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MiLB: Jackson Generals Secures Second Championship Series Visit in Three Years

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-...

MiLB: Montgomery Forces Game Five with a 10-7 Victory Against Jackson

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 ...

MiLB: Generals Shut-Out Biscuits to Inch Closer to Southern League Championship Series

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 ...

MiLB: Montgomery posts Dominant Performance in Game Two to Tie the Series

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...

MiLB: The Montgomery Biscuits Clinch Fourth Straight Playoff Berth

The Southern League North Division Championship Series field has been set. The Montgomery Biscuits will face the Jackson Generals for the North Division Championship beginning on September 5th in Jackson, Tennessee. Montgomery clinched their spot in the playoffs Tuesday night with a victory against the Tennesse Smokies. Despite clinching their spot in the playoffs, the entirety of the SLNDS has not been decided yet. If the Jackson Generals win the second-half, meaning they sweep the season, they will host games four and five. If the Montgomery Biscuits win the second-half, four and five will be in Montgomery. Games one and two will be in Jackson being as the Generals won the first-half and Montgomery will for sure host game three. It is the fourth consecutive season that the Montgomery Biscuits have competed in the SL Playoffs. Last season, Montgomery dropped the SLNDCS to the Chattanooga Lookouts after five games (The NDCS became the co-championship series after H...