By Rick Mariotti
Minor Leagues Beat Writer
Chicago Sports Online
Tombstone, AZ – It all comes down to this: if the Grand Junction Gold Sox can win their final game of the season here against the Tombstone Geckos (Long Beach), they will capture their Class A division title.
If not, they will tie with the Aspen Surge (New Orleans) atop the PL West Central Division. The Gold Sox, Chicago's Class A affiliate, are currently 88-51, with the Surge at 87-52.
Both Grand Junction and Aspen have already clinched post-season berths, so the division crown is largely for bragging rights.
But still.
“We’ve been fighting for this all year – we want that division title,” said Gold Sox Manager Eduardo Martinez. “The fans deserve it, and so do our players.”
According to preliminary lineups, at least, the final game against Tombstone will pit Gold Sox SP Dani Rubio (9-6, 3.19 ERA) against Tombstone’s Ernesto Delgado (4-9, 3.31 ERA).
On paper, the Gold Sox should have the edge, given that Tombstone has struggled to a 57-82 mark on the season. But the Geckos took the first two games of the season-ending series 4-0 and 3-0.
“We need our bats to get going, that’s for sure,” Martinez said.
Grand Junction’s offense has revolved around LF Hao Hang (.333/.382/.671, 37 HRs) and RF Ricardo Torres (.308/.333/.552, 27 HRs). Both youngsters have struggled down the stretch, though: Hang hit just .233 in August, while Torres has hit .209.
“All it takes is one good game,” Hang said, “and we’ll be right where we want to be.”
And where they want to be is atop the division.
Whether they will be is a question that will be answered Saturday afternoon – Sept. 1 – at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone.
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