2021 Mexican League season

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2021 Mexican League season
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League Mexican League
Sport Baseball
Duration May 20 – September 15
Number of teams 18
Serie del Rey
Champions Toros de Tijuana
  Runners-up Leones de Yucatán
Finals MVP Efrén Navarro
LMB seasons
← 2020

The 2021 Mexican League season was the 96th season in the history of the Mexican League. The league was contested by 18 teams, evenly divided in North and South zones. The season started on 20 May with the series between Sultanes de Monterrey and Acereros de Monclova and ended on 15 September with the last game of the Serie del Rey, where Toros de Tijuana defeated Leones de Yucatán to win the championship.[1][2]

Two new teams joined the league for this season: Mariachis de Guadalajara and El Águila de Veracruz.[3]

Standings

Postseason

 
First round Zone Series Championship Series Serie del Rey
 
                           
 
North
 
 
Mariachis de Guadalajara 4
 
 
 
Algodoneros de Unión Laguna 3
 
Mariachis de Guadalajara 4
 
 
Rieleros de Aguascalientes 2
 
 
 
 
 
Mariachis de Guadalajara 2
 
 
 
Toros de Tijuana 4
 
Toros de Tijuana 4
 
 
 
Rieleros de Aguascalientes 3
 
Toros de Tijuana 4
 
 
 
Acereros de Monclova 1
 
Saraperos de Saltillo 1
 
 
 
Acereros de Monclova 4
 
Toros de Tijuana 4
 
South
 
Leones de Yucatán 3
 
Diablos Rojos del México 4
 
 
 
Tigres de Quintana Roo 1
 
Diablos Rojos del México 4
 
 
El Águila de Veracruz 1
 
 
 
 
 
Diablos Rojos del México 1
 
 
 
Leones de Yucatán 4
 
Olmecas de Tabasco 4
 
 
 
Pericos de Puebla 1
 
Olmecas de Tabasco 1
 
 
 
Leones de Yucatán 4
 
Leones de Yucatán 4
 
 
El Águila de Veracruz 2
 

First round

Mariachis de Guadalajara won the series, 4–3.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 August 7 Unión Laguna – 4, Guadalajara13 Estadio Panamericano 3:36 3,099 
2 August 8 Unión Laguna – 3, Guadalajara7 Estadio Panamericano 3:32 2,863 
3 August 10 Guadalajara12, Unión Laguna – 3 Estadio Revolución 3:51 5,747 
4 August 11 Guadalajara – 2, Unión Laguna10 Estadio Revolución 3:54 4,825 
5 August 12 Guadalajara – 4, Unión Laguna5 Estadio Revolución 3:34 5,023 
6 August 14 Unión Laguna13, Guadalajara – 11 Estadio Panamericano 4:43 3,321 
7 August 15 Unión Laguna – 2, Guadalajara7 Estadio Panamericano 3:40 2,299

Toros de Tijuana won the series, 4–3.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 August 7 Aguascalientes6, Tijuana – 1 Estadio Chevron 3:00 7,101 
2 August 8 Aguascalientes – 4, Tijuana8 Estadio Chevron 3:21 6,031 
3 August 10 Tijuana – 5, Aguascalientes6 Parque Alberto Romo Chávez 3:46 3,489 
4 August 11 Tijuana – 4, Aguascalientes5 Parque Alberto Romo Chávez 3:53 3,233 
5 August 12 Tijuana5, Aguascalientes – 0 Parque Alberto Romo Chávez 3:00 2,784 
6 August 14 Aguascalientes – 4, Tijuana5 Estadio Chevron 4:32 11,986 
7 August 15 Aguascalientes – 4, Tijuana6 Estadio Chevron 3:47 12,021

Acereros de Monclova won the series, 4–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 August 7 Monclova5, Saltillo – 4 Estadio de Béisbol Francisco I. Madero 3:43 5,162 
2 August 8 Monclova – 2, Saltillo4 Estadio de Béisbol Francisco I. Madero 3:02 5,780 
3 August 10 Saltillo – 3, Monclova6 Estadio de Béisbol Monclova 3:41 5,366 
4 August 11 Saltillo – 2, Monclova3 Estadio de Béisbol Monclova 3:11 5,413 
5 August 12 Saltillo – 1, Monclova3 (10 inn.) Estadio de Béisbol Monclova 3:14 5,942

Diablos Rojos del México won the series, 4–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 August 7 Quintana Roo12, México – 2 Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú 3:26 5,276 
2 August 8 Quintana Roo – 5, México7 Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú 3:27 6,195 
3 August 10 México9, Quintana Roo – 0 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 3:06 2,227 
4 August 11 México3, Quintana Roo – 0 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 3:26 1,928 
5 August 12 México8, Quintana Roo – 4 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 3:46 1,521

Olmecas de Tabasco won the series, 4–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 August 7 Puebla2, Tabasco – 1 Estadio Centenario 27 de Febrero 4:07 2,236 
2 August 8 Puebla – 1, Tabasco3 Estadio Centenario 27 de Febrero 3:04 2,370 
3 August 10 Tabasco14, Puebla – 12 Estadio Hermanos Serdán 3:43 2,230 
4 August 11 Tabasco8, Puebla – 3 Estadio Hermanos Serdán 3:55 2,432 
5 August 12 Tabasco7, Puebla – 4 Estadio Hermanos Serdán 3:28 2,133

Leones de Yucatán won the series, 4–2.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 August 7 Veracruz – 3, Yucatán15 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 3:36 3,476 
2 August 8 Veracruz8, Yucatán – 3 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 3:47 3,889 
3 August 10 Yucatán7, Veracruz – 6 Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila 4:05 2,180 
4 August 11 Yucatán11, Veracruz – 3 Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila 3:54 2,043 
5 August 12 Yucatán – 8, Veracruz9 Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila 4:22 1,789 
6 August 14 Veracruz – 1, Yucatán5 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 2:51 4,108

Zone Series

Mariachis de Guadalajara won the series, 4–2.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 August 17 Aguascalientes – 7, Guadalajara14 Estadio Panamericano 4:05 2,315 
2 August 18 Aguascalientes – 7, Guadalajara8 Estadio Panamericano 4:18 2,672 
3 August 20 Guadalajara9, Aguascalientes – 6 Parque Alberto Romo Chávez 4:17 4,350 
4 August 21 Guadalajara – 7, Aguascalientes9 Parque Alberto Romo Chávez 3:45 1,915 
5 August 22 Guadalajara – 6, Aguascalientes9 Parque Alberto Romo Chávez 3:27 1,755 
6 August 24 Aguascalientes – 3, Guadalajara10 Estadio Panamericano 4:18 3,419

Toros de Tijuana won the series, 4–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 August 17 Monclova – 5, Tijuana10 Estadio Chevron 3:57 8,827 
2 August 18 Monclova – 3, Tijuana4 Estadio Chevron 3:16 9,073 
3 August 20 Tijuana5, Monclova – 4 Estadio de Béisbol Monclova 3:41 5,950 
4 August 21 Tijuana – 3, Monclova5 Estadio de Béisbol Monclova 3:17 5,950 
5 August 22 Tijuana10, Monclova – 3 Estadio de Béisbol Monclova 3:40 5,850

Diablos Rojos del México won the series, 4–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 August 17 Veracruz – 3, México9 Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú 3:33 4,105 
2 August 18 Veracruz – 9, México14 Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú 4:12 5,658 
3 August 21 México2, Veracruz – 0 Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila 3:26 2,579 
4 August 22 México – 0, Veracruz3 Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila 2:47 1,703 
5 August 23 México5, Veracruz – 2 Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila 3:21 3,000

Leones de Yucatán won the series, 4–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 August 17 Yucatán – 6, Tabasco7 Estadio Centenario 27 de Febrero 4:27 1,613 
2 August 18 Yucatán3, Tabasco – 0 Estadio Centenario 27 de Febrero 3:24 1,655 
3 August 20 Tabasco – 2, Yucatán4 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 4:53 4,467 
4 August 21 Tabasco – 1, Yucatán5 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 3:02 5,238 
5 August 22 Tabasco – 0, Yucatán3 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 3:07 5,683

Championship Series

Toros de Tijuana won the series, 4–2.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 August 27 Tijuana4, Guadalajara – 3 Estadio Panamericano 3:56 4,438 
2 August 28 Tijuana11, Guadalajara – 9 Estadio Panamericano 4:59 4,384 
3 August 30 Guadalajara4, Tijuana – 3 Estadio Chevron 4:02 14,896 
4 August 31 Guadalajara – 3, Tijuana7 Estadio Chevron 3:02 14,921 
5 September 1 Guadalajara12, Tijuana – 5 Estadio Chevron 3:35 14,902 
6 September 3 Tijuana5, Guadalajara – 4 Estadio Panamericano 3:02 4,000

Leones de Yucatán won the series, 4–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 August 27 Yucatán7, México – 6 Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú 3:45 8,426 
2 August 28 Yucatán6, México – 4 Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú 3:40 8,746 
3 August 30 México – 3, Yucatán5 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 2:58 6,460 
4 August 31 México6, Yucatán – 4 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 3:35 6,460 
5 September 1 México – 7, Yucatán9 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 4:20 6,460

Serie del Rey

Summary

Toros de Tijuana won the series, 4–3.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 September 6 Yucatán7, Tijuana – 3 Estadio Chevron 3:39 14,297 
2 September 7 Yucatán7, Tijuana – 1 Estadio Chevron 3:17 14,989 
3 September 9 Tijuana – 0, Yucatán2 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 2:48 6,460 
4 September 11 Tijuana6, Yucatán – 2 Parque Kukulcán Alamo 3:34 6,460 
5 September 12 Tijuana4, Yucatán – 3 (11 inn.) Parque Kukulcán Alamo 5:02 6,460 
6 September 14 Yucatán – 3, Tijuana10 Estadio Chevron 3:27 16,998 
7 September 15 Yucatán – 0, Tijuana3 Estadio Chevron 3:33 17,687

Game summaries

Game 1
6 September 2021 7:22 p.m. (UTC–7) at Estadio Chevron in Tijuana, Baja California, 23 °C, clear
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yucatán 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 7 9 2
Tijuana 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 9 0
WP: Radhames Liz (1–0)   LP: Mike Devine (0–1)
Home runs:
YUC: Sebastián Valle (1)
TIJ: None
Attendance: 14,297
Boxscore
Game 2
7 September 2021 7:06 p.m. (UTC–7) at Estadio Chevron in Tijuana, Baja California, 23 °C
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yucatán 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 7 10 0
Tijuana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
WP: Yoanner Negrín (1–0)   LP: Carlos Hernández (0–1)
Home runs:
YUC: Yadir Drake (1)
TIJ: None
Attendance: 14,989
Boxscore
Game 3
9 September 2021 8:16 p.m. (UTC–5) at Parque Kukulcán Alamo in Mérida, Yucatán, 26 °C, partly cloudy
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tijuana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Yucatán 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 5 0
WP: Jake Thompson (1–0)   LP: Joe Van Meter (0–1)   Sv: Josh Lueke (1)
Attendance: 6,460
Boxscore
Game 4
11 September 2021 6:01 p.m. (UTC–5) at Parque Kukulcán Alamo in Mérida, Yucatán, 29 °C, partly cloudy
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tijuana 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 6 14 1
Yucatán 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 5 0
WP: Teddy Stankiewicz (1–0)   LP: Casey Harman (0–1)
Home runs:
TIJ: Efrén Navarro (1)
YUC: None
Attendance: 6,460
Boxscore
Game 5
12 September 2021 6:01 p.m. (UTC–5) at Parque Kukulcán Alamo in Mérida, Yucatán, 33 °C, partly cloudy
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Tijuana 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 2
Yucatán 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 2
WP: Fernando Rodney (1–0)   LP: Manuel Chávez (0–1)
Home runs:
TIJ: Leandro Castro (1), Luis Cruz (1)
YUC: None
Attendance: 6,460
Boxscore
Game 6
14 September 2021 7:05 p.m. (UTC–7) at Estadio Chevron in Tijuana, Baja California, 23 °C, clear
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yucatán 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
Tijuana 0 0 0 5 3 0 2 0 X 10 12 0
WP: Michael Tonkin (1–0)   LP: Yoanner Negrín (1–1)
Home runs:
YUC: None
TIJ: Luis Cruz (1)
Attendance: 16,998
Boxscore
Game 7
15 September 2021 7:04 p.m. (UTC–7) at Estadio Chevron in Tijuana, Baja California, 21 °C, clear
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yucatán 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Tijuana 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3 10 1
WP: Teddy Stankiewicz (2–0)   LP: Jake Thompson (1–1)   Sv: Fernando Rodney (1)
Home runs:
YUC: None
TIJ: Peter O'Brien (1)
Attendance: 17,687
Boxscore

Managerial changes

Offseason

Team Former manager Reason for leaving New manager Ref.
Diablos Rojos del México Mexico Sergio Gastélum Fired Mexico Miguel Ojeda [5]

In season

Team Former manager Interim manager Reason for leaving New manager Ref.
Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos Mexico Pablo Ortega N/A Fired Dominican Republic Rafael Rijo [6]
Sultanes de Monterrey Mexico Homar Rojas Mexico Sergio Gastélum [7]
Pericos de Puebla Mexico Carlos Gastélum Mexico Gerardo Sánchez [8]
Tigres de Quintana Roo Mexico Adán Muñoz Mexico Óscar Robles [9]
Toros de Tijuana Venezuela Omar Vizquel Mexico Homar Rojas [10]
Leones de Yucatán Mexico Gerónimo Gil Mexico Francisco Rodríguez Puerto Rico Luis Matos [11]

League leaders

Milestones

Pitchers

No-hitters

  • Dylan Unsworth (VER): On 28 May, Unsworth threw his first no-hitter in the Mexican League by defeating the Diablos Rojos del México 8–0.[13]

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