San Francisco Firebells and Boston Hunters begin WPBL postseason series

The inaugural Women’s Professional Baseball League postseason begins today at Robin Roberts Stadium in Springfield, Illinois. No. 1-seed San Francisco Firebells host the No. 4-seed Boston Hunters in the opening game of a best-of-three series. San Francisco secured the top playoff seed after finishing the regular season with a 10-5 record, including a five-game sweep of Boston. The Hunters enter the series with a 4-11 record, showing late-season improvement behind the performances of Denver Bryant and Lexi Hastings. The winner of this series advances to a best-of-five championship round starting September 16.

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