Mike Jones has six hits while Damian Lorta and Cooper Kruk homer as Baseball sweeps Paradise Valley CC

The Pima Community College baseball team (10-3, 3-1 in ACCAC) picked up its first ACCAC conference sweep on Tuesday against Paradise Valley Community College (7-8, 2-2) at the West Campus Aztec Field.
The No. 21 ranked Aztecs rallied back in both games. Sophomore Mike Jones (Canyon del Oro HS) closed out the day going 6-for-7 with two RBIs and two runs. Freshman Cooper Kruk (Catalina Foothills HS) finished 4-for-6 with an RBI and three runs scored. Sophomore Leon Cereceres went 3-for-6 with two RBIs and three runs scored.
Sophomore Shawn Barros (Salpointe Catholic HS) picked up the win in his start and sophomore Kai Fitak got the win in his relief appearance.

• Game 1: (21) Pima CC Aztecs 9, Paradise Valley CC Pumas 4: The Pumas scored three runs in the 1^st inning and led 4-2 heading into the bottom of the 4^th inning.
  The Aztecs loaded the bases with no outs in the 4^th. Freshman Adriel Figueroa-Brito hit a sacrifice-fly RBI to score Jones. Freshman Damian Lorta (Desert View HS) followed with a three-run home run as he drove the first pitch he saw to center field to give Pima a 6-4 lead.
  The Aztecs scored another three runs in the 5^th inning. Sophomore Ramon Martinez hit an RBI single to bring in fellow sophomore Max Leyva (Tucson Magnet HS). Cereceres followed with a two-run RBI single bringing around Jones and Martinez.
  Jones finished 3-for-3 with two runs. Cereceres went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs while Lorta was 1-for-3 with three RBIs and a run. Martinez finished 1-for-1 with an RBI, two runs and two walks. Kruk was 2-for-3.
  Barros picked up the win as he pitched four innings, giving up four runs (four earned) on seven hits with three strikeouts on 60 pitches. Sophomore Cam Grenert (Horizon HS) got the save as he threw three innings, giving up one hit with four strikeouts on 48 pitches.

PVCC   3 0 1 0 0 0 0   4    8    0
PCC      1 1 0 4 3 0 x   9   11   1

W – Barros (1-1). S – Grenert (1). 2B: Kruk, Jones. HR: Lorta. SB: Kruk, Cereceres.

• Game 2: (21) Pima CC Aztecs 5, Paradise Valley CC Pumas 3: The Aztecs rallied with two runs in the 8^th inning to take the lead for good as Fitak held off the Paradise Valley rally.
  Trailing 3-2 in the 6^th inning, freshman Juan Hernandez (Tucson Magnet HS) hit a sacrifice-fly RBI to score Kruk to tie the game at 3-3.
  The Pumas loaded the bases with no outs in the 8^th inning. Fitak got a strikeout and a double-play to end the threat. The Aztecs capitalize in the bottom-half of the 8^th. Jones hit a two-run RBI single to score Kruk and freshman Aciel Guillen (Salpointe Catholic HS) to give Pima the lead for good.
  The Pumas had two runners on base and Fitak got Paradise Valley to hit two straight fielder's choice plays that both went to second base to end the game.
  Kruk hit a solo home run in the 1^st inning and finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored. Jones closed out the game, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Cereceres went 1-for-4 with a run scored while sophomore Jackson Glueck was 2-for-4.
  Fitak pitched the final two innings, giving up three hits with one strikeout and one walk on 29 pitches. Freshman Jesse Neretlis didn't get the decision but pitched seven innings, giving up three runs (none earned) on five hits with two strikeouts and one walk on 91 pitches.

PVCC   0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0   3   8   0
PCC     2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 x    5   9   3

W – Fitak (1-0). 2B: Cereceres. HR: Kruk. SB: Figueroa-Brito 2, Guillen, Kruk, Glueck, Cereceres.

The Aztecs will hit the road for the first time this season on Saturday when they play an ACCAC conference doubleheader at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The first game starts at 12:00 p.m.