Stucky drives in seven, Mestas scores five runs as Baseball sweeps Cochise College

The Pima Community College baseball team (38-12, 23-9 in ACCAC) picked up a huge ACCAC Division I sweep on Tuesday against Cochise College (32-18, 16-16).
The Aztecs have won five straight and remain in a tight race in the ACCAC standings. They sit in the No. 2 seed but just a couple of games separate the 2-4 spots with six games left in the regular season.
The Aztecs got a boost on offense from sophomore Andrew Stucky (Canyon del Oro HS), who finished the day 5 for 8 with seven RBIs and three runs scored. Fellow sophomore Gage Mestas went 3 for 5 with an RBI and five runs scored. Sophomore Jaeden Swanberg (Salpointe Catholic HS) and freshman J.T. Drake picked up the wins on the mound.

• Game 1: Pima CC Aztecs 8, Cochise College Apaches 4: The Aztecs rallied with eight unanswered runs to take the lead for good.
  Freshman David Shackelford tied the game in the 2^nd inning as he scored on an error. Mestas got hit by a pitch to open the 3^rd inning and Stucky went yard on a two-run shot to give Pima a 3-1 lead.
  The Aztecs padded their lead with three runs in the 4^th inning. Sophomore Joey Adge hit a two-run RBI double to plate Shackelford and sophomore Rocco Gump (Seton Catholic HS). Pinch runner Antonio Avila later scored on Stucky's sacrifice-fly RBI to put the score at 6-1.
  Sophomore Hunter Faildo made it 8-1 with a two-run RBI single in the 6^th inning to drive in Avila and Mestas.
  Stucky finished the game 1 for 2 with three RBIs while Adge went 2 for 2 with two RBIs. Shackelford was 2 for 3 with two runs and Mestas also scored twice. Faildo finished 1 for 4 with two RBIs.
  Swanberg picked up the win (5-3) as he pitched six and one-third innings, giving up four runs (four earned) on five hits with nine strikeouts and three walks on 94 pitches.

CC     0 1 0 0 0 0 3   4 5 2
PCC   0 1 2 3 0 2 x   8 8 0

W – Swanberg (5-3). 2B: Adge 2. HR: Stucky. SB: Gump.

• Game 2: Pima CC Aztecs 13, Cochise College Apaches 8: The Aztecs put a halt to chances of extra innings as they broke open a tie game in the 8^th inning.
  With the score knotted at 8-8, the Aztecs scored five runs in the inning to take the lead for good. Pinch runner Jontae Hennesy scored on a wild pitch and Stucky knocked in Gump and sophomore Luis Garcia (Salpointe Catholic HS) with a two-run single. Mestas scored on a passed ball and Stucky crossed home plate on an error.
  Stucky had his first two-run RBI hit of the game in the 4^th inning with a triple to score Garcia and Mestas to give Pima a 4-3 lead. Stucky scored on freshman Benji Cazares' (Tucson Magnet HS) RBI single in the inning.
  Gump and Mestas each had RBI hits and runs scored in the 5^th inning as the Aztecs went up 8-4. The Apaches tied it up with two runs in each the 6^th and 7^th innings.
  Stucky closed out the game going 4 for 6 with four RBIs and two runs while Mestas finished 3 for 4 with an RBI and three runs. Cazares was 1 for 3 with two RBIs and a run. Gump and Garcia each scored two runs.
  Drake got the win (2-0) after he pitched the final four innings in relief, giving up two runs (none earned) on one hit with four strikeouts and one walk.

CC     0 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0   8  12 1
PCC   0 2 0 3 3 0 0 5 x  13 13 3

W – Drake (2-0). 2B: Mestas. 3B: Stucky. SB: Gump, Avila.

The Aztecs will hit the road on Saturday for an ACCAC Division I matchup at Arizona Western College. Games will be at 12:00 and 3:00 p.m.