(Ciudad Obregón, Sonora) The southern Arizona ballclub opened its second home series of the regular season, officially hosting the Yaquis de Obregón in the historic city of Cajeme, in a pitching duel between Dalton Rodriguez for Tucson and Felipe Gonzalez for the Tribe.
The Yaquis struck early against Rodriguez in the first inning, plating two runs on the spikes of Allen Cordoba from Panama and Riley Unroe from the United States, jumping ahead right from the start.
Tucson answered back against Gonzalez when Chuyito Fabela reached base after being hit by a pitch and Gaige Howard delivered his sixth double of the season to drive in the run for the Old Pueblo.
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Obregón added on against reliever Edwyn Valle, pushing across two runs in the seventh and another in the eighth inning off Jorge Luis Sauceda.
Tucson threatened again in the bottom of the eighth when Gaige Howard ripped his second double of the night, but the rally fell short.
That sealed the final numbers on the scoreboard, with the starting pitchers taking the decisions — Felipe Gonzalez (2-0) earned the win for Obregón, while Dalton Rodriguez (0-2) took the loss for Tucson.
Press Release courtesy of the Tucson Baseball Team – Jose Amaro
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