(Tucson, AZ) The Pima Community College baseball team (3-0) continued its four-game series with the College of Southern Idaho on Saturday at the West Campus Aztec Baseball Field.
Sophomore Caden Richards came up clutch as he finished the day going 3 for 5 with three RBIs, three runs scored and two walks. The Aztecs got wins on the mound from freshman Diego Garcia (Salpointe Catholic HS) and Luis Pablo Navarro (Walden Grove HS).
W – Garcia (1-0). 2B: Glueck. HR: Richards, Plasschaert, SB: Barta.
The Golden Eagles struck first with two runs in the 1st inning as neither team found further consistent offense until the 7th. The Golden Eagles added to their lead with one more run to make it 3-0.
Freshman Jackson Glueck hit a lead-off double and fellow freshman Matt MacDonald drew a walk to put two runners on. Freshman Zach Plasschaert took a few pitches to put it at a 2-1 count and then drove the fourth pitch to left field for the game-tying home run.
The Aztecs weren’t finish, as with one out in the 7th, sophomore Andrew Grenert (Horizon HS) hit a single to reach base. He later got caught stealing second, but freshman Sean Barta drew a walk to put a runner on the basepaths. Richards took over as hit the first pitch he saw and cleared the field for the walk-off homer to win it.
The Aztecs managed two hits and one walk in the first six innings.
Richards finished the game 1 for 2 with two RBIs, a run and a walk. Plasschaert went 2 for 3 with three RBIs and a run while Glueck was 1 for 3 with a run.
Garcia picked up the win in a relief appearance as he pitched three and one-third innings, giving up one run (one earned) on five hits with five strikeouts and one walk.
MacDonald hit a walk-off RBI single in the 5th inning to secure the run-rule and doubleheader victory.
The Aztecs took the lead in the 1st inning and never relinquished. Richards picked up right where he left off as he hit an RBI single to drive in freshman Ramon Martinez to put Pima on the scoreboard. Sophomore Nolan Ganter (Pinnacle HS) capped off the inning with a two-run homer to score fellow sophomore Collin Senior (Horizon HS) as the Aztecs took a 3-0 lead.
The Golden Eagles cut into the lead with two runs in the 3rd inning, but the Aztecs countered with three runs. Senior hit a lead-off double and later scored on a wild pitch. Barta hit a sacrifice-fly RBI to bring in Ganter while MacDonald scored to make it 6-2 after Glueck’s RBI single.
The Aztecs got another boost from Barta in the 4th inning as he hit a two-run home run to score Ganter and make it 9-3. Ganter and MacDonald had RBI doubles as part of a four-run inning to make it 10-3.
Ganter finished the game 2 for 2 with three RBIs, four runs scored and two walks while Barta went 2 for 3 with four RBIs and two runs. MacDonald closed it out going 2 for 2 with an RBI, two runs and two walks and Richards was 2 for 3 with an RBI. Glueck finished 2 for 2 with two RBIs.
Navarro got the start and pitched three innings, giving up two runs (two earned) on three hits with six strikeouts and four walks on 78 pitches.
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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