Miners eliminated from playoffs
AUGUSTA. Tri-City ValleyCats win first two games in the best-of-three wild-card series.
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| 10 Sep 2025 | 07:35
Herbie the Miner and Miner Man perform in front of baseball fans during a Sussex County Miners game this summer. (Photo by George Leroy Hunter)
The Sussex County Miners were eliminated from the playoffs Friday, Sept. 5 when they lost to the Tri-City ValleyCats, 4-3, at Skylands Stadium in Augusta.
The ValleyCats also won the first game of the the best-of-three wild-card series, 5-1, there Wednesday, Sept. 3.
The Miners won the Atlantic Conference East Division to qualify for the playoffs. It is the minor league baseball team’s first division title while playing in the Frontier League.
The Miners also took part in the playoffs in 2023, when they qualified for the wild-card game with a 55-40 record. They lost to the New Jersey Jackals.
The team’s record was 33-62 last year.
The ValleyCats take on the Quebec Capitales in a best-of-five conference final series Sept. 9-12.
The Capitales won the Atlantic Conference North Division - and led the Frontier League as a whole - with a 67-29 record.
Also playing in a conference final series are the Gateway Grizzlies and Schaumburg Boomers.
The winners of those two series will play in the best-of-five championship series Sept. 16-21.