The Yavapai College baseball team won the pitchers’ duel and went into a brawl Tuesday afternoon against the Arizona Western College Matadors in Yuma. A 2-1 win in Game 1 and a 14-10 loss in Game 2 saw the Roughriders go 6-6 for his entire young season and 3-3 in ACCAC contests.

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game 1

After being behind the scenes in a pitching duel, the freshman is right in the final game Dillon Orr Getting off to a start for the Roughriders in Game 1, he was once again exceptional.

Not only does Orr have great stuff on the mound, he had great defense behind him in Game 1 which helped keep the contest within reach. Already he was leading 1–0, and early in the first round he threatened to blow the game on his two-out hit by a runner on second base.

sophomore outfielder Jude Hall But he had other ideas as he threw a base hit to center and got an outfield assist to keep the game 1-0 in favor of the AWC.

In the bottom of the second, Orr faced more trouble as the Matadors put runners on second and third with one out, but the freshman right-hander was able to get a ground ball in the infield, making the next AWC batter. I hit and ran away. Inning without injury.

After another zero from the YC offense in the top of the third, time for another web gem from the aforementioned hole in the bottom of the third as the AWC lofted a shallow fly ball into center field looking like a Texas Leaguer. was.

Instead, Hall raced to the ball and lurched forward at full stretch, robbing the Matador hit and helping Orr to a 1-2-3 inning.

A pitching duel ensued between the Roughriders and the Matadors as each team emptied in the 4th, 5th and 6th innings, but Orr stranded the runners in the 2nd and 3rd, then 1 again in the bottom of the 6th. I’m out.

After five consecutive innings of zero, the Roughriders reached their last at-bat in the top of the seventh. He needs a run to tie the ball game, and things take a turn for the worse in the final frame.

Hall, the leading hitter in the top of the seventh, stole the ball from AWC first baseman Mitt and doubled to tie the game.next batter, rookie infielder Quinn Allendropped a perfect sacrifice bunt to move Hall up to third with just one out.

freshman outfielder Zachary Dando Then stepped up to the plate and dropped another perfect bunt. This time, between the AWC pitcher and first baseman, he drove the hole with a game-tying single.

Following the trend 1st grade infielder Pierce Radke He then came to bat with a 1 out runner on first and dropped another perfectly placed bunt to the left side of the infield. AWC threw the ball to right field, and when it returned to the infield, the Roughriders received a gift on a Radke bunt, and when the ball returned to the infield, Dand scored to YC with Radke standing on third base. gave them a 2-1 lead.

The Matadors stopped the Roughriders from scoring after a trio of bunts, but Orr began to work in the bottom of the seventh, with just three outs to secure the overall game win and complete the comeback. I needed it.

Orr did just that, despite a leadoff single in the bottom of the seventh, and the game ended with a great sliding play by second baseman Radke, who had Orr on the right side of this pitching duel.

Hall Dandow sophomore infielder Ethan Thomassophomore outfielder Blake Jacklin and freshman infielder Nico Roselle Each had one hit in Game 1.

game 2

The second game of the doubleheader was the furthest from a pitchers duel, and the Matadors started the game’s first pitch over the center field wall for Jacklin’s second home run of the season. I soon found out.

AWC then quickly capitalized on a sloppy YC defense in the bottom of the first to take a 2–1 lead.

In the top of the second, the Roughriders took the lead on RBI singles by sophomore infielders Jack Erickson and Jacklin. In the top of the third, Thomas tripled to left center before coming in to score on an RBI groundout from the hole, giving the Roughriders a 4-2 lead into the bottom of the frame.

From there, YC was forced to catch up for the rest of the afternoon as the Matadors pushed for 5 runs in the bottom of the 3rd to take a 7-4 lead.

In the top of the fifth, the Roughriders had the bases loaded on two free passes to cut the deficit to one run, but the Matadors scored 10 with three spots in the bottom of the frame. -6 leads.

A seesaw battle soon ensued as Hall doubled for the top run in the top of the sixth and then scored on a two-run single off Roselle’s bat. Roselle’s next three-hitter, the Roughriders, tied his contest 10–10 with a wild pass ball.

Once again, the theme of the second game, the Matadors quickly responded with another 3-spot in the bottom of the 6th to take a 13-10 lead.

AWC added another run in the bottom of the seventh and held the Roughriders scoreless in the final three frames to clinch a split and a 14–10 victory.

Offensively, Jacklin led the team with four hits on the day as a sophomore infielder. Mitch Wood Dando and Thomas had three each, and Dando and Thomas had two.freshman catcher Waile Kane YatesHall, Rosell, Erickson, and Radke finished Game 2 with one hit each.

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The Roughriders will return to action on Saturday, February 25 in Phoenix, Arizona with a doubleheader Game 1 starting at noon against the South Mountain Community College Cougars.

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