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2018 Championship Series Preview - Ducks vs. Skeeters

September 24, 2018 - (Central Islip, N.Y.) - The Long Island Ducks are Liberty Division Champions yet again, topping the Somerset Patriots in the Liberty Division Championship Series for the third consecutive season. That makes it six Liberty Division titles for the Ducks in the past eight seasons after a 3-2 series win this past week. Long Island will now meet the Sugar Land Skeeters in the Atlantic League Championship Series after the Skeeters also completed a five-game series win over the Lancaster Barnstormers, capped off by an extra-inning ... Full Story

Atlantic League Playoff Update

September 24, 2018 - Following a pair of classic division series that both went the distance, the Atlantic League Championship Series matchup is set as the Long Island Ducks will face the Sugar Land Skeeters in a best-of-five final that begins Tuesday night in Texas. For the first time since 2014, both Division Series went to a decisive fifth game. In the Liberty Division, Long Island dominated the first two games of its series in Central Islip, tackling the Somerset Patriots with 9-2 and 11-1 victories. The Patriots kept their season aliv... Full Story

Liberty Division Championship Belongs to Long Island

September 23, 2018 - (Bridgewater, N.J.) - The Long Island Ducks defeated the Somerset Patriots 3-2 in 10 innings on Sunday night in Game Five of the Liberty Division Championship Series at TD Bank Ballpark. The Ducks win the best-of-five series three games to two and are the 2018 Liberty Division Champions! Long Island struck first in the top of the second inning when Taylor Ard doubled and then came home to score on a two-out RBI single by Rubi Silva off Patriots starter Bobby Blevins. Somerset responded in the bottom of the third when Endy... Full Story

Patriots Power Their Way to a Game 4 LDCS Win to Even up the Series 2-2

September 22, 2018 - Bridgewater, NJ - The Somerset Patriots (2-2) hit three home runs to defeat the Long Island Ducks (2-2) 5-3 in Game 4 of the Liberty Division Championship Series at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday evening. With the win, the Patriots have evened up the best-of-five playoff series 2-2 and forced a deciding Game 5 at home tomorrow at 5:05 pm. The Patriots took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI single by Ramon Flores. Craig Massey (1) and Endy Chavez (1) extended Somerset's lead with back-to-back ... Full Story

• 2018 Championship Series Preview - Ducks vs. Skeeters - Long Island Ducks (AtL) September 24
  
• Atlantic League Playoff Update - (AtL) September 24
  
• Thomas Slam Ends Barnstormers Season - Lancaster Barnstormers (AtL) September 23
  
• Liberty Division Championship Belongs to Long Island - Long Island Ducks (AtL) September 23
  
• Ducks Eliminate Patriots from Playoffs with 3-2 Extra Inning Win - Somerset Patriots (AtL) September 23
  
• Sugar Land Forces Game Five with 7-2 Victory - Lancaster Barnstormers (AtL) September 22
  
• Patriots Power Their Way to a Game 4 LDCS Win to Even up the Series 2-2 - Somerset Patriots (AtL) September 22
  
• Long Island Drops Homer-Heavy Game Four in Somerset - Long Island Ducks (AtL) September 22
  
• Barnstormers One Win from the Finals - Lancaster Barnstormers (AtL) September 22
  
• Patriots Fight Their Way Back into the LDCS with Big Win in Front of Record Crowd - Somerset Patriots (AtL) September 21
  
• Ducks Denied Series Sweep in Somerset - Long Island Ducks (AtL) September 21
  
• Offensive Explosion Gives Long Island 2-0 Series Lead - Long Island Ducks (AtL) September 20
  
• Ducks Crush Patriots to Take a 2-0 Liberty Division Championship Series Lead - Somerset Patriots (AtL) September 20
  
• Russell Outduels Albaladejo - Lancaster Barnstormers (AtL) September 20
  
• Ducks Soar Past Patriots in Playoff Opener - Long Island Ducks (AtL) September 19
  
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• Lancaster Barnstormers’ season comes to a close - AtL Lancaster Intelligencer Journal (September 24)
• Menzer attributes franchise-low Revolution attendance to weather - AtL York Dispatch (September 24)
• Ducks Defeat Patriots In Extra Innings To Win Game 5, Liberty Division Championship - AtL Bridgewater Courier-News (September 24)
• 2018 Atlantic League Liberty Division Series Lineups: Game 5 - AtL Bridgewater Courier-News (September 23)
• Somerset Forces Decisive Game 5 With Saturday Night Win - AtL Bridgewater Courier-News (September 23)
• Sugar Land tops Lancaster, forces Game 5 in Freedom Division series - AtL Lancaster Intelligencer Journal (September 23)
• Patriots Fight Off Elimination On Friday Night - AtL Bridgewater Courier-News (September 22)
• Barnstormers one game from Atlantic League Championship Series - AtL Lancaster Intelligencer Journal (September 22)
• Patriots Fall Behind 0-2 In 2018 Liberty Division Championship Series - AtL Bridgewater Courier-News (September 22)
• Ducks Manager Baez Ejected In Dramatic Fashion In Game 3 Of Patriots Playoff Game - AtL Bridgewater Courier-News (September 22)
• 2018 Atlantic League Liberty Division Series Lineups: Game 3 - AtL Bridgewater Courier-News (September 21)
• Blue Crabs conclude 2018 season - AtL Southern Maryland Newspapers (September 21)
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