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MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT // Butte in playoffs

 
Published Sept. 2, 1996|Updated July 6, 2006

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays have a team in the post-season. The Butte Copper Kings, their Pioneer League affiliate, earned a spot with a 12-3 win at Billings, Mont., Sunday night. The Kings will qualify as second-half champions or as the wild-card team, depending on the Idaho Falls-Ogden series.

Either way, the Kings (21-14 in the second half, 37-34 overall) will open the best-of-three Southern Division playoffs Tuesday night in Ogden, Utah. The Kings finish the regular season tonight at Billings.

_ MARC TOPKIN