Triple-A Baseball National Championship

The Bricktown Showdown was renamed the Triple-A Baseball National Championship in 2009. The annual event is a one-game playoff between the champions of the International League and the Pacific Coast League. The event venue rotates on a yearly basis, similar to the Triple-A All-Star Game venue selection.

Date	Winner (League)	Score	Loser (League)	Venue
September 22, 2009	Durham Bulls (IL)	5-4 (11)	Memphis Redbirds (PCL)	SBC Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City, OK
September 21, 2010	Columbus Clippers (IL)	12-6	Tacoma Rainiers (PCL)	SBC Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City, OK
September 20, 2011	Columbus Clippers (IL)	8-3	Omaha Storm Chasers (PCL)	Isotopes Park, Albuquerque, NM
September 18, 2012	Reno Aces (PCL)	10-3	Pawtucket Red Sox (IL)	Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, NC
september 17, 2013	Omaha Storm Chasers (PCL)	2-1	Durham Bulls (IL)	Coca-Cola Park, Allentown, PA
September 16, 2014	Omaha Storm Chasers (PCL)	4-2	Pawtucket Red Sox (IL)	BB&T Ballpark, Charlotte, NC
September 22, 2015	Fresno Grizzlies (PCL)	7-0	Columbus Clippers (IL)	Southwest University Park, El Paso, TX
September 21, 2016	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (IL)	3-1	El Paso Chihuahuas (PCL)	AutoZone Park, Memphis, TN
September 19, 2017	Durham Bulls (IL)	5-3	Memphis Redbirds (PCL)	PNC Field, Moosic, PA
2018				Huntington Park, Columbus, OH

Game MVPs[edit]

2009: Jeremy Hellickson, Durham. Hellickson pitched five scoreless innings and left with a 4-0 lead.
2010: Jerad Head, Columbus. Head went 3 for 4 with two doubles and four RBI.
2011: Joe Martinez, Columbus. Martinez pitched seven innings to get the win, only giving up a 3-run homer in the first inning.
2012: A.J. Pollock, Reno. Pollock went 2-for-5 with a triple, double, two runs scored and an RBI.
2013: Chris Dwyer, Omaha. Dwyer tosses perfect ball for 6 2/3 innings before a Tim Beckham single, fanning 7.
2014: Brett Hayes, Omaha. Hayes hit a two-run home run in the seventh.
2015: Chris Devenski, Fresno. Devenski pitched 5 perfect innings and struck out 9 in 7 innings of one-hit ball.
2016: Chris Parmelee, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Parmelee's three-run homer in the 1st was the winning hit.
2017: Kean Wong, Durham. Wong finishes a triple shy of the cycle, including a grand slam.