Estadio Tomás Oroz Gaytán was a
stadium in
Ciudad Obregón,
Mexico
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. It was primarily used for
baseball and served as the home stadium for
Yaquis de Obregón. It holds 13,000 people.
The stadium was inaugurated on 12 July 1971. Yaquis player
Joakim Soria pitched a
perfect game against the
Naranjeros de Hermosillo on 9 December 2006.
A new baseball venue, the
Estadio Yaquis, was inaugurated on 12 October 2016, by then-governor of
Sonora,
Claudia Pavlovich Arellano. The Estadio Tomás Oroz Gaytán was purchased by the federal government in 2020 for more than
MXN$400 million. It was subsequently remodeled and used as a baseball academy.
References
Tomas Oroz Gaytan
Sports venues in Sonora
Baseball in Sonora
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