The Caribbean Series is one-third over.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 6, CUBA 1 (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HOME TEAM)
Cuba: Luis La O was 3-for-3. Dainer Moreir was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Dominican Republic: Willy Garcia (Pittsburgh) was 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and a double, scoring twice. Elian Herrera (Milwaukee) was 2-for-4 with a triple and a double, scoring once. Rafael Perez pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing six hits and no walks with one strikeout.
The game: A four-run sixth took the Dominican Republic's lead from 1-0 to 5-0 and put the game out of reach. Garcia hit his two-run homer in the inning, which also included Herrera's double and an RBI single by Audy Ciriaco (Cleveland).
MEXICO 3, PUERTO RICO 2 (MEXICO HOME TEAM)
Puerto Rico: Enrique Hernandez (Dodgers) was 2-for-4 with a home run. Jorge Padilla was 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI. Joel Piniero pitched six innings, giving up two runs on six hits and no walks with one strikeout.
Mexico: Maxwell Leon was 1-for-3 with a run and two RBIs. Dave Sappelt (San Diego) was 1-for-1 with a walk and a run. Juan Delgadillo pitched four innings of relief, allowing one run on two hits and a walk with one strikeout.
The game: Hernandez homered int he sixth to tie the score at two. Puerto Rico failed to plate a leadoff double in the top of the seventh and it cost them, as a single, an error, a bunt, and a sacrifice fly brought home the go-ahead run for Mexico in the bottom of the seventh. Puerto Rico did not get a man past first after that.
STANDINGS
Mexico, 2-0
Dominican Republic, 1-0
Venezuelan, 1-0
Cuba, 0-2
Puerto Rico, 0-2
If it's one-third over after they've played four games, then there's 12 games?
How does that work with 5 teams?
Is it a 10-game first round, with each team facing each of the others once (two home, two away), and then two playoff games? One for first and one for third?
They changed the format on me and I didn't notice. In the past, it had been a six-day round robin. This year, it's a five-day round robin, and what looks like a four-team single elimination tournament after that. So, each team plays each other team once in the round-robin. I have no idea what the tie-breakers might be.