Last night the Tucson Saguaros defeated the visiting San Rafael Pacifics in the deciding Game 3 of the best-of-3 2025 Pecos League championship series. The final score was 11-7.
The photo below credit goes to the Pecos League website:
This is the 4th Pecos League title for the Saguaros, with the following notes:
- The Saguaros won the 2020 shortened-season during the pandemic when the league only had 4 teams all playing in Houston Texas
- The 2021 season saw a dual-champion due to pandemic restrictions where the Saguaros won the “Pecos” division title and the Pacifics won the “Bay Area” division title
The following also is from the Pecos League website:
8/12/2025-The Tucson Saguaros broke open a one-run game by scoring four times in the bottom of the eighth, then held off visiting San Rafael in the top of the ninth to clinch the 2025 Pecos League Championship Series with an 11-7 win over the Pacifics Monday night at Tucson’s Kino Memorial Stadium. The Saguaros rebounded from Saturday’s series-opening loss to win the best-of-3 title set, 2 games to 1, for their first flag since 2021.
After a scoreless first inning, San Rafael posted four runs in the top of the second, highlighted by an Aki Buckson double that brought Payton Rios home. Tucson responded with three counters of their own in the bottom of the frame as Hal Perez’s double scored Mike Whalen from second. The Saguaros tied the game in the third when Whalen singled in Gavy Perez-Torres and took a 5-4 lead in the fourth as Marquise Wood sliced a James Courson pull-count pitch for a single that scored Perez from third.
The Pacifics pulled back ahead in the top of the fifth after Chris Wright’s two-out, two-run homer off reliever Blake Garrett made it a 6-5 contest. Garrett took matters into his own hand in the bottom of the fifth with a two-run triple to put the Saguaros back in front, 7-6, and Tucson scored four insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth as Jacob Elizondo, Perez-Torres and Yan Rivera contributed RBI singles with four San Rafael pitchers taking the mound in the frame. Kyle Guerra doubled Wood home from first with two down in the top of the ninth to bring the Pacifics within four runs before Treshon Paschal struck out John Bicos on three pitches to end the game, series and season with a Tucson win and pennant. — https://www.pecosleague.com/pecosleague.asp?page=28&article_id=14752
The Saguaros have been added to the list of historical independent baseball league champions page here:
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