Congratulations to Tucson Toros...

Local baseball fans young and old will get their chance to see some post season championship action this week thanks to a hard-throwing, 31-year-old righthander and some last-minute heroics by his teammates.

Lorenzo Barcelo, who hails from the Dominican Republic, pitched in what turned out to be both ends of a doubleheader as he led the Tucson Toros to a 5-1 victory in the continuation of Sunday's rain out and then pitched five innings in the 5-4 walk-off win in the nightcap, which was held at Hi Corbett Field last night. The two wins allowed the Toros to clinch the five-game playoff matchup over the St. George Roadrunners and advance them to the GBL Championship Series against Calgary, which begins Wednesday in Tucson.

Calgary won its  playoff series by besting Edmonton, three games to one. Calgary scored 36 runs in its four-game battle with Edmonton.

Barcelo, who turns 32 on Thursday, was credited with the win in the rain-delayed game, pitching four shutout innings after taking over for starter Jason Jacome. Closer Reid Price (no relation ) hurled a scoreless ninth for the save. It was Barcelo's second win of the series. He was the winning pitcher in the 9-4 playoff opener in St. George.

So, all you old timers out there, let's head to the ball park on Wednesday to back our Toros. The first two games of the series will start at 7 p.m.