For the first time the “Astros Valencia” have won the championship in the Spanish Division de Honor. On Saturday they defeated CB “Viladecans” 10-0 and 13-3 on the last game day of the 2016 season to defend first place in the standings.

Last year’s champion “Tenerife Marlins” finished with the same 24-4 record after 6-2 and 6-0 wins over CD “Pamplona”. However “Tenerife” has lost the tiebreaker against the “Astros”. The season series between the two teams ended also with a tie 2-2, but while the “Marlins” captured their two wins with three runs difference overall, “Valencia” won by a combined 11 runs.

It’s the first time in the history that the “Astros” have won the title and the first time since the “Piratas de Madrid” in 1981 that a team not based in Barcelona or Tenerife has won the Spanish baseball championship.

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