(Tucson, AZ) The Tucson Baseball Team closed out a difficult week in the ARCO Mexican Pacific League, finishing with a record of 1 win and 5 losses at the start of the second half of the season.
Midweek, the club faced the Algodoneros de Guasave at Kuroda Park as the designated home team, where they got off to a great start: a 4-0 victory, TBT’s first win of the new half and their first shutout of the season.
Later, Tucson fell in the second game 10-4, a result that, in addition to sealing the defeat against Guasave, marked a change in manager: Willie Romero was dismissed and “El Coyote de Macapule” Matías Carrillo took over as interim manager for the remainder of the season, including the weekend series against the Yaquis of Ciudad Obregón at NEY Stadium, where the team failed to secure a victory against the overall standings leader.
On Saturday, in the continuation of the series against the Yaquis, Tucson fell again in an extra-inning game, a game in which TBT collected 11 hits and scored 6 runs, putting up a fight until the final inning, but ultimately succumbed to the defeat.
On an individual level, Raúl Zoe Carrillo remains the team’s most effective starting pitcher, reaching 5 wins on the season with a 2.88 ERA, and also earning the only winning decision of the week. In the bullpen, Charlie Hasty had a standout week with: 4 relief appearances, 5.0 innings pitched, 3 hits allowed, 21 batters faced, and 0 runs allowed.
Offensively, José Carlos Ureña remained the organization’s most productive hitter this week, reaching 20 RBIs so far this winter, tied for the team lead with Gaige Howard.
Collectively, Tucson was one of the best hitting teams this week with a collective batting average of .246, for a total of 52 hits, surpassing the Yaquis, Naranjeros, and Cañeros.
The team begins the month with a clear challenge: to get back on the winning track and accumulate points toward the January playoffs. The club’s next commitment is to host the Mexicali Eagles in Ciudad Obregón, with games scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, including a doubleheader, with the goal of not falling further behind in the second half of the season.
TBT entered the second half with difficulties, but also with concrete competitive elements. Now, the immediate objective is to transform those positive metrics into victories that add points, game by game, series by series.
Press Release courtesy of the Tucson Baseball Team – Jose Amaro
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