The Tucson Bandits continued their winning streak by taking the Southwest Classic, April 24th, 25th and 26th in Tucson. This time they did it the hard way, coming through the losers bracket to double-dip The Desperados on Sunday. The Desperados, out of Albuquerque, were the number one seed and undefeated on Sunday. They had also beaten the Bandits on Friday and Saturday. Newly promoted from AA, they were a very good team.
But the Bandits got hot on Sunday, crushing 50 Caliber, also out of New Mexico, 21-7. They then whipped The Desperados 24-10 forcing the "if" game. Getting great defense and timely hitting, they held on for a 15-9 victory.
As mentioned above, defense was the name of the game this weekend. Double plays were turned by the infield that quieted rallies time and time again.
Kudos to pitcher Mark Reagin for stellar defense up the middle!
The team hit .617 for the tournament which was our best average so far this year. The following players were our All-Tourney selections.................
Mark Reagin .720
Steve Gobrecht .679
Paul Rosthenhausler .659
Randy Robison .640
Wade Schneider .611
Dave Niles, Mike Swank, and Bobby Rosthenausler also hit over .600
The weekends "Razzy" award goes to Rip Cortes for wearing the wrong uniform. But that's already been forgotten.
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