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Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. \u2013 Three of the four home teams were victorious on Monday evening, but there will be a new champion in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) after the Saugerties Stallions were upset by the Utica Blue Sox in the quarterfinals round of the 2026 postseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Utica overcame a 2-0 deficit with five runs in the last three innings to secure a 5-3 victory over the defending champions and advance to the league semifinals on Tuesday evening. The Blue Sox will play top-seed Amsterdam, who topped the Oneonta Outlaws 5-2 at Shuttleworth Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amsterdam won all 8 meetings with the Blue Sox this year, most recently a 16-14 win in Utica on Sunday in the last game of the regular season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Batavia Muckdogs took another step towards a return to the PGCBL Championship Series with a 12-1 win over fourth-seeded Auburn. Batavia scored six runs in the first three innings and never looked back, ensuring that there will be at least one more game at Dwyer Stadium this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will be a rematch of last season’s West Division Final on Tuesday night when Batavia hosts the #2 seed Jamestown Tarp Skunks. After five scoreless innings between the two sides tonight, Jamestown scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth and tacked on six more in the eighth to pull away from the #3 seeded Elmira Pioneers, who they held to three hits on the evening in an 8-0 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Batavia was 4-2-1 against Jamestown during the 2026 regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026 PGCBL Playoff Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, July 27 – Semifinals (Single-Game Elimination)<\/strong>
East
#1 Amsterdam 5, #4 Oneonta 2
#2 Saugerties 3 #3 Utica 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West
#1 Batavia 12, #4 Auburn 1
#2 Jamestown 8, #3 Elmira 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, July 28th – Division Finals (Single-Game Elimination)<\/strong>
East: #3 Utica at #1 Amsterdam, 6:45 PM
West: #2 Jamestown at #1 Batavia, 6:30 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, July 29th – Friday, July 31st<\/strong>
PGCBL Championship<\/strong>
Best of 3 game series between East & West Division winners.  Locations and dates to be determined by participating teams and the league office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Press release NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. \u2013 Three of the four home teams were victorious on Monday evening, but there will be a new champion in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) after the Saugerties Stallions were upset by the Utica Blue Sox in the quarterfinals round of the 2026 \u2026<\/p>\n

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