Photos: Arizona comes out on top of a slug fest with Hermosillo, 17-11 in the Mexican Baseball Fiesta
The Wildcats and Naranjeros open this year's Mexican Baseball Fiesta with 28 runs in a four-hour game that ended with Arizona on top 17-11, October 1, 2026, Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona’s Drew Ward (14) gets tagged in the face short of the plate attempting to score from third on a ground ball to second against Hermosillo for the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona righty Trever Baumler (28) deals against a Hermosillo lefty in the first inning of their opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s second baseman Jory Crocker can’t get leather on a seeing-eye single in the fourth against Hermosillo in Tucson on Oct. 1, 2026.
Arizona’s Carson McEntire (4) asks for time after lacing a two-out three-RBI double in the bottom of the first against Hermosillo for the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., Oct. 1, 2026.
Arizona’s Maclain Roberts (49) throws against Hermosillo in the second inning of the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s centerfielder Easton Breyfogle (12) fights the setting sun in the early going against Hermosillo for the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s third baseman Cash Brennan (harges a hopper down the line to retire the side in the second inning against Hermosillo during the Mexican Baseball Fiesta on Oct. 1, 2026, in Tucson.
Arizona’s Jory Crocker (7) celebrates at second after hitting a two-out double that cleared the loaded bases for three RBI against Hermosillo in the second inning for the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s Cash Brennan (1) gets tagged short of the plate after gettin hung up trying to add another run to an RBI single by Easton Breyfogle (12) that didn’t quite clear the infield against Hermosillo in the second inning of their game opening the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s Charlie Kinkaid (34) gets an inning of work against Hermosillo, pitching in the top of the second in the Mexican Baseball Fiesta opener, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s third baseman Cash Brennan (1) gets the off-balance throw to first to retire a Hermosillo runner in the third inning of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s first baseman Tony Lira tosses to pitcher Randy Guzman to nail a Hermosillo runner on a soft hit to the right side for the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta on Oct. 1, 2026, in Tucson.
A Hermosillo runner celebrates his double as Arizona shortstop Ariel Antigua (25) keeps the tag applied waiting for a bit of carelessness during the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s left fielder TJ Adams (23) runs down a shot into the gap to end the Hermosillo half of the fifth inning for the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
A Hermosillo runner rolls around in pain after picking up an injury failing to stretch his single on an Arizona miscue in the fifth inning ofr the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s Ayden Deome (16) gets ready in the Wildcat dugout for an at-bat against Hermosillo for the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s left fielder Matthew Maize (41) eyes a pop-fly into his glove for a Hermosillo out in the seventh, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s second baseman Lyndon Lee (47) fields the sharp grounder right to him to start a double play in Hermosillo’s half of the eighth for the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s second baseman Lyndon Lee (47) tracks down a shallow looper to retire a Hermosillo batter in the eighth inning, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s batter Tony Lira (36) watches his two-out shot clear the infield for a two-RBI single against Hermosillo in the eighth inning of the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s Lyndon Lee holds onto coach Chip Hale as the medical staff looks at his injured left leg after he tripped rounding second on a failed pick-off by Hermosillo in the eighth inning for the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta on Oct. 1, 2026.
Arizona head coach Chip Hale has a pre-game huddle with the Wildcats minutes before first pitch against Hermosillo for the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
Arizona’s first baseman Tony Lira (36) multi-tasks blowing a bubble while having a catch - as the Wildcats warm up to face Hermosillo for the opening game of the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, Tucson, Ariz., October 1, 2026.
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