The top-seeded ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Saguaros will open up Pecos League playoffs this week with two (and possibly three) home games at Kino Stadium.
The Saguaros will play the Bakersfield Train Robbers in a best-of-three, first-round series that begins Thursday at 7 p.m. Game 2 is scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m., with the third game, if necessary, slated for Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets cost between $7.50-$15 and can be purchased by at . ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ (34-8) has won 12 of its 14 home games this season. They enter the playoffs as the No. 2 seed out of the Pecos League’s Pacific Division.
The Saguaros are led offensively by Brock Ephan, who has 14 home runs and 40 RBIs. A native of Kauai and former Yavapai College and Lewis-Clark State College slugger, Ephan is is hitting .429 — ahead of Saguaros teammates Kendon Strachan (.397), Brandon Bradshaw (.389) and Steve Joyner (.366). Former Fresno Pacific University pitcher Tyler Rumbaugh (3-1, 3.92 ERA) and ex-Mercyhurst University hurler Hunter Treece (4-2, 2.85) anchor a Saguaros pitching staff that leads the Pecos League with a 4.42 team ERA.
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The Saguaros are trying to win their third consecutive Pecos League championship. They swept the Salina Stockade in the best-of-three finals in 2020, and won last year’s title against the Roswell Invaders in a winner-take-all Game 3.