Lucas Giolito beats Ian Happ, advances to MLB The Show Players League finals

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Update (5 p.m.)

Lucas Giolito is on to the MLB The Show Players League championship series.

The White Sox starter beat Cubs infielder/outfielder Ian Happ in a three-game quarterfinal matchup 2-1. Giolito won Games 1 and 3 by scores of 8-4 and 3-1; Happ won Game 2 1-0.

Giolito will face Rays starter Blake Snell or Mets infielder/outfielder Jeff McNeil in the five-game championship series — airing Sunday at 1:30 p.m. on ESPN. The champion will win a trophy and $25,000 donation to a Boys & Girls Club in their team's city. 

Update (4 p.m.):

Ian Happ's cinderella run in the MLB The Show Players League will continue.

Happ, who won 10 of his final 11 games to advance to the video game league's postseason, took down Rangers slugger Joey Gallo in the quarterfinals Saturday. Happ, the No. 7 seed, won the three-game series 2-1, beating Gallo (the No. 2 seed) by scores of 4-3 and 7-0.

Game 2 ended in dramatic fashion, as Happ hit a walk-off three-run homer with catcher Willson Contreras to force a do-or-die Game 3.

With the quarterfinals win, Happ advances to take on White Sox starter Lucas Giolito in the playoff semifinals, airing Saturday at 4 p.m. on ESPN2. More on that below. 

Original publication

White Sox starter Lucas Giolito is one step closer to a virtual championship.

Saturday, Giolito took down Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette in the MLB The Show Players League quarterfinals. The right-hander won the three-game set 2-1, winning by scores of 3-2 (Game 1) and 5-3 (Game 3).

With the win, Giolito will take on the winner of the Ian Happ-Joey Gallo semifinals series. The quarterfinals air at 4 p.m. Saturday on ESPN2.

The winner of the league championship will earn a $25,000 donation to a Boys & Girls Club in his team's home city. All 29 participating players (one per MLB team) already earned a $5,000 donation.

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