(Tucson, AZ) The Pima Community College baseball team (2-0) opened the 2026 season on Friday as it hosted a doubleheader against the College of Southern Idaho at the West Campus Aztec Baseball Field.
The No. 21 ranked Aztecs picked up two victories as sophomore Jackson Glueck closed out the day, going 3 for 5 with three RBIs and three runs scored. Glueck, along with freshmen Cooper Kruk (Catalina Foothills HS) and Juan Hernandez (Tucson Magnet HS), all homered in the second game. Sophomore Brady Hall and freshman Matt Delaney picked up the wins.
Game 1: (21) Pima Aztecs 5, College of Southern Idaho Golden Eagles 2
The Aztecs took the lead for good with three runs in the 4th inning and one in the 5th inning.
Glueck and sophomore Matt MacDonald drew back-to-back walks to start the 4th inning. With one out, freshman Damian Lorta (Desert View HS) hit an RBI single to bring in Glueck to make it 2-1. Sophomore Mike Jones (Canyon del Oro HS) followed with a sacrifice-fly RBI to plate MacDonald. Sophomore Max Leyva (Tucson Magnet HS) reached base on an error and pinch runner Owen Wade (Pinnacle HS) scored to put Pima ahead 4-1.
Glueck hit an RBI double in the 5th inning to bring in sophomore Leon Cereceres, after he hit a lead-off single, stole second base and reach third on a groundout.
Freshman Aciel Guillen (Salpointe Catholic HS) scored on a passed ball to put Pima on the board in the 1st inning.
Glueck closed out the game going 1 for 2 with an RBI, a run scored and a walk. MacDonald drew three walks and scored a run. Lorta was 1 for 2 with an RBI and Cereceres finished 1 for 4 with a run.
Hall picked up the win in relief as he pitched three and-one-third innings, giving up one run (none earned) on three hits with one strikeout and two walks on 54 pitches.
W – Hall (1-0). 2B: Glueck. SB: Cereceres, Leyva, MacDonald, Martinez.
Game 2: (21) Pima CC Aztecs 6, College of Southern Idaho Golden Eagles 0: The pitching duo of Delaney and freshman Jose Grijalva (Sunnyside HS) shut out the Golden Eagles in the second game. Delaney got the win after he pitched three innings of no-hit ball with two strikeouts on 32 pitches. Grijalva was credited with the save after he pitched the final four innings, giving up two hits with three strikeouts on 46 pitches.
The Pima offense took over in the first three innings. Cereceres drew a lead-off walk in the 1st inning and was driven in by Glueck’s two-run homer.
Hernandez hit a lead-off home run in the 2nd inning to make it 3-0.
Kruk found his swing in the 3rd inning as he sent one over the fence scoring Guillen and Glueck.
Glueck finished 2 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs. Kruk went 1 for 3 with three RBIs and a run while Hernandez was 1 for 3 with an RBI and a run. Cereceres closed out the game going 1 for 2 with a run and two walks.
W – Delaney (1-0). S – Grijalva (1). HR: Kruk, Gleck, Hernandez. SB: Cereceres, Leyva
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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