The relevant scores:
Quad City 1 – Southwest Michigan 4
Wisconsin 3 – Beloit 2
Kane County 8 – Cedar Rapids 5
and the up to the minute relevant standings
Team W L GB plays 1st Half Elim# Quad Cities 36 33 --- @ SWM 3rd - Kane County 36 33 0.0 v CRK 8th - Beloit 35 34 1.0 v WIS 6th 1 Cedar Rapids 34 35 2.0 @ KCC 9th out
Quad Cities clinched a spot when Beloit lost; they’d take the tie breaker (assuming I’m doing tiebreakers right), and are still nominally playing for seeding. Cedar Rapids was eliminated when the Cougars beat them, and that win gives Kane County back control of it’s own destiny. A win for them or a loss by Beloit, and they’re in.
Hopefully I’m not bad luck tomorrow. Both the Beloit/Wisconsin game and the Kane/Cedar game start have Labor special Day 2pm starts, but I’m not sure either side will be able to follow the other game; Cougars don’t have an out of town scoreboard, and it doesn’t look like Wisconsin does either.
Matchup is supposed to be KCC Trent Peterson (3-2, 3.30) vs Karl Gelinas (10-8, 4.06), but you gotta figure everyone is available. Lose, and everyone goes home. Win, and there’s a game on Wednesday.
I’m hoping a quick one sided affair, so I can celebrate a playoff birth and still make it to an evening barbecue.