The San Antonio Texans advance to the championship game at MSBL World Series

Men's Senior Baseball League World Series

70-and-over Central division


The game took five hours to complete.

In the end the San Antonio Texans loaded the bases in the bottom of the 10th inning and scored the winning run on a walk and outlasted Tri Valley 21-20 in Tempe today to reach the championship game in the 70-and-over Central division at the MSBL World Series.

The Texans used three pitchers -- Sammy DeLosSantos, Bob Daliege (Tucson Old Timers) and Mike Morales (Tucson Old Pueblo Club). Morales pitched the final five innings to pick up the win.

San Antonio led 20-18 in the ninth inning with two outs, but a dropped fly ball in the outfield enabled Tri Valley to tie the game. Morales worked his way out of trouble in the the top of the 10th inning.

The Texans needed just one run to end it all. As the game slipped past the five-hour mark, the Tri Valley pitcher was forced to intentionally walk the Texans' Joe Jimenez (Tucson Old Pueblo Club) to load the bases. That brought up the Texans' cleanup hitter Kenny Conlin. With the count full, Conlin took an outside pitch for ball four and San Antonio literally walked away with the win.

San Antonio will face the Ohio Classics at 1 p.m. on Friday at Riverview Park in Mesa (spring training home of the Chicago Cubs) for the MSBL title. The Texans beat Ohio 12-8 earlier in the tournament.