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Chandler, Arizona - Arizona Western College Matador Baseball team (15-17) split a doubleheader with Chandler/Gilbert Community College (15-12)) by the scores of 5-0 and 3-4.

Winning Pitcher: Stephen Barbosa (2-0) (6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, HB)

Losing Pitcher: Derek Riley (3-2) (7 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, HB)

Top Hitters:

AWC: Giovanni Garcia: 3-4, 3B, 2 R; Jorge Molina: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI

CGCC: Jason Kudloff: 2-3, 2B; Kevin Hennessy: 1-3, 2B

 

Winning Pitcher: Danny Skelly (4-0) (7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K)

Losing Pitcher: Ian Waldron (3-4) (7 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 K)

Top Hitters:

AWC: Anthione Shaw: 2-4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI; P.J. Jimenez: 1-4, RBI

CGCC: Kevin Hennessy: 3-4, R, RBI; Ronnie Welty: 2-4, HR, 2 R, RBI

 

Arizona Western College head baseball coach John Stratton stated, “We’re playing pretty good baseball right now, even though it doesn’t always translate to a sweep.  We played well enough to win both today, but we still have a little catching up to do, so we need to start working on winning those one-run games.”

 

Records:

AWC: 15-17

CGCC: 15-12