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The Naranjeros de Hermosillo (English: Hermosillo Orange Growers) are a professional baseball team based in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. They compete in the Mexican Pacific League (LMP). The team plays at the Estadio Fernando Valenzuela with a capacity of 16,000 seated spectators.
The Mexican Pacific League (Spanish: Liga Mexicana del Pacífico, or LMP), officially known as the Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons, is a ten team professional baseball winter league based in Northwestern Mexico. It was founded in 1945. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year.
The club earned promotion to the Segunda División in 2007, where they remained until 2011, when Ballenas Galeana Morelos purchased their spot in the league and the Búhos dissolved. In 2021 the University of Sonora recovered the football team after a 10-year absence.
The Rayos went on to repeat as CIBACOPA champions the following year after beating the Garra Cañera de Navolato in seven games. [2] [18] The Rayos de Hermosillo played their first game in the remodeled Arena Sonora on 5 April 2019, defeating the Venados de Mazatlán by a score of 73–64. [19]
Tomateros de Culiacán was founded in 1965 and started playing in the Liga de la Costa (Coastal League), this league is also now defunct. [1] The Tomateros won their most recent championship on January, 30th 2021(2020-21 season). They defeated the Naranjeros de Hermosillo in seven games, bringing their total to 13 championships. It also marked ...
Baseball first rose to popularity in Mexico during the 1880s, and may have been introduced there as early as 1846. [1] Mexico's current premier baseball league, the Mexican Baseball League, was founded in 1925 and consists of two divisions with 16 teams in total.
The Estadio Fernando Valenzuela is a baseball stadium located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. It is home to the Naranjeros de Hermosillo of the Mexican Pacific League . The stadium opened as the Estadio Sonora opened in 2013 and replaced the Estadio Héctor Espino as the home ballpark of the Naranjeros.
In 2013, the stadium was replaced by the Estadio Sonora as the home venue of the Naranjeros de Hermosillo. [4] The final Naranjeros game at the stadium was a 7–2 playoff loss to the Tomateros de Culiacán on 6 January 2013. [3] The stadium served as the first home venue of the Cimarrones de Sonora from 2013 to 2015.