WEST SACRAMENTO - Entering play on Wednesday’s, the Sacramento River Cats were 7 1/2 games up on the second-place Las Vegas 51s with 21 games left – 20 for the 51s. That means, barring a 2007 New York Mets-esque collapse, the River Cats will be in the postseason for the seventh time in their nine-year existence in Sacramento.
Unlike the major leagues, the Pacific Coast League does not determine home-field advantage based on which team has the better record. To make the travel schedule easier to plan for the teams, the league rotates every year. The PCL also doesn't have TV contracts to work around like the MLB does.
So if Sacramento qualifies for the postseason, the defending PCL and Triple-A champions would host the first two games of the Pacific Conference Championship on Sept. 3 and 4 and then go on the road for the last three games, Sept. 5 through 7, a Friday to Sunday.
The Pacific Conference Champion will host the American Conference Champion for the PCL Championship starting Tuesday, Sept. 9 as well as the next day. Thursday is a scheduled off day and the American Conference Champion will host the final three games Friday, Sept. 12 through Sunday, Sept. 14.
The Triple-A championship game, which pits the PCL Champion against the champion of the International League, would take place on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.
– Conor Tekautz
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