Best-of-three

Schedule

Game 1: 7:05 p.m. today at Parkview Field

Game 2: 7:35 p.m. Thursday at Bowling Green Ballpark, Bowling Green, Ky.

Game 3 (if necessary): 8:05 p.m. Friday at Bowling Green Ballpark

Season series: Bowling Green, 8-6

Pitching rotations

(Fort Wayne starters

listed first)

Game 1: LH Mark Hardy (11-10, 2.78 ERA) vs. RH George Jensen (13-4, 4.28)

Game 2: RH Matt Jackson (5-1, 1.59) vs. RH Victor Mateo (13-4, 4.28)

Game 3: RH Dennis O’Grady (4-2, 4.53) vs. LH Enny Romero (5-5, 4.26)

Possible lineups

Fort Wayne

Rico Noel, CF .253 average, 3 HR, 40 RBI, 50 SB

Cory Spangenberg, 2B .286, 2, 24

Rymer Liriano, RF .319, 12, 62

Luis Domoromo, LF .283, 9, 68

Connor Powers, 1B .338, 8, 45

Mike Gallic, DH .304, 0, 6

Rocky Gale, C .267, 1, 13

B.

J. Guinn, SS .245, 1, 34

Chris Bisson, 3B .261, 2, 43

Bowling Green

Robby Price 2B .283, 6, 44

Derek Dietrich SS .277, 22, 81

Philip Wunderlich 1B .263, 17, 86

Julio Cedeno 3B .246, 8, 31

Steven Tinoco RF .277, 1, 49

Nicholas Schwaner LF .229, 8, 44

Lucas Bailey C .233, 7, 35

Keith Castillo DH .330, 5, 22

Kevin Kiermaier CF .241, 4, 39

Bullpen

Fort Wayne closer: Kevin Quackenbush, 1-1, 0.84, 9 saves

Bowling Green closer: Chris Rearick, 7-2, 1.66, 20 saves

Skinny: Bowling Green had a stretch of five consecutive wins over Fort Wayne during the regular season. But the TinCaps took two of three in the final regular-season series Aug. 10-12. … Kiermaier, a Bishop Luers graduate, has been a tough out against the TinCaps. … This is a matchup of power against speed. Bowling Green leads the Midwest League in home runs (106). Fort Wayne is second in the league in stolen bases (220).

Prediction: Fort Wayne finished the regular season winning four of its final five games. All the games had a playoff atmosphere, capped by what was essentially a play-in game Monday. Fort Wayne wins series 2-1.