2021 Caribbean Baseball Cup

The 2021 Caribbean Baseball Cup was originally slated to be the first international baseball tournament after the COVID-19 had wiped out events in 2020, with 9 teams in two brackets in April 2021 in Willemstad, Curacao. It was delayed due to a surge in COVID cases, though, and wound up being held with four teams in June and July. It was the third Caribbean Baseball Cup.

June 26

•  Cuba 14,  Curaçao 7. Santiago Torres goes 5 for 5 and hits for the cycle while Andrys Pérez drives in five. For the hosts, Ruderly Manuel takes the loss.
•  Peru 13,  United States Virgin Islands 3. Peru routs the defending third-place team. Juan Casas is the winning pitcher and also drives in four.

June 27

•  Curaçao 19,  United States Virgin Islands 0. Roderick Bernadina hits a grand slam and Jordan Lucas gets the win.
•  Cuba 9,  Peru 1. Tourney MVP Pavel Quesada drives in four runs for the victors.

June 28

•  Curaçao 17,  Peru 2. The hosts pull off another rout as Riordan Windster hits both a 2-run shot and a 3-run blast. Nelmerson Angela gets the win. Roberto Ayarza's homer is a bright spot for Peru.
• COVID again hits the tournament, as Cuba gets six positive cases (3 players, 1 coach, 2 staff) causing them to enter quarantine and cancelling today's game with the US Virgin Islands.

June 30

•  Cuba 7,  Curaçao 0. Cuba returns to action with a shutout win.
•  United States Virgin Islands 10,  Peru 5. The Virgin Islanders get their first win then did not show up for any other games due to injuries and other commitments. Jahleel Sewer hits two homers and drives in four.

July 1

•  Curaçao 18,  Peru 0. Stephan Vidal and Phildrick Lewellyn homer for the home team as they romp past Peru to go to the finals. Peru gets one-hit, Yun Contreras getting their lone safety.

July 2

•  Cuba 13,  Peru 0.

July 3

•  Curaçao 4,  Cuba 3. Having been blown out twice by Cuba, Curacao gets revenge in the finale with an upset win. Stephan Vidal doubled twice and scored twice to back the pitching of Ruderly Manuel.

Rosters

Cuba

• Pablo Alberto Civil, Manager
• César García, P
• Dariel Fernández, P
• Frank Madan, P
• Marlon Vega, P
• Naykel Cruz, P
• Renner Rivero, P
• Yadián Martínez, P
• Yander Guevara, P
• Pavel Hernández, P
• Jonathan Carbó, P
• Andrys Pérez, C
• Osvaldo Vázquez, C
• Luis Enrique Gómez, C
• Guillermo García, IF
• Jefferson Delgado, IF
• Santiago Torres, IF
• Osvaldo Abreu, IF
• Pavel Quesada, IF
• Juan Carlos Arencibia, IF
• Yasniel González, OF
• Yosvani Peñalver, OF
• Yoelkis Guibert, OF
• Dennys Laza, OF

Curacao

• Hainley Statia, Manager
• Nelmerson Angela, P
• Jerryson Beaumont, P
• Hershelon Juliana, P
• Christopher Koeiman, P
• Shair Lacrus, P
• Frensly Leito, P
• Je-Andrick Lourens, P
• Temesh Lourens, P
• Jordan Lucas, P
• Ruderly Manuel, P
• Risandro Pastor, P
• Ildion Martina, C
• Ulrich Snijders, C
• Stephan Vidal, C
• Johnny Gregorius, IF
• Phildrick Llewellyn, IF
• Alexander Rodriguez, IF
• Darren Seferina, IF
• Riordan Windster, IF
• Arthur Bonevacia, OF
• Sherman Lacrus, OF
• Roderick Bernadina, UT
• Aldair Daal, UT
• Jowenrick Daantji, UT

Peru (incomplete)

• Juan Casas
• Yun Contreras
• Roberto Ayarza

US Virgin Islands (incomplete)

• Kyle LaMotta
• Roberto Solo
• Jahleel Sewer
• Conroy Samuel III
• Sergio Santiago

Sources include Marco Stoovelaar's site, Periodico Cubano