Ramon Martinez's bunt single walk-off secures series sweep over College of Southern Idaho

The Pima Community College baseball team (4-0) closed out its four-game series against the College of Southern Idaho on Sunday at the West Campus Aztec Field.

• Freshman Ramon Martinez laid down a suicide bunt towards third base and scored freshman Mike Jones (Canyon del Oro HS) for the walk-off as the No. 23 ranked Aztecs (Division II) defeated the Golden Eagles (Division I) 8-7 in 10 innings.
• The Aztecs got their offense going in the 1^st inning as sophomore Collin Senior (Horizon HS) hit a two-run RBI double to bring in freshman Ernie Alvarez (Canyon del Oro HS) and sophomore Caden Richards. Freshman Sean Barta hit a sacrifice-fly RBI to score Senior. Freshman Zach Plasschaert grounded out but brought in sophomore Nolan Ganter (Pinnacle HS), who had doubled earlier in the inning. The Aztecs led 4-0.
• The Aztecs tacked on another run in the 2^nd inning when Richards hit a double with two outs to score Alvarez and make it 5-0.
• The Golden Eagles got a run in the top of the 5^th, but Pima got it back in the bottom of the inning when Barta scored on an error to put the score at 6-1.
• Southern Idaho rallied off four runs in the 7^th inning and tied the game at 6-6 in the 9^th to force extra innings. The Golden Eagles took their first lead of the game with a run in the 10^th inning.
• Barta singled to start off the 10^th inning to put the tying run on base for the Aztecs. Jones doubled and represented the winning run. Freshman Jackson Glueck grounded out but moved the runners as Barta tied the game and Jones went to third base. Freshman Quintin Hennesy (Horizon HS) drew a walk, which set up Martinez's walk-off.
• Barta finished the game 1 for 3 with an RBI and two runs. Senior went 1 for 4 with two RBIs and a run while Alvarez was 1 for 5 with two runs. Richards finished 1 for 4 with an RBI and a run and Martinez was 1 for 2 with an RBI.
• Freshman Andres Castro (Pusch Ridge Christian) picked up the win in relief as he pitched three and one-third innings, giving up two runs (two earned) on four hits with four strikeouts and one walk. Sophomore Lucas Casey (Canyon del Oro HS) got the start and pitched five innings of no-hit ball as he finished after five innings, one run (one earned) on no hits with eight strikeouts and four walks.

CSI   0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1    7   7   7
PCC  4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2   8   7   3

W – Castro (1-0). 2B: Richards, Senior, Jones, Ganter.

The Aztecs will return to the West Campus Aztec Field on Tuesday when they play a non-conference doubleheader against Eastern Arizona College. First game starts at noon.