2020 Connecticut Collegiate Baseball League playoffs

SIMSBURY, July 31, 2020 – Eight of the Connecticut Collegiate Baseball League’s 10 teams are playing in the league’s annual championship tournament beginning Sunday.

The Manchester Eagles (14-4-1) are the top seed in the double-elimination tournament with the expansion Brass City Bombers (14-5) out of Waterbury seeded No. 2. The Manchester Meagles (11-7-2) are seeded third with the Manchester Mavericks (12-8) seeded fourth.

The Meagles and the Mavericks finished with the same amount of points but the Meagles got the No. 3 seed because they swept two games from the Mavericks this summer. Teams earn three points for a win, two for a tie and one for participating in game – a move to discourage teams from forfeiting games.

The Southington Shock (5-12-2) and Wallingford Silver Storm (7-10) are not participating in the tournament. In terms of safety and caution, the town health directors in Southington and Wallingford asked both teams to stop playing because one player had a positive COVID-19 test followed by two negative tests, according to CCBL Commission Tim Vincent. The 14-day quarantine period doesn’t end in time for the teams to join the playoffs.

Vincent said Southington and Wallingford will play a three-game series on August 5-7 to conclude their seasons after the quarantine period ends.

The Manchester Mavericks are the defending league champions.

2020 Connecticut Collegiate Baseball League
Double-elimination playoffs
Sunday, August 2
Game 2: (5) Glastonbury Arrows (10-10-1) at (4) Manchester Mavericks (12-8), suspended by rain
Monday, August 3
Game 1: (1) Manchester Eagles 2, (8) Tobacco Valley 0
Game 2: (4) Manchester Mavericks 2, (5) Glastonbury Arrows 1
Game 3: (2) Brass City Bombers 5, (7) Simsbury Sabercats 0
Game 4:  (3) Manchester Meagles 2, (6) Hamden Miners 1
Wednesday, August 5
Game 5: Manchester Eagles 6, Manchester Mavericks 4
Game 6: Glastonbury 7. Tobacco Valley 6 (8), Tobacco Valley eliminated
Game 7: Manchester Meagles 4, Brass City Bombers 2
Game 8: Hamden 1, Simsbury 0, Simsbury eliminated
Thursday, August 6
Game 9:  Brass City 7, Glastonbury 3, Glastonbury eliminated
Game 10: Hamden 9, Manchester Mavericks 7, Mavericks eliminated
Friday, August 7
Game 11: Manchester Eagles 11, Manchester Meagles 1
Game 12: Brass City 1, Hamden 0,  Hamden eliminated
Saturday, August 8
Game 13: Consolation bracket final: Brass City 4, Manchester Meagles 3 (8), Meagles eliminated
Sunday. August 9
Game 14: Brass City 10, Manchester Eagles 9
Game 15: Championship: Brass City 13, Manchester Eagles 1 (6)

2020 Connecticut Collegiate Baseball League
Regular season standings

Teams earn three points for a win, two for a tie and one for participating in a game.
y-Southington and Wallingford are not eligible for the playoffs and will conclude their season with a three-game series on August 5-7.

Previous CCBL champions

Double-elimination tournament
2019: Manchester Mavericks 8, Glastonbury Arrows 3
2018: Simsbury Sabercats 2, Wallingford Silver Miners 0

Best-of-3 championship series
2017: Glastonbury def. Manchester Mavericks, 2-0
2016: Southington Shock def. Manchester Mavericks, 2-0
2015: Southington def. Glastonbury, 2-0
2014: Southington def. Glastonbury, 2-0
2013: West Hartford Thunder def. Manchester Mavericks, 2-1
2012: Tobacco Valley Renegades def. Simsbury, 2-1
2011: Southington def. Tobacco Valley, 2-1
2010: Southington def. Tobacco Valley, 2-0
2009: Southington def. Simsbury, 2-0