The Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Profesional’s round robin playoffs, which were suspended following the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro by the U.S. military during a raid on Maduro’s Caracas compound early Saturday morning, will resume on Wednesday.
Late Sunday afternoon, the league released a statement announcing the move.
“The Board of Directors of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP) informs the public that the Round Robin phase of the 2025-2026 season will resume next Wednesday, Jan. 7,” the statement, originally in Spanish, said. “The LVBP and the participating teams will also announce the revised game schedule in due course, with the aim of ensuring the smooth continuation of the competition. We thank the fans and the media for their understanding and continued support of Venezuelan professional baseball.”
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The league’s five-team, 16-game round robin playoff began on Friday evening, with the Aguilas del Zulia beating the Navegantes del Magallanes 4-3 in 10 innings, and the defending champion Cardenales de Lara beating the Caribes de Anzoategui 6-5. The Bravos de Margarita have yet to play a playoff game.
Games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday were suspended in the early afternoon each day, with the Caribes de Anzoategui scheduled to be facing the Navegantes del Magallanes at 4:30 p.m. EST Saturday in Valencia and the Aguilas del Zulia were scheduled to play the Bravos de Margarita at 6 p.m. EST in Porlamar. On Sunday, the Caribes were scheduled to face the Cardenales de Lara at 4:30 p.m. EST in Barquisimeto, and the Aguilas del Zulia were again scheduled to face the Bravos at 6 p.m. EST.
On Monday, Anzoategui was scheduled to travel to Magallanes and Lara was scheduled to travel to Margarita. Tuesday’s schedule featured Magallanes at Zulia and Lara at Margarita again.
If play resumes on Wednesday with the same schedule, Lara will travel to face Anzoategui and Magallanes will travel to face Zulia, with both games beginning at 6 p.m. EST.
