Gary, Ind.—The Gary SouthShore RailCats Professional Baseball Club will open the first round of the 2007 Northern League Playoffs on Tuesday night at Winnipeg against the Goldeyes. The game will begin at 7:00 p.m. and can be heard in Northwest Indiana on WEFM 95.9 and on the Internet at www.railcatsbaseball.com and www.sportsjuice.com.

Game two of the series will be played at Winnipeg on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. before the series will move to Gary for game three and if necessary, games four and five.

Willie Glen (12-1, 3.03), the RailCats all-time victories leader who set the independent Northern League (1993-present) single-season strikeout record in 2007, will start for Gary on Tuesday. Winnipeg will counter with Brandon Kintzler (5-2, 4.07).

Glen made three starts against Winnipeg this season without recording a decision. In 15.2 innings, he allowed nine hits, four runs, five walks, and posted 22 strikeouts with an earned run average of 2.30.

Glen was the Northern League Pitcher of the Month for August, going 4-0, 1.60 in seven starts.

Kintzler made five appearances against the RailCats with one start, going 1-0, 1.69. He allowed two runs in 10.2 innings, allowing 12 hits with two walks and five strikeouts. Kintzler was 2-2, 4.50 in six starts in August.

The RailCats finished the season by winning 12 of their last 14 games while going 19-6 over the last 25 games. Winnipeg lost four of their final five games after winning 10 of the previous 13.

The RailCats went 5-7 in 12 meetings vs. Winnipeg this season, posting a 1-4 mark on the road. The 12 games between the two clubs were generally low scoring games as Gary posted a .249 team batting average vs. Winnipeg while the Goldeyes hit .242 against the RailCats.

With the RailCats and Goldeyes meet in Winnipeg, Fargo-Moorhead will play in Calgary beginning Tuesday night in the other first-round series. The winner of the Gary-Winnipeg series will meet the winner of the Fargo-Moorhead-Calgary series in the Northern League Championship Series starting September 11^th in the North Division city.

For tickets to the RailCats home playoff game on September 7^th, call (219) 882-2255.

More Information: The Gary SouthShore RailCats are a Professional Minor League Baseball Team serving Northwest Indiana and Chicago's south suburbs. For the last four years, they have been chosen "Best Local Spectator Sport" by Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly. Their 96 game schedule includes 47 home games at beautiful U. S. Steel Yard, an award-winning 6,000 seat state-of-the-art facility located next to the Indiana Toll Road (I-90) with easy access to I-65.