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RailRiders seek first Triple-A National Championship
- Updated: September 20, 2016
The final Minor League teams still playing this season, the RailRiders and Chihuahuas, took very different paths to the Triple-A National Championship Game.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre went 91-52 during the regular season and led all MiLB teams in wins and all full-season teams in winning percentage (.636). El Paso went 73-70 and snuck into the playoffs with a .510 winning percentage.
Despite the different routes, the two teams have wound up in the same place, both seeking their first national championship. The Chihuahuas and RailRiders will face off Tuesday night at 8:05 p.m. ET on MiLB.TV in the 2016 Gildan Triple-A National Championship Game at AutoZone Park in Memphis, Tenn. The game will also be televised on NBC Sports Network.
Neither team has won a national championship, but Scranton/Wilkes-Barre was the runner-up in 2008, while El Paso is making its first appearance.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre beat Gwinnett in four games in the International League Finals and will send 23-year-old Jordan Montgomery to hill in Memphis.
Montgomery, the Yankees’ No. 19 prospect, was rocked in Game 1 of the Finals as he didn’t make it out of the first inning, but had been stellar all season. Montgomery spent …
