(El Paso, TX) The Pima Community College softball team (5-0) closed out its four-game series at El Paso Community College on Saturday.
The Aztecs scored 27 runs in Saturday’s doubleheader and a total of 45 runs over the last four games. Sophomore Clarissa Figueroa (Mountain View HS) finished the day going 3 for 7 with five RBIs and three runs scored while fellow sophomore Julissa Lopez (Tucson Magnet HS) went 4 for 8 with four RBIs and a run scored. Freshman Alyssa Aguirre (Sabino HS) was 4 for 5 with an RBI, three runs and four steals while sophomore J’Gaia Graves (Shadow Ridge HS) finished 1 for 2 with four runs, three walks and three stolen bases.
Freshman Adriana Machado (Canyon del Oro HS) and sophomore Belen Camacho (Pueblo HS) picked up the wins in the circle.
Game 1: (6) Pima Aztecs 14, El Paso Tejansas 2 (5 innings)
The Aztecs scored nine runs in the 1stinning to set the tone and produced runs in every inning to earn the run-rule victory.
Figueroa hit a two-run RBI double to score Graves and Aguirre putting Pima on the scoreboard in the 1st inning. She later scored on an RBI double by Lopez to make it 3-0.
Freshman Kayla Hendrix (Canyon del Oro HS) hit a two-run double, and also scored a run to make it 6-0. The Aztecs scored eight runs before recording an out.
Freshmen Sweet Urrutia (Sunnyside HS) and Isabel Mendoza (Cienega HS) hit RBI triples in the 4th and 5th inning respectively.
Figueroa knocked in another run with her RBI single in the 3rd inning as she finished 2 for 4 with three RBIs and a run. Hendrix went 1 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs. Lopez was 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run. Aguirre went 2 for 2 with two runs, two walks and a steal while freshman Soleil Ponce (Sunnyside HS) finished 2 for 2 with an RBI and a run.
picked up the win after throwing all five innings, giving up two runs (two earned) on four hits with four strikeouts and two walks on 74 pitches.
Pima 9 1 2 1 1 14 16 0
El Paso 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 2
W – A. Machado (1-0). 2B: Figueroa, Lopez, Hendrix, Ponce. 3B: A. Machado, Mendoza. SB: Aguirre, Graves, Hendrix
Game 2: (6) Pima Aztecs 13, El Paso Tejanas 4 (5 innings):
The Aztecs broke a 4-4 tie with nine unanswered runs to help secure their second run-rule win of the day.
Mendoza hit an RBI single scoring sophomore Amerika Lopez-Bedoy (Sunnyside HS) to give Pima the lead for good at 5-4. Lopez-Bedoy hit a lead-off single to start the 3rd inning.
Freshman Izabel Rodriguez (Sahuarita HS) went yard to open the 4th inning with a lead-off homer. Lopez contributed with a two-run RBI double, which capped off a five-run inning to give the Aztecs a 10-4 lead.
Figueroa had a two-run RBI single in the 5th inning bringing in Rodriguez and freshman Angelina Dehler (Empire HS). Lopez capped off the 5th with an RBI double to score Figueroa.
Lopez finished 2 for 4 with three RBIs while Figueroa and Lopez-Bedoy were each 1 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs. Rodriguez was 2 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs and Mendoza finished 2 for 2 with an RBI and a run. Aguirre went 2 for 3 with an RBI, a run and three steals. Graves scored two runs, had two walks and two steals.
Camacho got the win as she pitched three and-one-third innings, giving up three hits with three strikeouts and one walk.
Pima 1 3 1 5 3 13 13 1
El Paso 0 4 0 0 0 4 5 0
W – Camacho (3-0). 2B: Lopez 2, Rodriguez, Lyons. HR: Rodriguez. SB: Aguirre 3, Graves 2.
The Aztecs opened ACCAC conference play on Tuesday when they host Mesa Community College at the West Campus Aztec Softball Field. First game of the doubleheader starts at 12:00 p.m.
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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