Aztecs baseball drops doubleheader at No. 7 Cochise College

The Pima Community College baseball team (26-14, 12-11 in ACCAC) gave up runs late in the games on Tuesday in its ACCAC Division I doubleheader at No. 7 ranked Cochise College (34-7, 18-6).

• Game 1: (7) Cochise College Apaches 9, Pima CC Aztecs 2: The Aztecs trailed 3-2 but the Apaches scored six runs in the bottom of the 6^th inning to pull away.
  Freshman Karl Koerper hit a two-out RBI single in the 6^th inning driving in freshmen Cole Cummings and JJ Rollon (Skyline HS). The Aztecs finished the game with six hits.
  Koerper was 1 for 3 with two RBIs. Cummings went 1 for 3 with a run scored and Rollon finished 1 for 2 with a run.
  Sophomore Adam Moraga (Sunnyside HS) took the loss (6-3) as he pitched five and one-third innings giving up seven runs (one earned) on eight hits with seven strikeouts and two walks.

PCC   0 0 0 0 0 2 0   2  6  3
CC     0 0 1 0 2 6 x   9 11 0

• Game 2: (7) Cochise College Apaches 7, Pima CC Aztecs 2: The Aztecs held the lead but the Apaches scored six runs in the 7^th inning to take the lead for good.
  The 6^th inning was good to the Aztecs again as Rollon tied the game with an RBI single to score sophomore Fabian Ferreira (Tucson HS), who led off the inning with a double. Three batters later, sophomore Garett Lake drove in Rollon to put Pima up 2-1.
  The Apaches scored six runs in the 7^th inning.
  Rollon went 1 for 3 with an RBI, a run scored and a walk. Lake was 1 for 4 with an RBI. Sophomore Phillip Sikes finished 2 for 4.
  Sophomore Conner Nantkes took the loss (3-4) as he pitched six and one-third innings giving up three runs (three earned) on two hits with seven strikeouts and seven walks.

PCC    0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0   2 6 0
CC      1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 x   7 7 0

The Aztecs will be back at the West Campus on Saturday when they host Chandler-Gilbert Community College in an ACCAC doubleheader. First game starts at 12:00 p.m.