(Scottsdale, AZ) The Pima Community College baseball team (13-6, 6-4 in ACCAC) was back on the road for an ACCAC conference doubleheader at Scottsdale Community College (9-11, 4-6).
The No. 21 ranked Aztecs had a difficult time manufacturing runs in the first game but scored 16 runs in the second game to get the split. Freshman Adriel Figueroa-Brito closed out the day going 3-for-8 with five RBIs and three runs scored. Freshman Cooper Kruk (Catalina Foothills HS) was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs while sophomore Jackson Glueck finished 3-for-7 with an RBI and two runs scored. Freshman Hayden Green (Sabino HS) took the loss in the first game while sophomore Brady Hall got the win in the second game, pitching in a relief appearance.
Game 1: Scottsdale Artichokes 5, (21) Pima Aztecs 2
The rally was cut short in the 7th inning as the Aztecs left the bases loaded as a strikeout ended the threat.
Figueroa-Brito hit a lead-off single in the 5th inning. He stole second base and reached third base on an error. He scored on freshman Ezra Vidal’s (Sahuarita HS) sacrifice-fly RBI. The Aztecs ended the 5th inning with the bases loaded.
The Aztecs had bases loaded in the 7th inning with two outs. Kruk drew a walk to score Glueck but a strikeout ended the game.
The Aztecs managed two hits and five walks in the first four innings.
Glueck was 1-for-2 with a run and two walks. Figueroa-Brito was 1-for-3 with a run scored.
Green took the loss as he pitched four innings, giving up three runs (three earned) on five hits with six strikeouts and four walks on 91 pitches.
L – Green (2-1). 2B: Jones, MacDonald, Figueroa-Brito. SB: Figueroa-Brito, Jones.
Game 2: (21) Pima Aztecs 16, Scottsdale Artichokes 8 (7 innings)
The Aztecs went on an offensive barrage as they took the lead for good with seven runs in the 5th inning.
The Aztecs trailed 6-4 in the top of the 5th inning. With one out, Glueck hit a double to reach base. Freshman Westin Thompson followed with a two-run home run to tie it at 6-6. The Aztecs loaded the bases in the same inning as sophomore Leon Cereceres drew a walk to score sophomore Quintin Hennesy (Horizon HS) and put the Aztecs ahead. Figueroa-Brito followed with a grand slam to left field scoring sophomore Max Leyva (Tucson Magnet HS), sophomore Ramon Martinez and Cereceres putting Pima up 11-6.
Cereceres hit a two-run RBI double in the 6th inning to score Hennesy and Leyva, and Figueroa-Brito drove an RBI single to plate Martinez. The Aztecs were up 14-7 at that point.
Hennesy and Leyva had back-to-back RBI hits in the 7th inning to help put the game away.
Figueroa-Brito finished the game going 2-for-5 with five RBIs, two runs and a walk. Kruk hit a two-run RBI single in the 1st inning as he went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs. Leyva fell a home run short of the cycle as he was 3-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored.
Thompson finished 1-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs while Hennesy closed out the game going 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs. Glueck went 2-for-5 with an RBI and run scored and Martinez was 1-for-2 with an RBI and two runs.
Hall picked up the win in relief as he pitched five innings, giving up three runs (three earned) on six hits with four strikeouts and one walk on 76 pitches.
W – Hall (2-0). 2B: Glueck 2, Cereceres, Leyva. 3B: Leyva. GS: Figueroa-Brito. HR: Thompson. SB: Kruk 2, Figueroa-Brito, Vidal, Glueck, Cereceres, Hennesy, Thompson.
The Aztecs return to the West Campus Aztec Field on Tuesday for an ACCAC doubleheader with Phoenix College. The first game starts at 12:00 p.m.
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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