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Major League Baseball announced Thursday that the Arizona Fall League will stage a tripleheader at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium on Oct. 11.

The AFL tripleheader follows the Oct. 2-5 Mexican Baseball Fiesta and precedes the Oct. 16 regular-season home debut of the Tucson Baseball Team.

The AFL is made of six teams that play in spring-training ballparks in and around Phoenix. Each team features seven top prospects from . Former University of Arizona catcher Daniel Susac played in the AFL last year.

“Welcoming the Arizona Fall League builds on the incredible momentum we’ve created — first by hosting the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers, and now as the new home of the Tucson Baseball Team,� Sarah Horvath, director of the Kino Sports Complex, said in a news release. “Kino Sports Complex and Pima County are once again firmly on the map as a premier destination for top-tier baseball.�

The tripleheader begins at 12:30 p.m. with a game between the Salt River Rafters and the Surprise Saguaros. The Mesa Solar Sox face the Peoria Javelinas at 3:30 p.m. The nightcap, slated for 6:30, features the Scottsdale Scorpions and the Glendale Desert Dogs.

and range from $20 per game for youth (11-17) and seniors (55-plus) to $25 for adults (18-plus). Kids 10 and under are free.

Tucson had an AFL team, called the Javelinas, in the early 1990s and hosted a game featuring Michael Jordan in 1994 at Hi Corbett Field. The AFL hasn’t been back to Tucson since.

The AFL season begins Oct. 6 at Scottsdale Stadium and concludes Nov. 15 at Salt River Fields.