June 25 2018 The Tucson Saguaros defeated the California City Whiptails 9-7 after building an early lead and holding on through a back-and-forth game. Tucson scored twice in the first inning, added four runs in the fourth and two in the fifth before California City answered with three runs in the second, two in the third, and one each in the fifth and sixth. Tucson added an insurance run in the seventh to finish with nine runs on eight hits without an error, while the Whiptails collected 10 hits and committed two errors.
Jaquese Moore led Tucson with two hits, three runs and two RBIs, including a home run.
Austin Hoffman also had two hits and two RBIs, and
Billy Damon contributed a home run, a hit and two RBIs.
Willie Ethington recorded two hits, while
Lawrence Chavez drew two walks. California City received a three-hit, two-run performance from Eli Roundtree, who drove in two runs, and
Peter Pena hit two home runs and finished with two hits, two runs and four RBIs.
Ryan Rodriguez added two hits and two runs.
Damon earned the win for Tucson after pitching all seven innings, allowing 10 hits and seven runs, six walks and nine strikeouts. He threw 112 pitches, 75 for strikes.
Ty Rowe took the loss for California City, allowing eight runs, seven earned, on six hits in 4.2 innings with six walks and six strikeouts. Brandon Anderson,
Nick Brass and
Jack Finnegan combined to allow one run over the final 2.1 innings.
