In its 6-1 finish to the baseball regular season, earning the No. 2 overall seed in Class 4Aβs state playoffs that begin Tuesday, Salpointe Catholic got remarkable walk-off hit performances to beat Tucson, Catalina Foothills and CDO this month.Β Daniel Durazo, who is hitting .374, singled in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to beat Tucson 4-3;Β J. Bill Rivera, who is hitting .324, did the same thing to beat Foothills 4-3; andΒ Efrian Cervantes, who finished the regular season with a .427 batting average, beat CDO with a walk-off single 10-9. The Lancers are the highest-ranked Tucson team in the state baseball tournament.Β
Late-inning heroics have carried Salpointe Catholic to baseball playoffs
- Greg Hansen Arizona Daily Star
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