Aztecs Baseball manages three hits and 10 walks to beat College of Southern Idaho in season opener

The Pima Community College baseball team (1-0) opened the 2025 season on Friday in the first game of a four-game series with the College of Southern Idaho at the West Campus Aztec Baseball Field.

• The No. 23 ranked Aztecs rallied and held on to beat the Golden Eagles 5-4.
• The Golden Eagles jumped out to a two-run lead in the 1^st inning but were held in check by sophomore Maclain Roberts for the next three innings as he gave up just a hit and a hit by pitch.
• The Aztecs countered in the 4^th inning with patience at the plate. They loaded the bases with a single and two walks. Sophomore Ray Jesse and freshman Quintin Hennesy (Horizon HS) drew back-to-back walks to score sophomore Collin Senior (Horizon HS) and sophomore Nolan Ganter (Pinnacle HS) respectively. Freshman Ramon Martinez was hit-by-a-pitch, which scored freshman Max Leyva (Tucson Magnet HS) to put Pima ahead 3-2. Sophomore Caden Richards drew another bases loaded walk to bring in Jesse as the Aztecs took a 4-2 lead after generating five walks in the inning.
• The Golden Eagles cut into Pima's lead with a run in the 5^th inning but the Aztecs got it back after freshman Sean Barta hit a sacrifice-fly RBI in the 6^th inning to make it 5-3. Southern Idaho made it a one-game again in the 8^th inning.
• Sophomore Seth Lee held the Golden Eagles in check in the 9^th inning to get the save as he got two strikeouts and a pop-up on just 17 pitches to close out the game.
• The Aztecs managed just three hits for the game, but had 10 walks, as Ganter finished 2 for 3 with a run and Senior was 1 for 5 with an RBI. Richards and Barta each had an RBI while Jesses closed out the game with two runs scored and two walks. Hennesy had four walks and an RBI.
• Sophomore Maclain Roberts picked up the win as he pitched four innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on four strikeouts and two walks.

CSI   2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0   4   7   1
PCC 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 x   5   3   2

W – Roberts (1-0). 2B: Ganter.

The Aztecs will return to the West Campus Aztec Field as they play a doubleheader against the Golden Eagles on Saturday at the West Campus Aztec Field. First game starts at 11:00 a.m.