Strong pitching gets AWC a sweep

Murray, Martin, Ligda combine to allow 2 runs in doubleheader; Merendez gets 4 RBIs

The Arizona Western baseball team needed only three pitchers to get through Saturday’s doubleheader, and the results showed why.

Jayden Murray, Irving Martin and Eric Ligda combined to allow only two runs combined over 16 innings in the Matadors’ twogame sweep of Eastern Arizona by scores of 3-1 and 2-1.

In game one, a seveninning game as part of the conference’s system, Murray mowed down the Gila

35-17 overall, 17-15 ACCAC 16-34 overall, 6-26 ACCAC

Monsters (16-34 overall, 6-26 Arizona Community College Athletic Conference) to the tune of seven innings, four hits, one run, one walk and 11 strikeouts.

ALEX LASTRA/ARIZONA WESTERN COLLEGE STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHER JAYDEN MURRAY (8) THROWS TO HOME PLATE. The sophomore starter had 11 strikeouts while picking up the win in game one.

ALEX LASTRA/ARIZONA WESTERN COLLEGE STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHER SNAIDER TORREALBA (1) WHIPS THE BALL across the diamond for an out against Eastern Arizona. The Mats only allowed two runs in two games.

G1: AWC 3, Eastern Arizona 1 G2: AWC 2, Eastern Arizona 1