(Tucson, AZ) The Pima Community College baseball team (33-9, 20-6 in ACCAC) got back on the winning track on Tuesday as it swept Phoenix College (19-20, 8-16) at the West Campus Aztec Baseball Field part of the Chapman Automotive Sports Complex.
Freshman David Shackelford finished the day going 1 for 4 with five RBIs, three runs scored and three walks. Sophomore Rocco Gump (Seton Catholic HS) closed out his day going 4 for 6 with four RBIs and two runs scored. Sophomore Matt Cornelius threw six-plus innings in a shutout outing.
Game 1: (19) Pima CC Aztecs 8, Phoenix College Bears 4
The Aztecs rallied in the 3rd inning to take the lead for good.
Down 3-2, the Aztecs loaded the bases with one out and Shackelford hit a grand slam to put them up 6-3.
The Bears got a run back in the 4th but Gump hit an RBI single in the 5th inning and sophomore Hunter Faildo scored on a balk in the 6th.
Shackelford finished the game 1 for 4 with four RBIs and a run scored while Gump went 2 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored. Faildo hit an RBI single in the 1st inning and was 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run.
Sophomores Luis Garcia (Salpointe Catholic HS) and Andrew Stucky (Canyon del Oro HS) each went 1 for 3 with a run scored.
Sophomore Jaeden Swanberg (Salpointe Catholic HS) picked up the win (4-2) as he pitched five innings, giving up four runs (four earned) on seven hits with three strikeouts on 72 pitches. Freshman J.T. Drake picked up his 11th save of the season after pitching the final two innings, giving up two hits with two strikeouts.
PC 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 9 1
PCC 2 0 4 0 1 1 x 8 11 2
W – Swanberg (4-2). 2B: Faildo, Stucky. GS: Shackelford.
Photo by Stephanie van Latum
Game 2: Pima CC Aztecs 13, Phoenix College Bears 1 (7 innings)
Cornelius kept the Bears’ bats in check as he got the win (9-1), after going six and one-third innings, giving up two hits with six strikeouts and one walk on 77 pitches.
The Aztecs poured it on in the 5th inning as they scored seven runs. Freshman Sterling Albrand (Millennium HS) hit a two-run RBI double to drive in freshman Ruben Castro (Tucson Magnet HS) and Shackelford to make it 7-0. Gump followed with a two-run RBI single, scoring freshman Elijah Reeves (Marana HS) and Albrand. Stucky and Faildo followed with back-to-back RBI hits in the inning.
Albrand closed out the game going 1 for 3 with four RBIs while Gump went 2 for 3 with three RBIs and a run. Freshman Benji Cazares (Tucson Magnet HS) hit an RBI double in the 3rd inning and was 1 for 3 with an RBI and two runs in the game. Shackelford scored two runs and drew three walks. He also had a bases loaded walk RBI in the 2nd inning. Castro finished 3 for 4 with two runs.
PC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2
PCC 0 2 2 0 7 2 x 13 9 3
W – Cornelius (9-1). 2B: Albrand, K. Castro, Cazares, Stucky.
The Aztecs will play at No. 2 Central Arizona College on Saturday in a battle between the top two teams in the ACCAC conference. First game of the doubleheader starts at noon.
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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