PCL1 Sacramento River Cats

River Cats to face Tacoma Rainiers in first round of PCL playoffs

Published on September 7, 2009 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Sacramento River Cats News Release


West Sacramento, Calif. - On the final day of the regular season, the Sacramento River Cats finally know who their opponent will be in the first round of the PCL playoffs set to begin Wednesday, September 9th. The Tacoma Rainiers defeated the Colorado Springs Sky Sox on Monday afternoon, 11-2, to claim the PCL Pacific Conference North Division title and earn a showdown with the Cats later this week. The match-up will be a rematch of the two teams' 2005 playoff series, which Tacoma won 3-games-to-1 and marks the last playoff series the River Cats lost.

The winner of the first round series between Sacramento and Tacoma will face the winner of the American Conference Championship Series between the Memphis Redbirds and the Albuquerque Isotopes, also set to begin on Wednesday.

This season, as the River Cats' vie for a third consecutive PCL and Triple-A Championship, the team has the opportunity to win both playoff series at home and celebrate in front of the Raley Field faithful. After playing play games 1 and 2 (Sept. 9 and 10) of the 5-game Pacific Conference Championship Series on the road, the team will head home to Raley Field to host games 3, 4 and 5 (games 4 and 5 if necessary) on September 11, 12 and 13, respectively. Tickets for all home playoff games still remain.

If the River Cats advance to the PCL Championship Series (also a best-of-five format), they will again play games 1 and 2 (Sept. 15 and 16) on the road and host games 3, 4 and 5 (games 4 and 5 if necessary) at Raley Field (Sept. 18, 19 and 20). If the River Cats were to win this series and be crowned Pacific Coast League Champions for the third straight year, they would then play the International League Champion in the Triple-A Championship Game in Oklahoma City broadcast worldwide on ESPN2 (Sept. 22). The complete playoff schedule is as follows (all times Pacific):

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