Ducks advance to ALPB championship series

Posted Thursday, October 3, 2019 2:08 pm

The Ducks won their fourth straight Liberty Division title and are battling Sugar Land for the Atlantic League crown.

Courtesy Long Island Ducks

The Long Island Ducks defeated the High Point Rockers 3-2 on Sept. 26 at Bethpage Ballpark in Game Three of the Liberty Division Championship Series. Long Island swept the best-of-five series three games to none and is the 2019 Liberty Division champions.

This marks the fourth consecutive season that the Ducks have won the Liberty Division Championship, which is a new Atlantic League record. Long Island previously made it three straight seasons from 2011-2013, while the Somerset Patriots accomplished the feat twice (1999-2011, 2007-2009). The Ducks have now reached the Atlantic League Championship Series in seven of the past nine seasons. The franchise has now earned eight Division Championships in team history.

The Ducks split the first two games of the Atlantic League championship series with the Sugar Land Skeeters, who host the remaining games in the best-of-five.

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