The Walk-Off Sports Report

JOHNSON CITY---  The 20th-ranked Chattanooga Mocs rallied late but fell 17-14 at ETSU Saturday night at Greene Stadium. The Mocs trailed 17-0 entering the fourth quarter yet ended the contest driving in quest of the winning or tying tally. The first drive of the fourth quarter was the offensive turning point. Nick Tiano converted a 3rd-and-18 pass to Joseph Parker for 31 yards to get the Mocs to the three. Tiano later found Bryce Nunnelly wide open in the middle of the end zone to get the visitors from the Scenic City on the scoreboard. The defense held the Bucs with a three-and-out, putting the offense back to work. A couple of strong runs by Tiano and Tyrell Price followed by a Tiano-Nunnelly connection got the Mocs into the Bucs end of the field. Two incompletions and a false start penalty made it a little dicey with a 3rd-and-15 situation. Wil Young's 14-yard catch in traffic made it fourth and a yard. Price used second effort to get the first down and keep hope alive. Th

Officials from the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp announced on Wednesday that the team and city of Jacksonville have signed a lease extension to remain at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonvile through 2033. The Jacksonville City Council approved a new lease extension for the Miami Marlins Double-A affiliate. The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville broke ground in 2001 and was opened at the beginning of the 2003 season. Since that 2003 season, the Southern League playoffs have been hosted in Jacksonville in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2017. It has been home of the Southern League Champion Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp/Suns in 2005, 2009, 2010, and 2014. They will continue to play at the stadium through at least the 2033 season. “Since assuming control of the team in 2015 it has been one of our top priorities to work on a lease extension that confirms our commitment to Jacksonville,” said Jumbo Shrimp Owner Ken Babby in the team release. “Our fans have shown incredible support and loyalty ma

CHATTANOOGA, TN. -  The Cincinnati Reds and Chattanooga Lookouts announced on Tuesday, September 25th a two-year player development contract was signed for the 2019 and 2020 season. The announcement comes after officials from the Pensacola Blue Wahoos announced on September 11th that they would terminate their PDC with the Reds making the Reds available to other teams. The Lookouts and Reds were together from 1988 to 2008 where the two combined to win one Southern League Championship in 1988. The players from the Reds will be able to build their careers in the same city as Joey Votto, Jay Bruce, Justin Turner, Edwin Encarnacion, Drew Stubbs, Adam Dunn, and others beginning in 2019. Majority of the teams who have PDC deals in place come to an end following the 2020 season. During the 11 years that the two weren't together that Lookouts were affiliated with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2009-2014) and Minnesota Twins (2015-2018). The Lookouts tallied two Southern League Championships

The Chattanooga Lookouts entered 2018 as the defending Southern League co-champions after defeating the Montgomery Biscuits in the Southern League North Division Championship Series. The Lookouts shared the title with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos after the Southern League Championship Series was canceled due to Hurricane Irma. The Lookouts failed to gain an opportunity to defend that title after finishing third in the first-half and fifth in the second-half. The season finished with a 62-72 win-loss record which netted their first last-place finish in the North Division since 2013. Koelle - Chattanooga Lookouts Looking to Avoid First Last Place Finish Since 2013 Christian Koelle caught up with Hardball Capital CEO Jason Freier, owner of the Chattanooga Lookouts, to speak about the future of the Lookouts in Chattanooga and the successes of the 2018 season. 2018 was Freier's fourth year over the Chattanooga Lookouts and was the fourth year of the Minnesota/Chattanooga Player Devel

The Chattanooga Mocs are off to a hot start following their victory against the Samford Bulldogs on Saturday Night. The Mocs kept the Samford offense from breaking through to the end zone during the first quarter and scored often throughout the remainder of the game earn a 4-0 record. Bryce Nunnelly started off the scoring for the Mocs with a 55-yard pass from Nick Tiano who would break through and put the Mocs on the board 6-0. A successful P.A.T put the Mocs up 7-0 early. The Mocs would tack on two more touchdowns (and extra points) before the Samford Bulldogs were able to tack on their first points of the night. Samford's DeMarcus Ware pushed through the defense to give Samford their first touchdown of the evening but they would still trail the Mocs 17-10 heading into halftime. The Mocs defense was strong in the third quarter holding Samford to a lone field goal with 08:42 remaining in the third. Chattanooga would tack on one more touchdown and a field goal in the third to

Three teams in the Southern League are testing the waters in the form of Player Development Contracts for 2019 and beyond. Per the Pensacola News Journal , the Blue Wahoos have become the newest free agent in PDC's after terminating their affiliation contract with the Cincinnati Reds on September 11th, a deal was slated to end this year. With the announcement that the Blue Wahoos will be searching for a new PDC, five teams are on the board. The Chattanooga Lookouts, a fellow Southern League team, have yet to announce an extension with the Minnesota Twins. The four year deal with the Twins came to a close this season making the Twins an option for the Blue Wahoos. One of the other options comes after the San Antonio Missions moved to AAA with the Milwaukee Brewers. This leaves the San Diego Padres without an AA organization. Two other teams in Double-A baseball have uncertain futures with their PDC. The Chicago Cubs have yet to sign an extension with the Tennessee Smokies, a rel

MARTIN, Tenn.---The Chattanooga Mocs got off to a hot start then held off host UT Martin 34-24 at Graham Stadium Saturday afternoon. The Mocs used timely offense and opportunistic defense to build a lead they’d not relinquished. Tyrell Price amassed 118 yards with two touchdowns, while Nick Tiano threw for 208 yards and two scores. Victor Ulmo accounted for the remaining six points with field goals of 31 and 25 yards. The Mocs scored 20 unanswered to open the contest. Ulmo’s two boots rotated with two Will Young touchdown receptions. The first, from 11 yards out, came in traffic as he corralled the Tiano offering in the center of the end zone. He completed the duet of scores with a 14-yard strike late in the second quarter to build the lead to 20-0. Both touchdown scores came off big plays by the secondary. Brandon Dowdell’s interception provided a short field at the 17. Kareem Orr throttled a Skyhawks drive deep in UTC territory with a pick at the one returning it out to the 30.

The Generals defeated the Biloxi Shuckers 3-2 on Saturday Night en-route to their third Southern League Championship in team history. The Generals went 3-1 in the Southern League Championship Series to pick up the series victory against the Biloxi Shuckers. The Generals defeated the Montgomery Biscuits in the Southern League North Division Championship Series for a spot in the SLCS for the first time since their 2016 Championship victory. Much like Friday nights game, Jackson packed on some runs early. Kevin Medrano kept up his very strong postseason performance with a two-run home run in the first inning, his fifth of 2018 and 13th of his minor league career. That home-run put Jackson up two runs but the Biloxi Shuckers weren't going down that easy. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Tony Stokes Jr. knocked a home-run over the left-center field wall making it 2-1. Stokes would cross home plate again in the sixth inning after Keston Hiura singled a ground ball to center field

The Jackson Generals are within reach of their second Southern League Championship in four years after their victory in Game 3 Friday Night. The Generals packed on a pretty sizeable lead and then successfully defended that lead from a late-game charge by the Shuckers. Here is how the cookie crumbled in Biloxi, Mississippi. A single by Kevin Medrano scored Galli Cribbs putting the Generals up 1-0 in the third. Following that, Jackson would pack on eight more runs over the span of four innings. A little breath of air would come out of the Shuckers as Max McDowell hit a double scoring Blake Allemand and Weston Wilson knocking off two runs of, at the time, an eight-run lead by the Generals. Jackson pulled a little more life out of the Shuckers in the eighth putting on four more runs making it 12-2. A distance in which Jackson felt was an insurance lead but Biloxi was out to prove them wrong and knock them down run-by-run. Wilson knocked a double to score Keston Hiura knocking one off

On Wednesday Night, the Jackson Generals evened up the Southern League Championship Series at one game apiece with their victory against the Biloxi Shuckers. The Jackson bullpen was able to keep the scoring down to a minimal, in fact, Biloxi was only able to score in the first inning. Corey Ray scored on a single by Keston Hiura putting Biloxi up 1-0. Troy Stokes Jr. scored after Lucas Erceg was walked making it 2-0 and then when Blake Allemand grounded a double play, Trent Grisham scored making it 3-0 but the Generals held the Shuckers to just three runs in that ending.  The Generals scoring began in the bottom of the first when Ben DeLuzio scored on a single by Marty Herum knocking one run off the three-run deficit. Another one-run inning in the bottom of the second put the game within striking distance of tying the game, just that wasn't where the Generals were going to stop.  The Jackson Generals tied up the game in the third and packed on two more runs to make the

The Southern League Championship Series kicked off on Tuesday Night in Jackson, Tennessee. The Biloxi Shuckers, who had an extra day off, traveled to Jackson to face off against the Jackson Generals. The Generals had clinched their championship spot a day after the Shuckers in a dominant performance in Game 5 of the North Division Championship Series. Biloxi's offense scored early and often while their defense kept the Generals from mounting any runs in the nine-inning shutout. Biloxi scored seven times during the game to earn the first of three necessary victories in the series.  Southern League MVP Corey Ray was the first player to cross the plate after a double by Troy Stokes Jr. On a passed ball, Stokes scored putting the Shuckers up 2-0 in the first inning. Jackson posted some strong defense until the sixth inning when Biloxi added on three more runs. One more run was added in the eighth and then in the ninth, Dillon Thomas knocked his first home run of 2018 and 25th o

The Chattanooga Mocs secured the victory in overtime on Saturday against The Citadel. Four quarters weren't enough for the two to battle as the fans in attendance in Charleston, South Carolina got extra football. The Mocs came back to score eight points in overtime to earn their second straight victory of 2018. UTC kicked off the scoring with eight minutes remaining in the first quarter. A 76-yard pass by Bryce Nunnelly to Nick Tiano put Chattanooga on the board 6-0 and with a successful extra point, Chattanooga held a 7-0 lead. Another touchdown and extra point put UTC up 14-0. The UTC defense kept The Citadel out of the end zone at the end of the first quarter. The defense wasn't as successful in the second quarter as The Citadel put up 14 points while Chattanooga was held to a sole touchdown and extra point making it 21-14 as the two teams entered the third quarter. During the third quarter, the defense of The Citadel was able to hold off the Chattanooga Mocs as they fai

The Birmingham Barons ended a two-year long streak of finishing last in the North Division this season. Despite not contending for the championship, 2018 was still a strong season filled with positives for the Barons to take into the 2019 season. One of the things that have helped the Barons as an organization that took time to develop was the "high-caliber prospects". The team has nabbed some of the higher end prospects which have created a well-balanced team with some standout prospects.  "Two years ago the White Sox made a commitment to trading veteran players for high-caliber prospects, in addition, continuing to draft highly rated amateur players," Barons General Manager Jonathan Nelson told The Walk-Off Sports Report.  "This commitment has been evident here in Birmingham on the field and across all levels of the White Sox organization. In 2018 fans in Birmingham witnessed one of the top prospects in all of Minor League Baseball in Eloy Jimenez along wit

The Jackson Generals dominated the Montgomery Biscuits in Game Five of the Southern League North Division Championship Series on Sunday Night. The victory puts the Jackson Generals in the playoffs for the second time in three years and marks the teams' fourth championship appearance since 2000. The Generals, who were previously the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx, have won the Southern League Championship twice since 2000 most recently in 2016. The Generals road to dominance in Game Five began in the first inning with Kevin Medrano scoring on a triple by Domingo Leyba. Three more runs came in the second inning, two in the third, and five in the seventh putting a total of 11 runs in the victory against Montgomery. Montgomery attempted a comeback in the second inning when David Rodriguez hit a two-run home run knocking off two on the deficit. Dalton Kelly scored in the sixth to knock off another run. Rodriguez hit another home run in the seventh to knock off another run making it 11-

The North Division Championship Series will go to a game five on Sunday following the Montgomery Biscuits victory against the Jackson Generals on Saturday Night. After losing Friday Nights game in Montgomery, it lit a fire underneath the Biscuits who were in the hot seat Saturday Night. Had the game gone differently, the Jackson Generals would be celebrating heading to their second Southern League Championship in three years. Instead, Sunday will mark a game five at Montgomery giving the Biscuits a chance to make Southern League history. The night began Nathan Lukes and Thomas Milone scoring on a triple by Lucius Fox in the second inning put the Biscuits up 2-0 early. Domingo Leyba hit a sacrifice fly in the third to score Dom Miroglio knocking the Generals deficit down to just one run. The motto for the Biscuits was to score early and score often as they scored a total of four runs in the third inning, two more runs in the fifth, one in the sixth, and one in the ninth putting the

The Biloxi Shuckers clinched the South Division Championship on Saturday Night at their hometown field, MGM Stadium. The Shuckers defeated the Pensacola Blue Wahoos to ultimately eliminate the Wahoos and send the organization to the SLCS for only the second time in Shucker history. The Shuckers defeated the Pensacola Blue Wahoos 9-1 to secure their second South Division Championship and it will be their second appearance since becoming the Shuckers in 2015. The Shuckers kicked off Saturday Night with a home run by Keston Hirura which put them on the board and the Shuckers fans on edge for what they were about to see, a complete domination by the Shuckers. The only offensive play by the Blue Wahoos as they were in hot pursuit for a fifth game was a home run by Gavin LaValley which kept the Wahoos from earning their first shutout victory since the final regular season game of the season against Tennessee. Biloxi continued to put on insurance runs as the game progressed basically pu

Much like the Montgomery Biscuits, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos returned to their home stadium after a victory in Game 2. Also like Montgomery, Pensacola dropped game three and is now in a must-win situation heading into game four. Pensacola kicked it off the right way in the second inning as Gavin LaValley scored on a single by Jose Siri. The Shuckers came back in the third with a run of their own as Max McDowell scored on a double by Troy Stokes Jr. Pensacola looked to add some insurance in the seventh as TJ Friedl Jr. scored on a single by Shed Long which put the Wahoos up 2-1. Biloxi turned around and slammed the door shut in the eighth scoring two runs with McDowell and Corey Ray passing home plate in separate plays. Biloxi posted a strong ninth inning slamming the door on a Blue Wahoos victory and putting the Wahoos in a must-win situation as the series returns to Biloxi on Saturday Night. Marcos Diplan will take the mound for Biloxi while Daniel Wright takes the mound for P

The Jackson Generals traveled to Montgomery, Alabama for game three of the Southern League North Division Championship Series on Friday Night as the Montgomery Biscuits were returning home after their victory against the Generals on Thursday that tied up the series. The only issue was, Montgomery was unable to mount any offense against the Generals putting the Biscuits in a must-win situation on Saturday Night. In the fifth inning, Rudy Flores and Josh Prince scored on a double by Dom Miroglio putting Jackson up 2-0. A rather calm rest of the game was interrupted by a single by Domingo Leyba which scored Miroglio again putting the Generals up 3-0. The remainder of the game, Montgomery put out a strong defensive performance keeping the Generals from scoring again but the damage had already been done as the Generals take two games to one lead and force Montgomery into a must-win situation. Benton Moss takes the mound for the Biscuits on Saturday night while Emilio Vargas takes the

Much like the South Division Championship series, the North Division Championship series is now tied up at one as the Series heads south to Montgomery. The Biscuits secured the victory on Thursday night after dropping the first game on Wednesday night. The Biscuits put up eight runs during the victory. The Biscuits put up three runs in the fourth to start out the scoring plays. Dalton Kelly scored on a line drive by Michael Brosseau to put Montgomery up 1-0. Nick Solak then scored on after Nathan Lukes was walked to first. David Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to center which scored Brosseau. Brosseau scored again in the sixth after a double by Jesus Sanchez. Brett Sullivan posted a sacrifice fly scoring Dalton Kelly making it 6-0. To cap off the sixth inning, Brosseau knocked a two-run homer scoring Nick Solak. In the course of three innings, Jackson attempted to mount a comeback by posting three runs but the damage was already done as the Biscuits picked up their first victory of

The series is tied as both the Biloxi Shuckers and Pensacola Blue Wahoos head to Pensacola on Friday Night. The Blue Wahoos tallied their first victory of the post-season Thursday night in a 4-1 game at MGM Park. The afternoon already started off rough for the Biloxi Shuckers as Jose Siri doubled during the first pitch and TJ Friedl followed it up with a bunt that put Siri and Friedl on the corners. Siri scored on a groundout by Mitch Nay. Shed Long hit a sacrifice fly to put Pensacola on top 2-0. The Wahoos added some insurance runs in the seventh. An inning filled with multiple wild pitches by the Shuckers and a double to right field pushing the lead to 4-0. Lucas Erceg doubled in the bottom of the seventh scoring Tony Stokes Jr. putting up Biloxi's sole run of the came making it 4-1. Carlos Navas sealed the deal for Pensacola by shutting out the final four outs. The series heads to Pensacola on Friday night in a best-of-five series tied at one guaranteeing a return to MG

It took five innings for the Biloxi Shuckers to put up any offense but when it came, it came with a thunder. In the bottom of the eighth, Biloxi put up the tying run with a home run by Lucas Erceg and then the fans in attendance at Biloxi received a little extra baseball. In fact three extra innings of baseball with a ground-rule double in the bottom of the 12th sending the Shuckers in a frenzy and home with the victory. TJ Friedl Jr. homered in the top of the third to put Pensacola up 2-0. It took two innings for Biloxi to come back but with a sacrifice fly by Trent Grisham, Tyler Heineman scored knocking off one run of the deficit and ended Pensacola's run for a shutout. Pensacola attempted to put the game out of reach in the 7th with a home run by Taylor Featherston but Biloxi followed it up with another run making it 3-2. As noted above, Erceg belted a ball over the wall tying the game and with both teams defense stepping up, the game entered the 12th. On a ground-rule do

The Jackson Generals are up one game on the Montgomery Biscuits in the Southern League North Division after defeating the Biscuits 4-3 on Wednesday. After Montgomery held a strong lead through nine innings when the home-field advantage crept in. In the bottom of the ninth, the Generals were down two runs when the Biscuits loaded the bases. Marty Herum put the tying run across on a single. With the bases still loaded, Josh Prince held patience and took four balls pushing the player on third base across giving Jackson the victory. Nick Solak kicked off the scoring in the first by singling a ground ball scoring Dalton Kelly putting the Biscuits up 1-0. Jackson rebounded in the bottom of the second with Jason Morozowski hitting a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Josh Prince in the process putting the game at 1-1. Montgomery looked to put this game out of reach for the Jackson Generals with one run in the fourth and another in the fifth. Domingo Leyba with the Generals knocked a

The new Southern League franchise that will be located in Madison, Alabama has gained its name. BallCorps Inc. announced at Rocket Republic Brewing on Wednesday night. The organizations' name will be the Rocket City Trash Pandas. The Trash Pandas dominated both rounds of voting. With 45 percent of the votes, the Trash Pandas secured the entitlement name of the organization. ThunderSharks finished second with 19 percent while Moon Possums (13%), Space Chimps (12%), and Comet Jockeys (11%) rounded out the top five. “Our community is known for engineering, and no creature in our galaxy is as smart, creative, determined and ingenious a problem solver – dedicated to the challenge at hand – as our local raccoons!” - the explanation of the Trash Pandas name. "Rocket City" will be the identifier of the organization based in Madison after receiving 67% of the votes. "North Alabama" finished second with 18% while Madison only earned 15%. Per BallCorps, 28,560 nomi

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos clinched their second straight playoff berth by having the second-best record overall in the South Division in 2018. A 69-68 overall record was the second best to the Biloxi Shuckers (81-59) who clinched both halves of the 2018 season. The Pensacola Blue Wahoos are sitting in the same situation as the Montgomery Biscuits faced last season after the Chattanooga Lookouts clinched both halves. The Blue Wahoos have a big hill to climb if they want to successfully defend their 2017 Southern League Championship as they face a team who swept both halves of the season. Right fielder Aristides Aquino has the most home runs of the organization with 20 while Shed Long has the most runs at 75. Gavin LaValley has the most RBI's at 57. Koelle:  Pensacola Blue Wahoos Clinch Second Straight Playoff Appearance The Biloxi Shuckers pulled an impressive 2018 season campaign sweeping the halves of the season. The Shuckers had an 81-59 regular season win-loss record which

The new North Alabama baseball team may not be the only addition to the Southern League in the next few years. According to a report from the WWLTV CBS affiliate in New Orleans, Louisiana, a group of New Orleans investors hope to have a AA Minor League team in the Southern League by 2021. This report comes after another report that the New Orleans Baby Cakes will move to Witchita, Kansas when the lease at The Shrine On Airline in Metairie, Louisiana comes to an end in 2021. The Mobile BayBears will be relocating to Madison, Alabama following the 2019 season. Recent moves have included the Huntsville Stars move to Biloxi, Mississippi and the Carolina Mudcats move to Pensacola, Blue Wahoos (Carolina was moved down to A-Advanced). Currently in the Southern League is the Chattanooga Lookouts, Tennessee Smokies, Jackson Generals, Birmingham Barons, and Montgomery Biscuits highlighting the North Division while the Biloxi Shuckers, Mississippi Braves, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, and Pensa

The Montgomery Biscuits return to the playoffs for the fourth straight season. The Biscuits play the Jackson Generals, the same team they faced in the 2016 Southern League North Division Championship Series in which the Generals went on to win the title. The Biscuits clinched their spot in the playoffs via the North Division Second-Half Championship in which the organization posted a strong run in the second half with a record of 42-28. In 2018, Montgomery has the fifth-most home runs in the league and leads the division in runs (699), triples (45), RBI's (655), and stolen bases (159). Nick Solak will lead the Biscuits into this playoff with the best batting average (.282), runs (91), home runs (19), and RBI's (76). Solak will be an important part if the Montgomery Biscuits want to make history by winning the North Division. J.D Martin takes the mound for game one, Brock Burke takes the mound for game two, and Benton Moss will take the mound in game three. J.D Martin will b

The 2018 Southern League Regular Season has come to a close. On an event filled Monday Afternoon, two teams learned their fate for the 2018 Southern League Playoffs. While other teams were looking to end the season with one final win. Monday was a bittersweet day for six teams as their season came to a close. Here is the final 2018 edition of the Southern League Playoff Watch. North Division Playoff Picture As the regular season came to a close, The Tennessee Smokies made the day that could've been something of a big deal for the Blue Wahoos. The Smokies defeated the Blue Wahoos 3-0 ultimately giving the Biloxi Shuckers the second-half championship.  The Chattanooga Lookouts ended the season with a victory against the Jackson Generals 4-2 but weren't able to pull out of the last place spot earning their first last-place finish since 2013.  The Birmingham Barons also earned the victory and was able to keep their head above water earning their best finish in the point

The Biloxi Shuckers have clinched the second-half championship in the Southern League South Division. The Pensacola Blue Wahoos lost to the Tennessee Smokies securing the second-half championship for the Shuckers. The Blue Wahoos though will be the Shuckers challenger in the SLSDS beginning on Wednesday. They get in via the South Division Wild Card with the second-best overall record in the division. The Biloxi Shuckers will return to the postseason for the first time since 2015. During that series, the organization battled against the Chattanooga Lookouts in five games, coming up short. Fittingly, the Biloxi Shuckers faced off against the Pensacola Blue Wahoos during that season. Biloxi swept the Blue Wahoos in that series three games to none. The Series kicks off in Biloxi on Wednesday, September 5th at MGM Stadium. Games one and two will be in Biloxi and three will be in Montgomery. Four and five will return to MGM Stadium if they're necessary. (Koelle,2018)

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos will be competing for the Southern League South Division Championship for the second straight season. Despite being eliminated from winning the South Division second-half Championship after Biloxi's victory against the Birmingham Barons, The Wahoos clinched the South Division Wild-Card Championship. The Blue Wahoos will face the Biloxi Shuckers beginning on Wednesday, September 5th at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. The first two games of the series will be at MGM Park in Biloxi while game three will be at Blue Wahoos Stadium on September 7th. The Pensacola Blue Wahoos battled the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in a three-game series for the South Division title in 2015. They defeated Jacksonville in three games to earn the South Division title and after Hurricane Irma caused the cancellation of the Southern League Championship Series, Pensacola was named co-champions alongside the Chattanooga Lookouts. It was their first SL title since becoming the Wahoos

Everything is coming down to the wire for both sides. The Biloxi Shuckers and Pensacola Blue Wahoos will decide who wins the second half championship on Monday. The Shuckers dropped Sunday's game against Birmingham while the Blue Wahoos defeated the Tennessee Smokies making the margin between first and second 0.5 games. Either way, it was decided on Sunday that it'll be the Biloxi Shuckers vs. the Pensacola Blue Wahoos for the South Division Championship as the Whoos will at least win the Wild Card should Biloxi win the second-half championship. North Division Playoff Picture The Montgomery Biscuits have good momentum heading into their game against Jackson on Wednesday as they swept the Mobile BayBears in their doubleheaders. The other side of that equation also gained some momentum with the Jackson Generals defeating the Chattanooga Lookouts.  The Tennessee Smokies were defeated by the Pensacola Blue Wahoos creating one of the best final days of the regular seaso

As the Southern League approaches the end of the regular season, every team in the league is chasing everything they can get. Montgomery is looking to gain as much momentum as they can before Wednesday but wasn't able to as the Biscuits/BayBears game was postponed to Sunday. With a victory against Tennessee, The Pensacola Blue Wahoos will play the Biloxi Shuckers starting on Wednesday. It's their second straight trip to the playoffs. North Division Playoff Picture While the division-leading Montgomery Biscuits didn't play on Saturday night, the rest of the league had an opportunity to make up some lost ground. The only team that did so though was the Jackson Generals, who defeated the Chattanooga Lookouts.  Birmingham lost to Biloxi and Tennessee lost to Pensacola basically meaning no teams were able to make up ground, but at this point, it doesn't matter as Montgomery already clinched the second half title.  North Division Standings - Games Behind - Elimina