Toros Walk Off In The Ninth For 6-5 Comeback Victory
June 30, 2010 - Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Tucson Toros News Release
The Tucson Toros scored 5 runs in the final two frames of the game and won 6-5 off of Second Baseman's Jose Valdez walkoff RBI single in the bottom of the 9th to take the first of three games against the Yuma Scorpions.
The Scorpions jumped out to an early lead in the top half of the 2nd as Rightfielder Timothy Rodriguez hit a bloop RBI single to center. The RBI was Rodriguez' league leading 47th this season.
Toros Righthanded Pitcher James Garcia helped his own cause in the 3rd inning and battled back from a 0-2 count and smacked an RBI double down the 3rd base line to tie it up at 1 apiece.
Yuma would then bang in 4 more runs over the next few innings with a run in the 5th off of Leftfielder Francisco Murillo's sacrifice fly and 3 more in the 7th when third baseman Santo DeLeon and First Baseman Johny Celis both knocked in a run to put the Scorpions up 5-1.
The Toros rallied back in the 8th inning with 3 runs of their own as Pinch Hitter Brian Bistagne lead the charge with an RBI triple that was later followed up with a 2 RBI single through the left side of the infield on a hit and run from Leftfielder Lino Garcia to bring the Toros within a run of Yuma's lead.
Tucson kept up the momentum in the 9th as Bistagne tied it up with an RBI sacrifice fly and was later followed up with Valdez's walk-off RBI single to center to complete the come from behind victory as the Toros won it 6-5.
The Toros are right back in action tomorrow night on We Care Wednesday as they play the second of a three game homestand against rival Yuma beginning at 7:00 p.m.
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