Rays down on the farm September 3: Two more playoff series set to begin

Durham has the luxury of a five game series, but like Princeton, Hudson Valley only has a three game series.

If you want to know a little bit about Durham and Hudson Valley's opponents, I wrote a playoff preview yesterday.

Triple-A Durham Bulls (0-0)

Durham was off.

Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (66-74)

Montgomery's season is over.

Class A Bowling Green Hot Rods (61-77)

Bowling Green's season is over.

Short-Season Hudson Valley Renegades (0-0)

Hudson Valley was off.

Rookie Princeton Rays (0-2)

Princeton's season is over.

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Star of the day- Yesterday's complete day off was nice.

Goat of the day- Princeton for not forcing a game three.

Today's games (probables courtesy of milb.com)

Durham @ Columbus 7:05 PM (MiLB.TV, radio stream)
Alex Colome (7-6, 3.77) v. Kyle Davies (9-8, 4.11)

Game one of a best of five series (tied 0-0)

Hudson Valley v. State College 6:35 PM (Radio stream)
Enderson Franco (7-3, 3.28) v. Daniel Poncedeleon (3-3, 2.44)

Game one of a best of three series (tied 0-0)

*Listed as TBA on milb.com

Scouting the opposition

Columbus Clippers (Cleveland)
0-0
Offense: 672 R (2nd) .743 OPS (4th)
Pitching: 3.71 ERA (6th) 1.27 WHIP (1st)
Top 30 Prospects: SS Francisco Lindor (1), OF Carlos Moncrief (14), LHP Scott Barnes (26), RHP Shawn Armstrong (29), OF James Ramsey, LHP Nick Maronde

State College Spikes (St. Louis)
0-0
Offense: 398 R (1st) .743 OPS (1st)
Pitching: 2.96 ERA (2nd) 1.20 WHIP (3rd)
Top 30 Prospects: OF Kenny Peoples-Walls (18), SS Edmundo Sosa (25), 3B Danny Diekroeger