We're guaranteed to have a champion from Western New York at the top level of minor league baseball, no matter who wins Saturday night's Triple-A National Championship Game.

The International League champion Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, led by catcher Joe Mack of Williamsville East, will be traveling to play the Pacific Coast League champion Las Vegas Aviators, managed by Canisius High School graduate Fran Riordan, in the one-game showdown. It will be played at 10 p.m. Eastern time in Las Vegas Ballpark, televised on MLB Network and streamed for free at MILB.com and MLB.TV .

Jacksonville, a Miami affiliate, won the IL title by taking the final two games of its best-of-3 series against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The Jumbo Shrimp won Game 3 on Thursday night, 7-4 , after building a comfort

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