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MiLB: The Walk-Off Sports Report Friday Southern League Playoff Watch - August 9th, 2019

The race to the Southern League Playoffs is picking up speed during the first complete week of the month of August. The Montgomery Biscuits continue to hold down the fort in the North Division while the Biloxi Shuckers continue to hold off the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in the South Division. All eight teams in the league, who didn't win the first half, are still in the picture but some teams hopes are inching closer and closer to being diminished. Chattanooga and Tennessee both are the closest with their elimination numbers at eight while Mobile's elimination number sits at 10.

Should Montgomery and Biloxi sweep the season, the wild card race will be interesting to watch pan out as we enter the home stretch towards the playoffs. Here is the first edition of the Friday Night Southern League Playoff Watch of the 2019 Southern League season.

North Division - Montgomery Continues Strong Hold

The Montgomery Biscuits claimed the victory over the Birmingham Barons Friday Night inching their lead over the Jackson Generals in the North Divison to 1.5 games. Jackson also earned the victory Friday Night against the Chattanooga Lookouts who are seeing their chances of winning the Second Half become slimmer and slimmer.

Tennessee failed to defeat the South division-leading Biloxi Shuckers Friday Night pushing them further away from a Second-Half North Division Championship. As noted above, Chattanooga and Tennessee are just eight games away from being eliminated from the Second Half North Division Championship. Unlike Tennessee, Chattanooga still has an opportunity to make the Southern League Championship Series via the wildcard championship (standings below).

North Division Second-Half Standings

  1. * Montgomery Biscuits
  2. Jackson Generals - 1.5 GB
  3. Birmingham Barons - 5.5 GB
  4. Chattanooga Lookouts - 14.5 GB
  5. Tennessee Smokies - 15.0 GB

North Division Wild Card Standings

  1. Jackson Generals - (67-48)
  2. Chattanooga Lookouts - (52-64)
  3. Birmingham Barons - (51-63)
  4. Tennessee Smokies - (49-68)

South Division - Biloxi Continues to Shuck the South Division

Since moving from Huntsville to Biloxi, the Shuckers have had a stronghold on the South Division. The Shuckers tallied their fourth win in a row Friday Night and move two games ahead of the second-place Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. 

Jacksonville is giving Biloxi a run for their money and it's something that no one probably saw coming after the Jumbo Shrimp's first-half wasn't anything special. That nothing special first half is haunting the Jumbo Shrimp as they are more than likely going to have to win the second half in order to make the playoffs as they currently sit third in the wild-card standings. They kept the ball rolling in the right direction beating the Mississippi Braves 2-1 Friday Night, the Shrimp's second straight victory.

North Divison Second Half Standings

  1. * Biloxi Shuckers
  2. Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp - 2.0 GB
  3. Pensacola Blue Wahoos - 5.0 GB
  4. Mississippi Braves - 6.0 GB
  5. Mobile BayBears - 13.0 GB

North Division Wild Card Standings

  1. Pensacola Blue Wahoos - (62-55)
  2. Mississippi Braves - (56-61)
  3. Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp - (56-61)
  4. Mobile BayBears - (43-72)
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