Baseball at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games
Baseball at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games | |||||||
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Venue | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín | ||||||
Dates | 8 — 21 July 1978 | ||||||
Competitors | 146 from 9 nations | ||||||
Teams | 9 | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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Baseball was contested at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games in Medellín, Colombia. The games were played at the Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, part of the Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex, between July 8 and 21. It would be the last major international baseball tournament hosted by Colombia until the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games; additionally, it is the only major baseball tournament to be played in Medellín, a region where association football has traditionally enjoyed far more popularity than baseball.
Cuba won its fourth consecutive gold medal for baseball at the Games, bringing its total to eight. The 1978 squad, which was largely the same as the squads for the 1978 Amateur World Series and 1979 Pan American Games, has been cited as the best Cuban national team selection of all time.[1]
Medalists
[edit]Results
[edit]8 July 1978 9:50 (UTC–5) |
Puerto Rico | 10 – 5 | Venezuela | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
8 July 1978 14:00 (UTC–5) |
Dominican Republic | 11 – 7 | Netherlands Antilles | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
8 July 1978 18:00 (UTC–5) |
Colombia | 5 – 11 | Cuba | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
9 July 1978 9:10 (UTC–5) |
Nicaragua | 7 – 2 | Netherlands Antilles | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
9 July 1978 12:30 (UTC–5) |
Puerto Rico | 4 – 18 (F/7) | Cuba | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
9 July 1978 14:35 (UTC–5) |
Dominican Republic | 14 – 7 | Colombia | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
10 July 1978 9:07 (UTC–5) |
Venezuela | 5 – 15 (F/7) | Cuba | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
10 July 1978 12:00 (UTC–5) |
Nicaragua | 15 – 5 | Colombia | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
10 July 1978 15:15 (UTC–5) |
Puerto Rico | 16 – 4 (F/8) | Cuba | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
11 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) |
Netherlands Antilles | 10 – 13 | Colombia | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
11 July 1978 12:30 (UTC–5) |
Venezuela | 16 – 1 (F/7) | Dominican Republic | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
11 July 1978 15:30 (UTC–5) |
Nicaragua | 7 – 2 | Puerto Rico | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
12 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) |
Cuba | 16 – 3 (F/7) | Dominican Republic | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
12 July 1978 11:43 (UTC–5) |
Netherlands Antilles | 6 – 17 (F/7) | Puerto Rico | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
12 July 1978 14:40 (UTC–5) |
Venezuela | 5 – 6 | Nicaragua | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
13 July 1978 9:10 (UTC–5) |
Netherlands Antilles | 8 – 9 | Venezuela | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
13 July 1978 12:50 (UTC–5) |
Cuba | 12 – 0 (F/7) | Nicaragua | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
13 July 1978 18:20 (UTC–5) |
Colombia | 10 – 7 | Puerto Rico | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
14 July 1978 12:00 (UTC–5) |
Dominican Republic | 2 – 13 (F/7) | Nicaragua | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
14 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) |
Colombia | 2 – 12 (F/7) | Venezuela | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
15 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) |
Venezuela | 13 – 17 | Puerto Rico | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
15 July 1978 13:50 (UTC–5) |
Netherlands Antilles | 5 – 10 | Dominican Republic | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
15 July 1978 17:15 (UTC–5) |
Cuba | 11 – 2 | Colombia | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
16 July 1978 9:10 (UTC–5) |
Netherlands Antilles | 0 – 8 | Nicaragua | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
16 July 1978 11:40 (UTC–5) |
Venezuela | 31 – 2 (F/7) | Puerto Rico | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
16 July 1978 15:00 (UTC–5) |
Colombia | 8 – 17 | Dominican Republic | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
17 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) |
Cuba | 21 – 2 (F/7) | Venezuela | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
17 July 1978 12:10 (UTC–5) |
Colombia | 7 – 11 | Nicaragua | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
17 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) |
Dominican Republic | 4 – 10 | Puerto Rico | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
18 July 1978 9:15 (UTC–5) |
Colombia | 4 – 11 | Netherlands Antilles | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
18 July 1978 12:00 (UTC–5) |
Dominican Republic | 7 – 6 | Venezuela | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
18 July 1978 16:00 (UTC–5) |
Puerto Rico | 7 – 4 | Nicaragua | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
19 July 1978 9:10 (UTC–5) |
Dominican Republic | 9 – 21 (F/7) | Cuba | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
19 July 1978 12:10 (UTC–5) |
Puerto Rico | 20 – 3 (F/7) | Netherlands Antilles | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
19 July 1978 15:10 (UTC–5) |
Nicaragua | 9 – 5 | Venezuela | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
20 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) |
Puerto Rico | 3 – 5 | Colombia | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
20 July 1978 12:00 (UTC–5) |
Nicaragua | 11 – 14 | Cuba | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
20 July 1978 15:30 (UTC–5) |
Venezuela | 12 – 1 (F/7) | Netherlands Antilles | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
21 July 1978 9:10 (UTC–5) |
Dominican Republic | 10 – 3 | Dominican Republic | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
21 July 1978 9:10 (UTC–5) |
Venezuela | 13 – 5 | Colombia | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
Source: [2]
Final standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L |
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Cuba | 10 | 0 | |
Nicaragua | 9 | 3 | |
Puerto Rico | 7 | 5 | |
4 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 7 |
5 | Venezuela | 5 | 7 |
6 | Colombia | 3 | 9 |
7 | Netherlands Antilles | 1 | 9 |
Statistical leaders
[edit]Statistic | Name | Total |
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Batting average | Antonio Muñoz | .714 |
Hits | Armando Capiro | 27 |
Runs batted in | Cheíto Rodríguez | 37 |
Home runs | Cheíto Rodríguez | 15 |
Stolen bases | Henry Jones | 3 |
Wins | 4 tied with[a] | 3 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Braudilio Vinent (CUB), Juan Olivo (CUB), Rogelio García (CUB), and Julio Moya (NIC)
References
[edit]- ^ Marino Martinez (5 September 2015). "¿Cuál fue el mejor equipo cubano de la historia en eventos internacionales?" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Herald. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Memoria de los XIII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe" (PDF). Centro Caribe Sports (in Spanish). p. 359. Retrieved 13 September 2024.