2, Yucatán – 4	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	4:53	4,467
4	August 21	Tabasco – 1, Yucatán – 5	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	3:02	5,238
5	August 22	Tabasco – 0, Yucatán – 3	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	3:07	5,683

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 27	Tijuana – 4, Guadalajara – 3	Estadio Panamericano	3:56	4,438
2	August 28	Tijuana – 11, Guadalajara – 9	Estadio Panamericano	4:59	4,384
3	August 30	Guadalajara – 4, Tijuana – 3	Estadio Chevron	4:02	14,896
4	August 31	Guadalajara – 3, Tijuana – 7	Estadio Chevron	3:02	14,921
5	September 1	Guadalajara – 12, Tijuana – 5	Estadio Chevron	3:35	14,902
6	September 3	Tijuana – 5, Guadalajara – 4	Estadio Panamericano	3:02	4,000

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 27	Yucatán – 7, México – 6	Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú	3:45	8,426
2	August 28	Yucatán – 6, México – 4	Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú	3:40	8,746
3	August 30	México – 3, Yucatán – 5	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	2:58	6,460
4	August 31	México – 6, Yucatán – 4	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	3:35	6,460
5	September 1	México – 7, Yucatán – 9	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	4:20	6,460

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	September 6	Yucatán – 7, Tijuana – 3	Estadio Chevron	3:39	14,297
2	September 7	Yucatán – 7, Tijuana – 1	Estadio Chevron	3:17	14,989
3	September 9	Tijuana – 0, Yucatán – 2	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	2:48	6,460
4	September 11	Tijuana – 6, Yucatán – 2	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	3:34	6,460
5	September 12	Tijuana – 4, Yucatán – 3 (11 inn.)	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	5:02	6,460
6	September 14	Yucatán – 3, Tijuana – 10	Estadio Chevron	3:27	16,998
7	September 15	Yucatán – 0, Tijuana – 3	Estadio Chevron	3:33	17,687

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yucatán	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	7	9	2
Tijuana	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	9	0
WP: Radhames Liz (1–0) LP: Mike Devine (0–1) Home runs: YUC: Sebastián Valle (1) TIJ: None Attendance: 14,297 Boxscore

Team	Former manager	Reason for leaving	New manager	Ref.
Diablos Rojos del México	Sergio Omar Gastélum	Fired	Miguel Ojeda	^[7]

Team	Former manager	Interim manager	Reason for leaving	New manager	Ref.
Sultanes de Monterrey	Homar Rojas	Antonio Aguilera	Fired	Sergio Omar Gastélum	^[8]
Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos	Pablo Ortega	N/A		Rafael Rijo	^[9]
Tigres de Quintana Roo	Adán Muñoz	Javier Robles		Óscar Robles	^[10]
Bravos de León	Tim Johnson	Eddie Castro		Martín Enríquez
Pericos de Puebla	Carlos Gastélum	N/A		Gerardo Sánchez	^[11]
Leones de Yucatán	Gerónimo Gil	Juan Francisco Rodríguez		Luis Matos	^[12]
Toros de Tijuana	Omar Vizquel	N/A		Homar Rojas	^[13]

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Leandro Castro	Tijuana	^[16]
Rookie of the Year	Juan Carlos Camacho	Oaxaca	^[17]
Best Pitcher	Masaru Nakamura	Guadalajara	^[18]
Best Relief Pitcher	Fernando Rodney	Tijuana	^[19]
Manager of the Year	Benji Gil	Guadalajara	^[20]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yucatán	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	7	10	0
Tijuana	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
WP: Yoanner Negrín (1–0) LP: Carlos Hernández (0–1) Home runs: YUC: Yadir Drake (1) TIJ: None Attendance: 14,989 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tijuana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Yucatán	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	5	0
WP: Jake Thompson (1–0) LP: Joe Van Meter (0–1) Sv: Josh Lueke (1) Attendance: 6,460 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tijuana	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	6	14	1
Yucatán	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	5	0
WP: Teddy Stankiewicz (1–0) LP: Casey Harman (0–1) Home runs: TIJ: Efrén Navarro (1) YUC: None Attendance: 6,460 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Tijuana	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	2
Yucatán	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	2
WP: Fernando Rodney (1–0) LP: Manuel Chávez (0–1) Home runs: TIJ: Leandro Castro (1), Luis Cruz (1) YUC: None Attendance: 6,460 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yucatán	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	1
Tijuana	0	0	0	5	3	0	2	0	X	10	12	0
WP: Michael Tonkin (1–0) LP: Yoanner Negrín (1–1) Home runs: YUC: None TIJ: Luis Cruz (1) Attendance: 16,998 Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yucatán	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Tijuana	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3	10	1
WP: Teddy Stankiewicz (2–0) LP: Jake Thompson (1–1) Sv: Fernando Rodney (1) Home runs: YUC: None TIJ: Peter O'Brien (1) Attendance: 17,687 Boxscore