Luis Garcia and David Shackelford lead offensive barrage as Baseball sweeps GateWay CC

The Pima Community College baseball team (28-8, 15-5 in ACCAC) continued its offensive onslaught as it scored double figure runs for the sixth straight game on Friday as it swept GateWay Community College (14-17, 7-13) in Mesa.
The Aztecs scored 25 runs on the day as the Aztecs won its 10^th straight game. The Aztecs have scored 74 runs in the last six games.
Sophomore Luis Garcia (Salpointe Catholic HS) finished the day 5 for 6 with seven RBIs, two runs scored and two doubles. Freshman David Shackelford closed out the day 3 for 5 with four RBIs, three runs scored and three walks. Sophomore Hunter Faildo was 5 for 9 with an RBI and a run. Sophomore Anthony Imhoff (Queen Creek HS) and freshman Alessandro Castro (Pusch Ridge Christian HS) got the wins.

• Game 1: Pima CC Aztecs 10, GateWay CC Geckos 3: The Aztecs took the lead with four runs in the 3^rd inning and three runs in the 4^th and added more insurance in the later innings to pick up the win.
  Sophomore Andrew Stucky (Canyon del Oro HS) started off the 3^rd inning with a double, which was followed by Faildo's single. Freshman Benji Cazares (Tucson Magnet HS) put the Aztecs on the scoreboard with an RBI double to score Stucky. Faildo would later score on a wild pitch. Sophomore Joey Adge and Shackelford had back-to-back walks with the bases loaded to make it 4-0.
  Shackelford had another bases loaded walk in the 4^th inning to plate Cazares. Garcia padded Pima's lead to 7-0 with a two-run RBI double to bring in freshman Antonio Avila and sophomore Rocco Gump (Seton Catholic HS).
  The Geckos scored three runs in the bottom of the 4^th but the Aztecs got the runs back with one in the 5^th inning and two runs in the 6^th. Avila hit an RBI triple in the 5^th to bring around Cazares. Garcia and sophomore Gage Mestas hit back-to-back RBI singles in the 6^th inning.
  Garcia finished the game 2 for 3 with three RBIs and a run scored. Shackelford went 1 for 1 with two RBIs, a run scored and three walks. Cazares was 2 for 4 with an RBI and three runs scored. Avila closed out the game at 1 for 3 with an RBI, two runs and two walks.
  Imhoff picked up the win (7-1) after he threw six innings, giving up three runs (three earned) on four hits with 10 strikeouts and one walk on 104 pitches.

PCC       0 0 4 3 1 2 0   10  11  0
GWCC  0 0 0 3 0 0 0     3    5   1

W – Imhoff (7-1). 2B: Shackelford, Garcia, Cazares, Stucky. 3B: Avila. SB: Mestas

Game 2: Pima CC Aztecs 15, GateWay CC Geckos 2 (7 innings): The Aztecs scored the first 15 runs of the game as they completed the sweep with a run-rule victory.
The Aztecs scored two runs in the 2^nd, five runs in the 3^rd inning, six in the 5^th and one run in each the 6^th and 7^th innings.
Garcia continued to produce a strong bat as he hit RBI singles in each the 2^nd and 3^rd innings. He made it 9-0 in the 5^th with a two-run RBI double. Garcia went 3 for 3 with four RBIs and a run scored.
Shackelford carried on his momentum from the first game as he hit a two-run RBI double in the 3^rd inning to make it 6-0 as he finished 2 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
Sophomore Braedon Mondeau (Cienega HS) led off the 2^nd inning with a home run to put the Aztecs on the scoreboard. He also had an RBI single in the 3^rd inning and was 2 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
Faildo closed out the game 3 for 4 with an RBI double in the 6^th inning.
A. Castro got the win (5-2) as he pitched five shutout innings, giving up six hits with four strikeouts and two walks on 74 pitches.

PCC       0 2 5 0 6 1 1   15 15  1
GWCC  0 0 0 0 0 0 2     2   9   2

W – A. Castro (5-2). 2B: Stucky, Shackelford, Mestas, Garcia, Faildo. 3B: K. Castro. HR: Mondeau. SB: Reeves, Gump, Shackelford.

The Aztecs will be back at the West Campus Aztec Baseball Field on Tuesday when they host Chandler-Gilbert Community College in an ACCAC conference doubleheader. First game starts at noon.