Mudcats starting title series today
Published: Mon, Sep. 08, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Mon, Sep. 08, 2008 01:02AM
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closeThe Southern League Championship Series will begin at Five County Stadium tonight at 7:15 when the Carolina Mudcats and Mississippi Braves open a best-of-five series in Zebulon.
The second game will be Tuesday at 7:15 p.m., then the series will shift to Pearl, Miss., beginning on Thursday.
Carolina advanced to the championship series by virtue of a 4-2 victory at Five County over West Tenn to complete a three-game sweep of the Diamond Jaxx. The Braves shut out Birmingham 3-0 on Saturday night to finish a three-game sweep of their own.
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The Mudcats are advancing to their fourth championship series; they won in 1995 and 2003. The Braves are entering their first title series since relocating from Greenville, S.C., to Mississippi.
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