July 18 2021 The Tucson Saguaros defeated the Alpine Cowboys 13-3 at Kokernot Field behind a 15-hit attack. Tucson scored four runs in the first inning to take the lead and added single runs in the second and two in the third. Alpine answered with three runs in the bottom of the first but was held scoreless the rest of the way as the Saguaros pulled away.
Nick Hamilton led Tucson with three hits and three RBI including a home run and two doubles.
Kokko Figueiredo added two hits and three RBI with a home run while
Leo Gallegos had two hits two RBI and a home run.
Gabe Wurtz contributed two hits including a triple and a double and
Christian Naccari also collected two hits.
Tucson added two runs in each of the fifth sixth and eighth innings. Alpine finished with eight hits including home runs by
Calvin Graves and
Chris ONeal. Graves had two hits and two RBI while ONeal had two hits and one RBI.
Jeff Serin earned the win after allowing six hits and three earned runs in seven innings. He walked two and struck out nine.
Pat Clare and
Martin Alcoverde each worked a scoreless inning in relief.
Jake Thomas took the loss for Alpine after surrendering 12 hits and nine runs in five innings with five earned runs and five strikeouts.
