Batavia Earns #1 Seed as West Playoffs Kick Off Tomorrow
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. – The four teams who will compete to represent the West Division in the 2025 PGCBL Championship Series are set, and the semifinals will be played tomorrow at the site of the two top seeds.
The Batavia Muckdogs (31-13-1) will be the top seed after their 4-1 victory over Jamestown yesterday. Just a half game separated the two teams on the final day of the regular season, but the Muckdogs got two runs in the bottom of the first and never looked back, riding 8.0 innings from West Division Pitcher of the Week Eric Woodley to the win.
Batavia will host the #4 Auburn Doubledays (25-15-5) at 6:30 PM tomorrow at Dwyer Stadium. The Doubledays won the regular season series 3-2-1.
Jamestown (29-14) will be the #2 seed and will host third-seeded Niagara Falls (30-16) at the same time at Diethrick Park. Jamestown took five of the nine games played between the teams in 2025.
Playoff History
Batavia are the West Champions for the fourth consecutive year, and the 2022 Muckdogs are the only team to have taken a game against three-time league winners Amsterdam in the PGCBL Championship Series. Batavia are 4-4 in their PGCBL postseason history, looking to build off of last year's performance when they defeated Jamestown to reach the West Finals.
The Tarp Skunks are making their third straight playoff appearance and fourth in the last five years, but are still hunting for their first postseason victory. Jamestown went out in the first round in 2021 (Geneva), 2023 (Elmira) and last season, when they lost to Batavia.
The Americans are getting their first taste of the PGCBL postseason. Since joining the league in 2021, Niagara Falls has not qualified for the playoffs, missing out on the final day of the regular season in 2023. The organization won a New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL) championship in 2019, their last year in that league, joining the PGCBL after the 2020 season was cancelled due to Covid-19.
Auburn has been in the playoffs in each of the five years they have been in the PGCBL, but they are still looking to make their first championship series appearance, with a record of 2-4 in postseason play. The Doubledays won their first round games in 2021, their first year in the league, and in 2023, but last year fell to Elmira in the West Semifinals.
2025 PGCBL West Division Playoff Schedule
Tuesday, July 29 - Semifinals (Single-Game Elimination)
#1 Batavia vs #4 Auburn @ Batavia, 6:30 PM
#2 Jamestown vs #3 Niagara Falls @ Jamestown, 6:30 PM
Wednesday, July 30th - West Finals (Single-Game Elimination)
Lowest Remaining Seed at Highest Remaining Seed, TBD
Friday, August 1st – Sunday, August 3rd
PGCBL Championship
Best of 3 game series between East & West Division winners. Locations and dates to be determined by participating teams and the league office