BISBEE — After a marathon doubleheader Saturday night that ran nearly to midnight, the Bisbee Copper Kings took to the field a little more than 12 hours later against Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
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On Saturday the Kings split a pair with the Tucson Nationals, losing 7-5 in 12 innings in the opener and winning the nightcap 10-0.
Bisbee led for the most of the first game, and when Destry Rice delivered a two-run double in the eighth to put the Kings up 7-5, they needed just three outs to end it. But a two-run home run tied it in the ninth and in the 12th, the Nationals scored the winning run thanks to a pair of passed balls.
Twenty minutes later, the Kings were a completely different team.
Brandon Orr pitched seven, four-hit shutout innings and in the second inning Bisbee jumped on top 3-0 thanks to an RBI double by James Lilley that scored Armando Moran and a double by Miguel Trujillo that plated Sterling Schuller and Lilley.
Moran was 3-for-4 with a double, Trujillo was 2-for-3 with a double and Mecucci went 2-for-5 with his second triple in as many games.
This weekend, the Kings take on the Casa Grande Cotton Kings in a four-game set. The first doubleheader starts Friday at 4 p.m. at Warren Ballpark, with the second game to follow at 7 on both nights.
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old timer wrote on Jun 24, 2009 4:10 PM: