2023 Baseball Champions League Americas
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| Tournament details | |
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| Country |  Mexico |
| City | Mérida |
| Venue | Parque Kukulcán Alamo |
| Dates | 28 September – 1 October |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Caimanes de Barranquilla |
| Third place | Leones de Yucatán |
| Fourth place |  Alazanes de Granma |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 7 |
| Attendance | 11,821 (1,689 per game) |
| Best BA |  Roy Morales (.600) |
| Most HRs | Yadir Drake (2) |
| Most SBs | 3 tied (1) |
| Best ERA | 3 tied (0.00) |
| Most Ks (as pitcher) | Tyler Grauer (7) |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Roy Morales |
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]
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| Parque Kukulcán Alamo | |
| Capacity: 14,917 | |
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Participating teams
| Team | Manager[7] | Means of qualification |
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| 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 |
Rosters
Alazanes de Granma
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Caimanes de Barranquilla
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Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
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Leones de Yucatán
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Round robin
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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| 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
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) Home runs: Away: 0 Home: 1 Attendance: 1509 Umpires: Angel Campos, Jeff Macias, Pedro Tun, Jorge Niebla, Alan Izaguirre, Alejandro Pecero Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||