SMCC Baseball Sweeps ACCAC Doubleheader from Cochise College
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Cochise College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
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South Mountain Community College | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 10 | 13 | 3 |
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Cochise College | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
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South Mountain Community College | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | 9 | 7 | 1 |
PHOENIX ---
The South Mountain Community College baseball team (18-6, 6-4 ACCAC) defeated Cochise College 9-1 (7 innings) and 10-7 in an ACCAC home doubleheader on Saturday, Mar. 4. Sophomore Jaxon Jelkin fanned 10 Apaches over six innings, and the Cougars used a big sixth inning to post the 9-1 victory. In the second game, SMCC scored nine runs over the first three innings and held off a Cochise College rally in the ninth to sweep the doubleheader.
Game One Recap
Cochise pushed across a run in the top of the third to tie the game at 1-1, but the Cougars responded immediately with solo home runs from Carter Richey and Jaden Miranda in their half of the frame to take a 3-1 lead. Leading 4-1 in the bottom of the sixth, SMCC scored five in the frame, including a three-run double from Kenneth Jimenez, to quell any thoughts of a comeback.
Jelkin improved to 4-1 on the season with a strong performance on the mound for SMCC. He scattered four hits, two walks, and one earned run over six innings. Freshman Brandon Koble threw the seventh inning for SMCC and fanned a pair.
Sam Christiansen and Dominic Chacon recorded a double and a triple, respectively, and each scored a run, with Chacon adding an RBI. Core Jackson had two RBIs, Richey added a pair, and Miranda scored twice in the win. Jackson, Richey and Christiansen all recorded stolen bases for SMCC.
Game Two Recap
The teams combined for eight runs in the first inning, and SMCC led 5-3 afterward. The Cougars added a run in the second and three in the third to take a 9-3 lead and held a 10-4 advantage into the ninth. The Apaches tried to mount the comeback and pushed three across before SMCC's Josaiah Estrella snuffed out the rally to seal the win.
Matthew Martinez earned the win and improved to 2-1 on the season with five innings of relief work. He fanned seven and worked around four hits and a walk. Estrella picked up his first save of the year with three innings of relief work. He allowed three hits and struck out one. Nikolas Miller started the game for SMCC and had a strikeout.
Richey led SMCC with three hits and went 3-for-5 with two runs, a stolen base and an RBI. Jackson had the team's only extra-base hit, picking up a double and finishing 2-for-3 with two runs. Chacon also had two hits and posted two runs and two RBIs.
Karsen Waslefsky had a pair of RBIs, a stolen base and a run, Connor Schneider was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run, and Christiansen went 2-for-4 with a run.