Tucson Saguaros Defeat White Sands Pupfish 8-2

June 17 2016 The Tucson Saguaros defeated the White Sands Pupfish 8-2 at Kino Veterans, using a fast start and a late offensive push to secure the win. Tucson finished with nine hits and one error, while White Sands had five hits and committed three errors.

Tucson scored twice in the first inning and added single runs in the second and third to take a 4-2 lead. After a scoreless middle stretch, the Saguaros added one run in the seventh and three more in the eighth to pull away. White Sands scored once in both the second and third innings but was held scoreless over the final six frames.

Randy Keen earned the win for Tucson after allowing five hits and two runs over seven innings. He struck out four and walked two. Aaron Smith completed the game with two scoreless innings, allowing no hits while issuing one walk, to earn the save. Dylan Thompson took the loss for White Sands despite striking out five in six innings; he allowed four runs, three earned, on six hits and three walks.

Randy Retz led Tucson's offense by going 2-for-5 with a home run, three runs scored and three RBI. Burnell Dailey added a hit, a run and an RBI, while Jesse Baker drove in a run. Michael Morris collected two hits and scored once. White Sands received RBI from Dubal Baez and Mark Davis, with Eric Kalbfliesh adding the team's only extra-base hit, a double.