The New York-Penn League (NYPL) playoffs start tonight. Minor League baseball is the best entertainment value in America! The schedule and format are outlined below.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016: State College Spikes at the Staten Island Yankees and the Hudson Valley Renegades at the Lowell Spinners.
Thursday, September 8, 2016 schedule: Staten Island Yankees at the State College Spikes and the Lowell Spinners at the Hudson Valley Renegades.
The format for the playoffs is as follows:
The three Divisional Champions (State College Spikes, Lowell
Spinners, Hudson Valley Renegades) and one Wild Card (Staten Island
Yankees) will play in two separate Semi-Final Championship Series (SFS).
The
Wild Card (Staten Island Yankees) play the Division Champion with the
best won/lost percentage (State College Spikes) in one SFS; and the
other two Division Champions (Lowell Spinners and Hudson Valley
Renegades) play each other in the other SFS.
The
Division Champion (State College Spikes) playing the Wild Card (Staten
Island Yankees) will host SFS Game 2 and SFS Game 3 (with the Wild Card
hosting SFS Game 1) in their series; and in the series between the other
two Division Champions, the Division Champion with the best won/lost
percentage (Hudson Valley Renegades) will host SFS Game 2 and SFS Game 3
with the other Division Champion (Lowell Spinners) hosting SFS Game 1)
in their series.
The Club winning two games first – in each SFS – is a SFS Champion.
League Championship Series (LCS) - Best two out of three.
The two SFS Champions will play in the League Championship Series (LCS).
The
Division Champion with the best won/lost percentage will host LCS Game 2
and LCS Game 3 (with the other Division Champion or the Wild Card
hosting LCS Game 1).
The Club winning two games first is the League Champion.
More information regarding the the NYPL playoffs is available at the NYPL website.
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