The AZL Mariners took advantage of eight walks, one HBP, and four errors, to sail past the AZL Cubs 3-1 in Arizona League semi-final round playoff action at Sloan Park in Mesa, AZ, a game that began Monday night and finished 24 hours later on Tuesday night.
With the loss, the AZL Cubs are eliminated from the AZL playoffs.
The Cubs took the early lead 1-0 against Mariners RHSP Jio Orozco in the bottom of the 2nd inning on Monday night, when Carlos Jimenez singled, advanced a base on an Andruw Monasterio single, and then raced home from 2nd after Mariners second-baseman Julius Gaines dropped a throw from the shortstop that should been an easy inning-ending 6-4 FC.