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Harrisburg, Hagerstown seek playoff clinchers, Potomac opens Mills Cup finals
By Byron Kerr
Harrisburg, Hagerstown seek playoff clinchers, Potomac opens Mills Cup finals
By Byron Kerr
Several Nationals farm teams are playing big postseason contests this evening.
Double-A Harrisburg dropped the Erie SeaWolves 4-1 in Game 3 of the best-of-five Western Division championship series in the Eastern League Friday.
Nathan Karns fired seven shutout innings for the win.
Game 4 is tonight at 7 p.m. at Metro Bank Park. The Senators advance to the finals with a series-clinching victory tonight.
High Single-A Potomac opens the Mills Cup championship tonight in Woodbridge, Va., against the Salem Red Sox.
The P-Nats dropped Lynchburg 3-2 on a walk-off, game-winning RBI single by recently called up outfielder Will Piwnica-Worms in the bottom of the ninth. The P-Nats swept the series 2-0.
Potomac is going after its first Carolina League championship since the 2010 season. The P-Nats are making their first playoff appearance since 201 and have won four Mills Cup titles all-time.
Game 1 of the Mills Cup championship series will be played at Pfitzner Stadium tonight at 6:35 p.m. The P-Nats will host the first two games of the series.
Low Single-A Hagerstown lost 6-3 to West Virginia in 11 innings Friday, which evened their series at one game apiece in the best-of-three Northern Division series.
The Suns and Power go at it in Game 3 tonight. The winner-take-all finale is at 7:05 p.m. at Municipal Stadium. Left-hander Kylin Turnbull (6-5, 3.58) faces right-hander Luis Heredia (7-3, 3.05) for West Virginia.
