Division II baseball playoffs

Sahuaro's Alex Verdugo (11) swings at a pitch in the sixth inning during the Sahuaro vs. Bradshaw Mountain Division II high school playoff baseball game on Friday, May 9, 2014, at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. Sahuaro won 8-7 on a walk-off in the ninth inning after giving up 4 unanswered runs in the seventh. 

Sahuaro grad Verdugo hits for cycle 

Sahuaro High grad Alex Verdugo’s promotion to Single-A Rancho Cucamonga earlier this month hasn’t stopped his production. The lefty-hitting center fielder hit for the cycle Wednesday night, shortly after Baseball America named him the Los Angeles’ Dodgers fifth-best prospect. Verdugo was hitting .317 through Friday and .313 through the first 170 games of his professional career. 


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