The Arizona Fall League regular season doesn’t get much bigger than it was for the Surprise Saguaros on Wednesday.

Coming into play at 17-10, the Saguaros faced off with the Peoria Javelinas, who also entered play at 17-10.

With the two teams battling in the final game of the AFL regular season, the winner would clinch first place in the regular season standings and the top spot in this week’s playoffs.

Three Texas Rangers prospects helped Surprise pick up a massive 8-4 victory to cement themselves as the Fall League’s best regular-season team in 2026.

Rangers farmhand Casey Cook got the start in left field for the Saguaros but had a tough day at the plate, going 0-for-4 with a strikeout.

Cook led off the second inning with a flyout to left on the sixth pitch of his at-bat. In the fourth, he punched out swinging on a pitch that was well out of the zone.

In the sixth, Cook bounced back to the pitcher, and in the seventh, he would ground out to third to end his day.

Texas catching prospect Julian Brock got the start behind the dish and put forth yet another solid day, going 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk.

Brock began his day by grounding out to shortstop, but in the fourth, he laced an RBI single up the middle to bring home the fourth run of the game for Surprise.

In the sixth, Brock continued his impressive season of plate discipline as he worked a four-pitch walk. During his final at-bat of the day in the seventh, he grounded out to short once again.

On the mound, Rangers pitching prospect Jesus Gamez came on with the Saguaros one out away from victory.

With a runner on base already, Gamez gave up a two-run home run to the first batter he saw as the Javelinas cut the Surprise lead to 8-4.

However, the very next batter he faced, Gamez forced a flyout that would end the game and put a cap on the huge victory for the Saguaros.

Having been one of the AFL’s top two teams in the regular season, Surprise will skip the quarterfinal round, which takes place on Thursday.

The Saguaros will gear up for the semifinals on Friday, where a win will take them to the Championship Game on Saturday night, which will air live on MLB Network.

Should they win the title, Surprise would clinch back-to-back AFL championships after their triumph last year.