The 2026 Caribbean Series was the 68th edition of the Caribbean Series club baseball tournament, scheduled from 1 to 7 February 2026, at the Estadio Panamericano de Béisbol in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.
The tournament features the winners of the respective winter league baseball leagues of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CPBC) four full members; Dominican Republic (LIDOM), Mexico (LMP), Puerto Rico (LBPRC), and Venezuela (LVBP), plus special guest Panama (LPBP).
The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Venezuela; however, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Mexico requested after meeting on 15 December 2025, that the CBPC move the tournament from Venezuela due to the ongoing political turmoil in the country. LVBP protested the decision and eventually decided to pull out of the event all together. As a result, their league winner participated in the 2026 Serie de las Américas, played in Venezuela at the same time.
As host and due to Venezuela's departure, Mexico received two spots - the winners (Red) and runners-up (Green) of the 2025âÂÂ26 Mexican Pacific League season.
Leones del Escogido represented the Dominican Republic as defending champions and were eliminated by the Tomateros de Culiacán in the semi-finals.
In an All-Mexican final, the Charros de Jalisco won their first Caribbean Series title by defeating the Tomateros de Culiacán by a final score of 12âÂÂ11 in extra innings.
A single round-robin format; each team faces each other once. The four teams with the best records advance to the semi-finals (1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd). The two winners will play in the final to decide the tournament champion.
On 4 February, the game between the Federales de Chiriquàagainst the Leones del Escogido saw a scoreline of 15âÂÂ16 in favor of the Leones for a single game record of 31 combined runs. This is the most combined runs scored at the Caribbean Series since the 28 combined runs scored on 6 February 1990, when the Naranjeros de Hermosillo defeated the Senadores de San Juan 20âÂÂ8 in Miami, Florida.
In the Final, host Charros de Jalisco led the Tomateros de Culiacán by a score of 9âÂÂ1 after four innings. Culiacán came alive with a six run frame in the top of the fifth to make the game closer at 9âÂÂ7. After trading runs in the seventh, with one out and one on, Victor Martinez launched a game-tying two-run home run, his second homer of the game. The game would go into extra innings tied at ten. In the top of the 10th, AlàSolÃÂsâ sacrifice fly gave the Tomateros their first lead of the night at 11âÂÂ10. In the bottom of the 10th, Jalisco managed to load the bases with two out, then Tomateros closer Lupe Chávez threw a wild pitch that would tie the game at 11. With a base open, Mateo Gil was walked to load the bases again and against the next hitter, Bligh Madris, Chávez launched another wild pitch which would drive in Michael Wielansky for the winning run.
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