Tucson Saguaros Edge High Desert Yardbirds 3-2

June 26 2019 The Tucson Saguaros defeated the High Desert Yardbirds 3-2 at Cherry Field. Tucson collected six hits and scored the winning runs in the eighth inning after High Desert had taken a 2-1 lead with single runs in the fourth and seventh innings. Tucson scored once in the third before adding two runs in the eighth. Riley Richarz led Tucson’s offense by going 3-for-4 with a double and a triple while scoring twice. Lawrence Chavez went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI, and Daniel Diaz added a hit and an RBI. High Desert’s Daniel Gardner had two hits in four at-bats, while Slayton Vaughan drove in one of the Yardbirds’ two runs. Will Morris worked seven innings for Tucson, allowing four hits and two runs with one earned run while striking out 10 and walking one. Sean Lubreski earned the win with a scoreless eighth inning and two strikeouts, and Joe Rivera recorded the save with a scoreless ninth and one strikeout. Kyle Hodgson took the loss for High Desert despite allowing only one earned run over 7.2 innings. He surrendered six hits, struck out four and did not issue a walk. Austin Brown pitched a scoreless one-third of an inning in relief.