It would have been great if the Tampa Bay Rays had been playing another American League team in a one game playoff on Tuesday night for a Wild Card spot in the playoffs. Instead, it was the International League champion Durham Bulls playing the Pacific Coast League Memphis Redbirds in a winner take all elimination game for the AAA National Championship. The Bulls won 5-3 in a thriller.
The game was played at a neutral site in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the home of the New York Yankees AAA club, and the team the Bulls had beaten to get to the championship game.