2013 South American Championship

The 2013 South American Championship was the third South American Championship in a row won by Argentina, their best run ever. The event was held from September 14 to September 21 in Santiago, Chile.

Argentina was 4-1 in the round-robin, with a 62-26 run differential, then beat Ecuador 4-2 in the semifinals. In the finale, they trailed 1-0 to Brazil and Romulo Shindo entering the 9th and were down to their last strike. With two outs, Lucas Nakandakare reached and Exequiel Talevi (Argentina's youngest player) pinch-ran. He stole, then scored on a hit by Martín Mondino. Ezequiel Cufré worked the first 8 innings for Argentina before Guido Monis took over. In the 10th, Jean Tomé relieved Shindo. With two outs, Juan Pablo Angrisano and Juan Martín got aboard and both would score to win it. Mondino was named tourney MVP, Angrisano had the best average, Gabriel Sansó led in doubles, Eduardo Zurbriggen led in home runs and Guillermo Gardel struck out the most batters.

Brazil went 5-0 in the round-robin with a 48-11 run differential and crushed the hosts 9-1 in the semifinals before fading at the end of the Gold Medal game.

Ecuador was 3-2 in the round-robin (59 R, 35 RA) and Chile was 2-3 (21 R, 37 RA; only losing 3-2 to Brazil). The Bronze Medal Game between the two was rained out.