By Conor Liguori
World Baseball Network
The 2023 Caribbean Baseball Cup game schedule has been announced.
This year marks the fifth edition of the tournament. The games will be played from October 1-8 at Estadio Concepcion Perez Alberto in Fajardo and at Parque Beisbol Doble-A Emilio Huyuke Las Piedras, Puerto Rico.
The four nations participating in the Caribbean Baseball Cup are world-ranked No. 13 Puerto Rico, No. 8 Cuba, No. 27 Curacao, and the 64th-ranked U.S. Virgin Islands.
Puerto Rico defeated Cuba 9-4 in the Championship game last December at the 2022 Caribbean Baseball Cup in Nassau, Bahamas, to take home the gold. Cuba took the silver medal in 2021 and 2022, and Curacao captured the gold medal in 2022 in Willemstad, Curacao. The U.S. Virgin Islands has two bronze medals, finishing in 3rd place in 2018 and 2019.
There will be two games each day of the tournament until the final day of play on October 8. Every team will face off against one another twice in the regular round. The 3rd place game will be played on October 8 at 3:30 p.m. ET in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The championship game will follow on October 8 at 7:30 p.m., also in Fajardo.
Each team will receive a day off on Wednesday, October 4.
Below is the schedule for the 2023 Caribbean Baseball Cup in Puerto Rico.
Regular Round – October 1-7
Sunday, October 1
3:30 p.m. ET – U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Cuba – Fajardo
7:30 p.m. ET – Curacao vs. Puerto Rico – Fajardo
Monday, October 2
3:30 p.m. ET – Cuba vs. Curacao – Las Piedras
7:30 p.m. ET – Puerto Rico vs. U.S. Virgin Islands – Las Piedras
Tuesday, October 3
3:30 p.m. ET – Curacao vs. U.S. Virgin Islands – Fajardo
7:30 p.m. ET – Puerto Rico vs. Cuba – Fajardo
Wednesday, October 4
No Games Scheduled
Thursday, October 5
3:30 p.m. ET – Cuba vs. U.S. Virgin Islands – Las Piedras
7:30 p.m. ET – Puerto Rico vs. Curacao – Las Piedras
Friday, October 6
3:30 p.m. ET – Curacao vs. Cuba – Fajardo
7:30 p.m. ET – U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Puerto Rico – Fajardo
Saturday, October 7
3:30 p.m. ET – U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Curacao – Las Piedras
7:30 p.m. ET – Cuba vs. Puerto Rico – Las Piedras
Championship Day – Sunday, October 8
3:30 p.m. ET – 4th Place vs. 3rd Place – Fajardo
7:30 p.m. ET – 2nd Place vs. 1st Place – Fajardo
Below are the final results from the four previous Caribbean Baseball Cup tournaments:
2018 – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Gold Medal – Dominican Republic
Silver Medal – Curacao
Bronze Medal – U.S. Virgin Islands
2019 – Dominican Republic
Gold Medal – Dominican Republic
Silver Medal – Peru
Bronze Medal – U.S. Virgin Islands
2021 – Willemstad, Curaçao
Gold Medal – Curacao
Silver Medal – Cuba
Bronze Medal – Peru
2022 – Nassau, Bahamas
Gold Medal – Puerto Rico
Silver Medal – Cuba
Bronze Medal – Curacao