Whiptails Score Three In Ninth to Defeat Saguaros

July 8 2017 The California City Whiptails scored three runs in the ninth inning to secure a 4-1 victory over the Tucson Saguaros. California City finished with nine hits and one error, while Tucson had four hits and played errorless baseball.

Tucson took a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning before the Whiptails tied the game in the seventh. California City then broke the deadlock with three runs in the ninth. Steven Longo went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, while Maikel Serrano added two hits and a run. Jason Wilcoxson tripled and scored, and Shane Castro and Giovanni Prado also drove in runs.

Javier Taylor started for California City and allowed three hits and one unearned run over seven innings, with five strikeouts and seven walks. Billy Roth earned the win with a scoreless eighth inning, and Aldo Ferrante recorded the save after allowing one hit in the ninth.

Frank Trimarco kept Tucson in the game with seven innings of one-run baseball, allowing five hits and striking out 11. Brandon Cook worked a scoreless eighth, but Garrett Baker took the loss after surrendering three runs on three hits in the ninth.