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Mike Weldon and Canyon del Oro's baseball team showed Sahuaro and the rest of Southern Arizona one thing on Friday: Do not count out the Dorados.

Weldon hit a walk-off, three-run homer with one out in the eighth inning to take an improbable 11-8 victory at home.

CDO coach Len Anderson said his team stormed back from a 6-0 deficit thanks to its resiliency.

"When we had our little post-game chat, that was the first thing I talked about," he said.

"It is a characteristic of this team that they don't ever give up. They've been down six runs before and come back, so they have experience with that."

Trailing 6-0 by the top of the third inning, CDO was able to come back.

The Dorados cut the lead to 6-5 in the fifth inning when Ryan Lush scored off a Brandon Penick groundout.

Sahuaro went ahead 7-5 in the top of the seventh inning when Ryan Jackson homered. Jared McDonald reached on a walk and scored later on a Mike Lachapelle bunt to make it 8-5.

CDO's Nick Ziegler tied the game at 8 with a three-run homer in the seventh, sending the game into extra innings. One inning later, Karl Wendtland reached on a single, and Zach Tarbet was hit by a pitch, setting up Weldon's heroics.

After the homer, Weldon was at a loss for words as his teammates and coaches patted him on the back.

"It feels unbelievable," he said. "It just feels good."

CDO was able to stay in the game largely because of Rick Patton's pitching. He kept the game within reach after coming in during the top of the third.

"That was an awesome job by Ricky Patton," Anderson said. "Sometimes, pitchers have a feeling that it is 'garbage time,' but it's not," Anderson said. "In high school and college baseball, the aluminum bats, teams are capable of putting together big innings, so you need a pitcher who is going to come in and slam the door."