The Surprise Saguaros scored three times in the fifth inning on their way to a 4-2 win over the Salt River Rafters on Thursday afternoon. The win, on the last day of the Arizona Fall League regular season, gave the Mesa Solar Sox the East division crown over the Rafters.
Colorado is one of five Major League Baseball teams represented on the Rafters, joining the Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers.
Salt River (15-15-1) took a 2-0 lead after two innings but couldn’t hold thanks in part to Surprise’s fifth-inning uprising. Shane Carle, one of Colorado’s pitching prospects, gave up a run to Surprise in the sixth inning as part of his 1.