JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Baseball history is about to be made in Jacksonville.
For the first time in more than ten years, the city will host home playoff baseball games — and tickets are already on sale.
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The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp have clinched home-field advantage in the International League Championship Series, giving fans the chance to catch the high-stakes action at VyStar Ballpark.
The regular season wraps up on September 21, with the Shrimp getting just one off day before opening the best-of-three championship series. Game 1 is set for September 23, followed by Game 2 on September 24. If necessary, Game 3 will take place on September 25.
Fans can secure their seats now at JaxShrimp.com, with ticket prices starting at just $9.
This will mark the 24th postseason appearance in Jacksonville’s Triple-A (1962-68, 2021-present)/Double-A era (1970-2020). Should the Jumbo Shrimp win the ILCS, they would advance to play the winner of the Pacific Coast Championship Series in a winner-take-all single-game Triple-A National Championship, played at Las Vegas Ballpark on Saturday, September 27. The Las Vegas Aviators (Triple-A, Athletics) clinched the Pacific Coast League First Half Championship.
Jacksonville’s last trip to the postseason came in 2017, when the Jumbo Shrimp were members of the Double-A Southern League. The Jumbo Shrimp were swept 3-0 by the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, then an affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, but now the Miami Marlins’ Double-A affiliate. Jacksonville went from the Marlins’ Double-A affiliate to their Triple-A affiliate upon rejoining Triple-A in 2021.
Jacksonville has won seven league championships in the city’s Triple-A/Double-A era (1962-present). The 1968 Jacksonville Suns won the International League, the city’s final year in Triple-A until 2021. The Double-A Suns won Southern League titles in 1996, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2014.