Shelley Duncan was a member of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees in 2008 that won the International League championship.

Now, as manager of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, he will try to guide team to another title.

Winners of the second half, the RailRiders face the first-half champion Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in the best-of-3 final series beginning Tuesday. Game 2 is Wednesday and, if necessary, Game 3 is Thursday. All three games are at VyStar Ballpark in Florida.

These teams did not play each other this season. The RailRiders lead the all-time series, 9-3, splitting six games at PNC Field in 2023 and sweeping six games in Jacksonville in 2024.

Jacksonville (89-61, .593) finished one percentage point ahead of the RailRiders (87-60, .592) for the best overall record in the Int

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