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Mavericks go out in style with California League championship
- Updated: September 18, 2016
Knowing that their franchise would cease to exist with the completion of the 2016 season, the Class A Advanced High Desert Mavericks made sure to go out in style.
The Mavericks captured the California League title on Saturday night, defeating Visalia, 7-4, to complete a three-game sweep of the Rawhide in the best-of-five series.
The Mavericks loaded the bases in the bottom of the first inning but pushed across just one run, with leadoff man Scott Heineman scoring on a ground-ball double play to give High Desert an early lead.
But Visalia responded with two runs in the top of the second, both coming on a two-out double by Joey Armstrong, and then tacked on another run on Victor Reyes’ solo home run in the fifth. The D-backs’ No. 20 prospect’s two home runs were the only ones hit by Visalia in the postseason.
The Rawhide maintained a 3-1 lead until the bottom of the sixth inning, when High Desert sent 10 hitters to the plate en route to scoring five times on four hits and three walks.
Jose Cardona and Jairo Beras opened the frame with back-to-back singles …
