Cochise Baseball collects 20 hits to sweep Yavapai on the road
PRESCOTT, Ariz. --- The Cochise Baseball team was on the road on Tuesday needing every win they could get, as they visited the Yavapai College Roughriders for a doubleheader. Cochise is vying for the final spot in the Region 1 Division 1 playoffs in May and helped their cause by sweeping Yavapai at Roughrider Park.
Game 1: Cochise 9, Yavapai 2
Cochise scored early and often in Game 1 putting two runs in the second inning by a single from freshman Hadley Smith. Another base hit in the third inning from Kenneth Rhein extended the Apache lead to 3-0. Sophomores Pablo Garcia and Mathis Meurant led the way in the sixth inning as Garcia doubled and Meurant hit a solo home run to right field extending the lead to 7-1. Freshman Mathis Nayral started on the mound for Cochise. The righty completed the game allowing three hits and two runs over seven innings, striking out five and walking four. Offensively, the Apaches collected 10 hits led by Garcia and Smith who each had multiple hits.
Game 2: Cochise 7, Yavapai 2
Picking up right where they left off in Game 1, the Apaches scored in the first inning of the second game of the doubleheader with a Meurant double. Cochise broke their lead open in the third inning with four more runs led by sophomore outfielder Ruben Villaescusa and freshman infielder Darluin Ferreira. Apache lefty ace Tyson Noel started on the mound allowing three hits and zero runs over five and one-third innings, striking out three and not allowing any walks. Sophomore right-hander Alex Figueroa appeared in relief for Noel, pitching three and two-thirds innings allowing four hits and two runs, striking out four Yavapai batters. The Apaches added another 10 hits in Game 2 led by Muerant and freshman Francisco Laya who each had three.
Up Next..
Cochise (33-19,20-14) will host Pima Community College (38-12,22-10) in a critical Division I doubleheader on Saturday, April 20th at noon.
ACCAC Division 1 Standings (As of April 17th):
- Central Arizona College 27-7
- Pima Community College 22-10
- Arizona Western College 21-11
- South Mountain Community College 20-12
- Cochise College 20-14
- Eastern Arizona College 15-19
- Yavapai College 7-25