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Thursday Results:

Empire 18 Superior 7
Bisbee 7 Window Rock 3
San Manuel 10 Window Rock 0 3innings
Florence 7 Coolidge 0

Lets now break down Day 2:



#11 Empire 18 #6 Superior 7

Game 2 between Empire and Superior started off fairly close. However, Fox from Superior had Elder on the ropes and eventually had a 3-2 count but he would dish up a pitch right at his sweet spot and Elder took it deep for a 2 run shot that would give Empire the early lead in the game.
Superior had chances as B. Williams had some control issues and had 3 walks in the first but the Panthers could not get the timely hit to break thru for any runs. Later in the game Superior would tie it up at 2 but that was as close as they would get as D. Williams matched Elder with a 2 shot dinger of his own to give Empire the lead for good as the Ravens show why they have the power to make a run for the South division with 18 runs for the day.

Delgado from Superior and D. Williams from Empire were named the AZSports Players of the game. B. Williams got the win for Empire and Fox got the loss for Superior.

#4 Bisbee 7 Window Rock 3

Bisbee got off to another strong start as they were able to use their speed to manufacture runs. Welcome to the NEW and IMPROVED Bisbee team who will not have the power of past teams but will have speed to kill as they use all means at their disposal to get runs across the plate. A Player to look for is Anthony Rivera, younger brother of Serg Rivera, who is the leader of this Bisbee team. Anthony has speed and a tremendous display of baseball awareness that is hardly seen for a freshman player. In the not so distant future he will be able to be called Anthony Rivera instead of Serges little brother! Window Rock came in and stayed with Bisbee for 4 innings until Bisbee exploded for 5 runs at the bottom of the 4th to take a 7-2 lead. The Scouts did show they will have their act together once they compete in the 3A North as they are much improved for the 2010 season.

AZSports Players of the Game were Anthony Rivera from Bisbee and Ty from Window Rock. I did not have a lineup card for WRock and did not want to misspell Tys last name.

#7 San Manuel 10 Window Rock 0 3innings

This game was over before it got started as Window Rock had to play back to back games after a long 5 hour road trip from the tundra up North. The Scouts are basically using this tournament to get into baseball form as the snow has been on their field and they had 2 practices before they left for Florence. San Manuel can just plain HIT THE BALL!! Padilla once again showed why he is a terror at the Plate as he went 3 for 3 with a stand up triple! Segovia got the win for San Manuel and PAWS got the loss for Window Rock.

#5 Florence 7 #14 Coolidge 0

WE started off the day with a pitching gem and we ended with nothing more than an outstanding game between two rival teams! Florence, on a mission to show they are a legit contender threw their #2 Touhey vs Rico from Coolidge. From the beginning it was the speed and aggressiveness of Florence vs Coolidge who could not get anything happening vs the young Touhey. Last season Touhey was named our All-state Frehman of the Year and this season he has shown we were correct with our pick. He basically dominated the game with 9 straight putouts while collecting 7 Ks during that span. He ended up going 10 straight put-outs before Coolidge finally broke through for a hit. By that time the Florence onslaught had already begun as the Gophers ran by, around and even thru the Bears to get the first early win vs their conference rival. Rico from the bears did a good job but combined with errors and good hitting he just did not have enough to shut down the Gophers.

Touhey was named our AZSports Player of the Game for Florence while Murrieta from Coolidge was named as well.

Hello baseball fans!

Day 2 of the 23rd Annual Joe S. Padilla Florence Baseball Tournament is over and what an exciting day of baseball!

Thursday Results:
Empire 18 Superior 7
Tombstone 16 Patagonia 0 5innings

#11 Empire 18 #6 Superior 7

Game 2 between Empire and Superior started off fairly close. However, Fox from Superior had Elder on the ropes and eventually had a 3-2 count but he would dish up a pitch right at his sweet spot and Elder took it deep for a 2 run shot that would give Empire the early lead in the game.
Superior had chances as B. Williams had some control issues and had 3 walks in the first but the Panthers could not get the timely hit to break thru for any runs. Later in the game Superior would tie it up at 2 but that was as close as they would get as D. Williams matched Elder with a 2 shot dinger of his own to give Empire the lead for good as the Ravens show why they have the power to make a run for the South division with 18 runs for the day.

Delgado from Superior and D. Williams from Empire were named the AZSports Players of the game. B. Williams got the win for Empire and Fox got the loss for Superior.

So for a great baseball tournament going on in Florence.

Here is some video for you to look at as we get you more updates.

San Manuel vs Hayden
http://azsportsnetwork.com/videos/366/san-manuel-vs-hayden-2010-joe-s.-padilla

Bourgade Catholic 3 Wickenburg 2:

Our #1 team got their season rolling towards a great start by defeating Wickenburg
by the score of 3-2.

Now a recap from the Joe S. Padilla Baseball Tourney

Thursday Results:

Bisbee 1 Hayden 0
Bisbee 7 Window Rock 3
San Manuel 10 Window Rock 0 3innings

Lets now break down Day 2:

#4 Bisbee 1 Hayden 0

This was a great game to start off day 2 of this tournament. What a great pitchers match-up for such an early game in the season. Bisbees Mendez and Haydens Formo gave us a display of two of the top pitchers in the 2A classification for 2010! Neither team could do much against either pitcher for most of the game. Hayden did leave runners on base early in the game before Mendez settled down to throw gem of the game. No wait! Mendez and Formo threw one gem of a game which would be a start to more of the same on Thursday. In the end Mendez was able to get one run to help him defeat Formo of Hayden. Both players were named AZSports Players of the Game. Mendez had 11 Ks For Bisbee and Formo added 8 for Hayden.

#4 Bisbee 7 Window Rock 3

Bisbee got off to another strong start as they were able to use their speed to manufacture runs. Welcome to the NEW and IMPROVED Bisbee team who will not have the power of past teams but will have speed to kill as they use all means at their disposal to get runs across the plate. A Player to look for is Anthony Rivera, younger brother of Serg Rivera, who is the leader of this Bisbee team. Anthony has speed and a tremendous display of baseball awareness that is hardly seen for a freshman player. In the not so distant future he will be able to be called Anthony Rivera instead of Serges little brother! Window Rock came in and stayed with Bisbee for 4 innings until Bisbee exploded for 5 runs at the bottom of the 4th to take a 7-2 lead. The Scouts did show they will have their act together once they compete in the 3A North as they are much improved for the 2010 season.

AZSports Players of the Game were Anthony Rivera from Bisbee and Ty from Window Rock. I did not have a lineup card for WRock and did not want to misspell Tys last name.

#7 San Manuel 10 Window Rock 0 3innings

This game was over before it got started as Window Rock had to play back to back games after a long 5 hour road trip from the tundra up North. The Scouts are basically using this tournament to get into baseball form as the snow has been on their field and they had 2 practices before they left for Florence. San Manuel can just plain HIT THE BALL!! Padilla once again showed why he is a terror at the Plate as he went 3 for 3 with a stand up triple! Segovia got the win for San Manuel and PAWS got the loss for Window Rock.