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This weekend, the Presoctt Yavapai College Baseball team resumed conference play on the road against Eastern Arizona. The Roughriders and the Gila Monsters played hard in 3 games, and the victors would end up being the Roughriders, winning 2 of their 3 games. The Gila Monsters would end up stopping an 11-game win streak by the Roughriders.
Yavapai would go 2-1 against conference rival Eastern Arizona on the road, including a no-hitter in Game 1 from Traig Oughton (Photo by Yavapai College Athletics).
Game 1
The first game of the weekend took place on Friday at 2 PM, and Yavapai won the game 4-0. This game featured pitcher Traig Oughton pitching his second no-hitter of the season! In 9 innings, Oughton faced 30 batters and had 5 strikeouts, all while having no hits!
The 4 runs were run in by Matthew Peterson, Caleb Horsey, Liam Richards, and Justin Cherrington. AJ Diaz, Kevin Ramos, Brady Francisco, and Cherrington all batted in the runs. Richards and Cherrington both stole bases as well.
Francisco had 5 putouts, while Peterson, Ramos, and Richards each had 4. One of Peterson’s outs was a double play.
Game 2
The first game of the first of March was a Roughrider victory! The good guys won 8-4.
Nathan Nichols and Liam Rochards both ran in for 2 each, and the other runs would be scored by AJ Diaz, Caleb Horsey, Brady Francisco, and Jackson Schofield. Schofield and Justin Cherrington had 2 runs batted in, with the others coming from Diaz, Horsey, Francisco, and Kevin Ramos.
Collin Adams and Carter Boone both pitched in this game. Boone had 3 strikeouts in 3 innings, while Adams had 2 in 4.
Kevin Ramos had 7 putouts, while Brady Francisco had 5, and Richards with 4.
Game 3
The final game of the series ended up being a Roughrider loss, as they would fall 6-13.
Liam Richards and Brady Francisco each scored 2 runs, while AJ Diaz and Kevin Ramos each had one run. Their runs were batted in by Richards, Nate Nichols (2), and Justin Cherrington. Richards had 2 stolen bases, while Caleb Horsey and Francisco each had one.
Ty Thompson had 3 strikeouts in 3.1 innings, while Shane Hooper had 2 in just 1.
Matthew Peterson had 7 putouts, while Lucas Franz had 6.
Up Next
The Baseball team will travel back home for their next two games on Wednesday, March 5th, against South Mountain. The doubleheader will begin at 12 PM, with Game 2’s first pitch at 2:30 PM.
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