July 7 2017 The Tucson Saguaros defeated the California City Whiptails 6-5 in a tightly contested game at Kino Veterans. Tucson built a 4-0 lead with a four-run second inning and added two runs in the seventh before California mounted a late comeback. The Saguaros finished with eight hits and three errors while the Whiptails also collected eight hits and committed five errors.
David Kimbrough went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI for Tucson, while
Tre Porter reached base three times with a hit and two walks and scored once.
Fernando Garza added a hit and an RBI, and
Ethan Rosebeck contributed a hit and two RBIs. Tucson’s runs came in the second and seventh innings, giving the Saguaros enough cushion to withstand California’s ninth-inning rally.
California scored once in the fifth and sixth innings before pushing across three runs in the ninth.
Giovanni Prado led the Whiptails with two hits, a run and an RBI.
Austin Marcellus also drove in a run, while
Juandy Mendoza and
Maikel Serrano each scored once.
Rosebeck earned the win after allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits in seven innings, with two walks and three strikeouts.
Redmond Floyd worked a scoreless inning with two strikeouts, and
Garrett Baker recorded the save with a scoreless one-third of an inning and one strikeout.
Tomas Gutierrez took the loss for California despite allowing only three earned runs over seven innings; he gave up seven hits, walked three and struck out two.
