{"id":107099,"date":"2026-02-06T15:52:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/caribbean-series-semifinals-defined-with-mexico-vs-dr-and-puerto-rico-vs-mexico-matchups\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:52:57","slug":"caribbean-series-semifinals-defined-with-mexico-vs-dr-and-puerto-rico-vs-mexico-matchups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/caribbean-series-semifinals-defined-with-mexico-vs-dr-and-puerto-rico-vs-mexico-matchups\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean Series: Semifinals Defined with Mexico vs. DR and Puerto Rico vs. Mexico Matchups"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Caribbean Series Semifinals: Epic Battles in Guadalajara<\/h2>\n\nGuadalajara, Mexico \u2013 The Pan American Baseball Stadium is preparing to vibrate with the semifinals of the Caribbean Series, promising two high-tension matches that will define the finalists of the tournament.\n\n\n<p>The first matchup, scheduled for 3:00 PM (Eastern Time), will be a rematch between the Tomateros de Culiac\u00e1n (Green Mexico) and the Leones del Escogido (Dominican Republic). This duel comes after an exciting game in the group stage, where the Tomateros staged a spectacular comeback, driven by a home run from Estevan Florial, to win 10-7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>We know we hadn&#8217;t played at our level, especially offensively. That game showed what we are capable of.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Lorenzo Bundy, Tomateros manager<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nFor this crucial encounter, the Tomateros manager, Lorenzo Bundy, will rely on right-hander David Reyes, who will seek to repeat his good performance in the tournament. For his part, Ram\u00f3n Santiago, manager of the Leones, will send Oscar de la Cruz to the mound.\n\n<h2>Second Ticket to the Final: Charros vs. Cangrejeros<\/h2>\n\nThe second semifinal will pit the Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico) against the Charros de Jalisco (Red Mexico), the host team. In their only previous encounter, Jalisco defeated Santurce with a solid performance by Luis Fernando Miranda.\n\nBenji Gil, manager of the Charros, has designated the left-hander Manuel Ba\u00f1uelos as their starting pitcher. Despite their low collective average in the round robin, Jalisco has the hot bat of Michael Wielansky, who has been key in the team&#8217;s performance.\n\nSanturce manager Omar L\u00f3pez has not yet announced his starting pitcher.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caribbean Series Semifinals: Epic Battles in Guadalajara Guadalajara, Mexico \u2013 The Pan American Baseball Stadium is preparing to vibrate with the semifinals of the Caribbean Series, promising two high-tension matches that will define the finalists of the tournament. The first matchup, scheduled for 3:00 PM (Eastern Time), will be a rematch between the Tomateros de [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,2688,3876,481],"class_list":{"0":"post-107099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-caribbean-series","10":"tag-guadalajara","11":"tag-semifinals"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}