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Yuma, Arizona - Arizona Western College Matador Baseball team (20-20) swept a doubleheader from Eastern Arizona Community College (9-28-1) by the scores of 4-3 and 5-3.

Winning Pitcher: Jorge Molina (1-0) (3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K)

Losing Pitcher: Dwight Simon (2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K)

Top Hitters:

AWC: P.J. Jimenez: 1-2, 2 SB, 3 RBI; Art Flores: 1-2, 2B, R

EACC: Logan Sansoni: 1-3, RBI; Andrew Thompson: 1-3, R

 

Winning Pitcher: Derek Benham (3-2) (3 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, HB)Losing Pitcher: Preston Hancock (1 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K)

Top Hitters:

AWC: P.J. Jimenez: 3-5, 2 2B, R, 2 RBI; Ricky Silva: 2-3, R

EACC: Logan Sansoni: 3-5; Kyle Wager: 2-3, 2B, RBI

 

Arizona Western College head baseball coach John Stratton stated, “These conference doubleheaders are a grind, but I’ve learned that it doesn’t matter how you get them. We’ve been looking for a sweep for a long time, we had a sweep today, and we’ll take it!”

 

Records:

AWC: 20-20

EACC: 9-28-1

 

AWC’s Next Games: vs. Central Arizona Saturday Noon (Kammann Field-AWC Campus)