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{{Short description|Nicaraguan baseball team}}
{{Infobox baseball team
| name            = Tigres de Chinandega
| established     = 
| disbanded       = 
| city            = [[Chinandega|Chinandega, Nicaragua]]
| logo            = Tigres Chinandega crest.png
| cap_logo        = Tigres de Chinandega logo.png
| logo_alt        = 
| logo_caption    = 
| league          = [[Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League]]
| nickname        =
| former_names    = 
| ballpark        = Estadio Efraín Tijerino
| league_champ_type = 
| league_champs   = '''4''' (2005–06, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18)
| series          = Latin American Series
| series_champs   = '''2''' ([[2017 Latin American Series|2017]], [[2018 Latin American Series|2018]])
| colors          = Blue, gold, white, black<br /> {{color box|#013BC6}} {{color box|#FDB827}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} {{color box|#000000}}
}}
The '''Tigres de Chinandega''' (English: ''Chinandega Tigers'') are a [[baseball]] club that competes in the [[Nicaragua Professional Baseball League]] (LPBN), representing the city of [[Chinandega]]. The team has won the league championship four times, in 2006, 2012, 2017, and most recently in 2018. Tigres play their home games at Estadio Efraín Tijerino, which seats 9,000 people.

The team has also won two championships while playing in the Nicaraguan [[amateur baseball]] league, the [[Germán Pomares Championship|Germán Pomares Ordóñez First Division]] ({{langx|es|Campeonato Nacional de Béisbol Superior Germán Pomares Ordoñez|link=no}}), in 1971 and 1974.

Tigres won their second championship in 2013 and went on to participate in the [[2013 Latin American Series]] held in [[Veracruz (city)|Veracruz]], where they finished as runners-up with 2 wins and 1 loss. They returned to the tournament in [[2017 Latin American Series|2017]], where they won their first international title, defeating Colombia's [[Leones de Barranquilla|Leones de Montería]] 4–0 in the final.<ref> [http://www.lcbp.com.co/2016/articulos/311-tigres-de-chinandega-de-nicaragua-campeon-de-la-serie-latinoaericana-2017 TIGRES DE CHINANDEGA DE NICARAGUA CAMPEÓN DE LA SERIE LATINOAMERICANA 2017.] </ref> Tigres won again in the [[2018 Latin American Series|2018 edition]], making them the winningest team in [[Latin American Series]] history after the tournament was suspended in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lbpn.com.ni/?p=55193 |title=Nicaragua y México a la final. |access-date=2019-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131200821/http://lbpn.com.ni/?p=55193 |archive-date=2018-01-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lbpn.com.ni/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Bateadores-y-Lanzadores-14.pdf |title=Estadísticas Finales Etapa Clasificatoria al 28 de enero 2018. |access-date=2019-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204410/http://lbpn.com.ni/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Bateadores-y-Lanzadores-14.pdf |archive-date=2018-01-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== International competition ==
=== Latin American Series ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Year
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Venue
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Finish
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Wins
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Losses
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Win%
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Manager
|- style="background:silver;"
| [[2013 Latin American Series|2013]] || align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Veracruz]] || 2nd || 3 || 1 || {{winpct|3|1}} || align=left| {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Germán Mesa]]
|- style="background:gold;"
| [[2017 Latin American Series|2017]] || align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Montería]] || 1st || 3 || 1 || {{winpct|3|1}} || align=left| {{flagicon|PAN}} [[Len Picota]]
|- style="background:gold;"
| [[2018 Latin American Series|2018]] || align=left| {{flagicon|NIC}} [[Managua]] || 1st || 4 || 0 || {{winpct|3|0}} || align=left| {{flagicon|PAN}} [[Len Picota]]
|- style="text-align:center; background-color:#000000; color:#FDB827;"
| colspan="3" | '''Total''' || '''9''' || '''2''' || '''{{winpct|9|2}}''' ||
|}

=== Baseball Champions League Americas ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Year
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Venue
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Finish
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Wins
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Losses
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Win%
!scope="col" style="background-color:#013BC6; color:#FDB827;" | Manager
|- 
| [[2025 Baseball Champions League Americas|2025]] || align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico City]] || 5th || 1 || 2 || {{winpct|1|2|}} || align=left| {{flagicon|NIC}} [[Sandor Guido]]
|- style="text-align:center; background-color:#000000; color:#FDB827;"
| colspan="3" | '''Total''' || '''1''' || '''2''' || '''{{winpct|1|2|}}''' ||
|}

== Roster ==
{{baseball tournament roster
| TeamName = Tigres de Chinandega
| BC1 = #013BC6
| BC2 = black
| FC1 = #FDB827
| FC2 = #FDB827
| ActiveAlt = Players
| CoachesAlt = Coaches
| Pitchers = 
{{MLBplayer|72|Leonardo Crawford}}
{{MLBplayer|77|Jesus Garrido}}
{{MLBplayer|44|Yeris Gonzalez}}
{{MLBplayer|41|Osman Gutierrez}}
{{MLBplayer|96|Santos Jarquin}}
{{MLBplayer|55|Walter Lopez}}
{{MLBplayer|36|[[Ronald Medrano]]}}
{{MLBplayer|32|Dilmer Mejia}}
{{MLBplayer|31|Angel Obando}}
{{MLBplayer|66|[[J. C. Ramírez]]}}
{{MLBplayer|30|Luis Somarriba}}
{{MLBplayer|78|Bryan Torres}}
{{MLBplayer|88|Axel Zapata}}

| Catchers = 
{{MLBplayer|24|Rodolfo Bone}}
{{MLBplayer|20|Marlon Diaz}}
{{MLBplayer|23|Ronald Rivera}}

| Infielders = 
{{MLBplayer|&nbsp;1|Benjamin Alegria}}
{{MLBplayer|&nbsp;5|[[Brandon Leyton]]}}
{{MLBplayer|34|Jesus Lopez}}
{{MLBplayer|&nbsp;4|Odlanyer Matamoros}}
{{MLBplayer|11|Bryan Munguia}}
{{MLBplayer|&nbsp;6|Saul Orozco}}
{{MLBplayer|18|Emanuel Trujillo}}

| Outfielders = 
{{MLBplayer|45|Omar Mendoza}}
{{MLBplayer|22|Isaac Mondragon}}
{{MLBplayer|99|[[Juan Montes (baseball)|Juan Montes]]}}

| DH =
{{MLBplayer|28|Elian Miranda}}

| Manager = 
{{MLBplayer|&nbsp;7|[[Sandor Guido]]}}
| Coaches =
{{MLBplayer|&nbsp;2|Adolfo Matamoros}} <small>(1st base)</small>
{{MLBplayer|&nbsp;8|Nery Colmenares}} <small>(3rd base)</small>
{{MLBplayer|27|Prospero González}} <small>(Bench)</small>
{{MLBplayer|46|[[Oswaldo Mairena]]}} <small>(Pitching)</small>
}}

==References==
<references/>

{{Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League}}

[[Category:Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League]]


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