Mexico seeks to reach its first Caribbean final since 2017
Mexicali – after being on the road on his last four semifinals played, the undefeated Mexico Face Wednesday night to Puerto Rico In the second semifinal of the Caribbean Series Mexicali 2025in search of reaching its first final since 2017.
The Jalisco charroswho won their four games in the elimination round, will be the ‘Home Team’ before the Mayagüez Indiansin a scheduled match for the 7 pm local time (10 pm et per spn sports and by AM850+) at the Nest of the Eagles.
Jalisco defeated Indians in the elimination round on the first day of the series, with a score of 8-1. David Reyeswinner of that party, he will be in charge of opening again by Mexico against Puerto Rico.
Reyes launched seven tickets into four hits and a clean race (1.29 era), giving a base and struggling four. He made 77 pitching with 53 strikes. The right pitcher knows the eagles nest very well, as he launches for Mexicali eagles Since 2018.
In the 2024-2025 season of the Mexican Pacific League, Reyes ended with a mark of 8-3 and effectiveness of 1.82, while in the playoffs it was 3-1 and 2.01. In the regular role in the Eagles nest recorded 6-2 and an era of 0.86 in 63 entrances thrown, struggling at 60 and giving only 12 bases per ball for a 0.73 whip.
His rival in La Loma by Puerto Rico will be again Ronnie Williamswho in four entries tolerated four hits and three races to the Mexican team. He gave three bases with the same number of strikeouts.
Mexico finished the elimination round as a third in collective batting with .230, without home run, but with 13 stolen bases-líder-and an OBP of .313. His pitching was the best with 1.00 of effectiveness, 24 strikeouts and just 3 bases for balls granted. He had a 0.75 whip. In 36 tickets he received four races in total, all clean.
Puerto Rico had a high effectiveness of 5.14 in the four games, and although he was leader in strikeouts with 34, he gave 17 passports, the second worst figure and was the one that received the most Hits with 46. His 1.80 whip was only surpassed by the pitching from Japan with 1.90.
In batting, he only exceeded the eliminated Japan with .205, was a home run with two, the worst in hits together with Japan Breeze With 26 and only got a base theft. His OBP was .273.
Mexico, to cut without endless drought in the Caribbean series
After reaching the final in the first five years since it was established in 2013, and win Previous appointment from the final from 2020 to 2023.
This is the second time that it comes undefeated to the semifinal, emulating the feat of the Mazatlan deer of 2016. Not only conquered the last Mexico Championship, but made history as the only Mexican team that has won him undefeated.
The charros, who play their third series of the Caribbean, advanced semifinals for the second time, after losing in 2022 before Cibao giants 2-1, directed that time by Roberto Vizcarra. In 2019 they were eliminated in the first round by the tiebreaker criteria when there are 2-2.
The manager Benjamín Gil He will play his fourth semifinal and seeks to reach his second final in five Caribbean classics. In 2015 he won the only semifinal to Cibao 5-4 giants and fell in the 3-2 final against the Cuban team, the Pinar del Río vegueros.
Then he was eliminated in consecutive years in the semifinal, when 1-0 fell to the Venezuelan ninth Cardinals of Lara In 2020 and 2-1 in front of the Puerto Rican team Caguas Creoles.
Puerto Rico, for whom Wilfredo “Coco” Cordero He directs in his first Caribbean series, disputes his first semifinal in four years, after being out in the elimination round in 2022 to 2024.
It will be the seventh semifinal of the Caribbean series for the Puerto Ricans in history, winning in that phase in 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2021, but losing in 2016 and 2020.
