The American Division playoffs are set.
The Ban Johnson Legends (19-5) have clinched a first-round bye, while the Milgram Mustangs (15-10) and Regal Plastic (15-10) will meet in the best-of-three American Division opening-round series.
Regal entered last week riding a five-game losing skid but won three of four games to clinch a postseason berth.
The Mustangs-Regal winner will face the Legends for a spot in the best-of-three semifinals.
In the National Division, the Creche Innovations Stars (18-7), Building Champions (17-8) and BJ Raiders (14-10) have clinched a postseason berth.
The Raiders are locked into the opening-round series, but the Stars and BC remain in contention for the bye.
BC plays a doubleheader Tuesday against Natural Baseball Academy (9-16), while the Stars wrap up the regular season with a doubleheader against the MSBL Royals (8-17).
The Stars won the season series against BC, so Manager Kyle Clifton’s squad owns the tiebreaker.
BC’s only path to the bye is to sweep NBA and have the Royals sweep the Stars. Otherwise, Manager Jim Hernandez’s squad will battle the Raiders for the spot in the best-of-three opening-round series.
The Stars can clinch a bye with a win or BC loss.
The opening round games will take place July 11-13 at Rockhurst University.
The winners of those series will meet the teams that earned a bye in the BJCL semifinals July 15-17 at Creekside Baseball Park.
The division winners will meet in the BJCL Championship Series, which will be played July 20-21 at Rockhurst University then conclude July 22-24 at Creekside, as needed.
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