Plouck & Rosebeck throw gems as Aztec baseball splits vs. Yavapai

Posted Mar 8, 2014

Raymond Suarez
Pima Community College

The Pima Community College baseball team (15-10, 9-4 in conference) had a tale of two games on Saturday as it split against Yavapai College at the West Campus.

The Aztecs managed just three hits in their 2-0 loss in the first contest, as Cole Plouck (Empire HS) pitched a great game but couldn’t get the offensive support. Plouck dropped to 1-2 on the year, pitching seven innings and giving up two runs (one earned) on six hits with four walks and no strikeouts. Devon Carrillo (Sahuaro HS), Kellen Marruffo (Sabino HS) and Cooper Smith (Canyon del Oro HS) each went 1 for 3. Yavapai pitcher Chance Adams struck out 12 Aztec batters.

It was a different story in the second game as the Aztecs used a five-run seventh inning to open up the game up and win 9-0. Ethan Rosebeck (Cienega HS) pitched a gem, going seven innings and giving up five hits with four strikeouts and two walks. He improved to 3-0 on the season. Ben Skuro (Sabino HS) closed it out, pitching two innings while giving up one hit with three strikeouts.

Smith increased Pima’s lead with an RBI single in the sixth inning to score James Lynch and make it 3-0. Marruffo scored later in the inning off a Jorge Maldonado Jr. groundout. In the seventh inning, Smith was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score pitch-runner Trey Stine (Ironwood Ridge HS), and A.J. Acosta (Douglas HS) hit an RBI single to score Dan Kennon to make it 6-0. Carrillo, Lynch and Smith would score the other three runs in the inning.

Smith finished 1 for 2 with two RBIs and Kennon and Lynch each scored two runs for the game.

The Aztecs will have a busy week next week playing six games; five being at the West Campus. They’ll start the week off playing at Chandler-Gilbert Community College on Tuesday at 6 p.m.