The Tucson Saguaros top the Garden City Wind behind Marquise Wood 9-5

8/7/2025-The Tucson Saguaros completed a two-game road sweep in Garden City Thursday with a 9-5 win over the Wind at Clint Lightner Field, clinching the Pecos League's Mountain Division title series and securing a berth in the League Championship Series against Pacific Division champs San Rafael in Arizona. As in Wednesday's series opener, Tucson jumped out to an early lead with Gavy Perez-Torres singling Jacob Elizondo home in the top of the first inning. The Saguaros added three tallies in the third as Elizondo crashed a two-run homer and then tacked on three more in the fourth when Antonio Fernandez detonated a solo bomb and Marquise Wood stroked a two-run double to give the Cacti a 7-0 lead.

Garden City pushed three counters of their own in the bottom of the fourth highlighted by a Jacob Talamante homer and Rob Morosetti scoring from third on a successful double steal. The two teams traded runs in the fifth, with Tucson's Anthony Manisero coming in on Brian Ledezma's sacrifice fly followed by the Wind's Kaleb Scull scoring on a Talamante double to cut the Saguaros lead to 8-4. Perez-Torres homered for an insurance run in the ninth, since no lead is safe in the Pecos League, but while Morosetti singled in Jason Rooks from third in the bottom of the ninth it wasn't early enough for the Wind as the Saguaros closed out the game and series.

Wood collected four hits for Tucson while Fernandez finished with three safeties; Talamante, Scull, Dominic Enbody and Secundio Morales each had two hits for Garden City. The Saguaros now travel back to Tucson for Saturday's best-of-3 league championship set against San Rafael at Kino Stadium.
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