This month’s hottest hitter in Class 5A saw his terrific career end in sad fashion on Thursday.
Desert Mountain got whooped by Hamilton in the state semifinals, and though the Wolves showed something by coming back to load the bases and scratch across a run (it probably should have been more) after Hamilton scored 15 in the previous inning, it gave Lars Liguori one more at-bat, and he reached base.
Since the state tournament started, Liguori reached base 17 times in 25 plate appearances, spanning six games.
He had two hits in an otherwise miserable Thursday for the Wolves and reached base all five times in a win against Mesa Mountain View.
He complimented his extra-base power with walks and an ability to hit to all fields. All it took was a mechanical adjustment involving his weight shift two weeks ago.
“Holy cow, he was on fire,” Wolves coach Bryan Rice said. “You could see how he was hitting the ball again. He was the toughest out there was.”
