Phoenix, AZ - The Firestorm got a weekend sweep of San Diego Christian scoring a cumulative of 55 runs in four games.  Junior Justen Burkey and Senior Robert Bostedt hit grand slams in the first game, as well as homers from Senior Eric Schwalbe and Junior Jake Sim in the second game.

Game Info

• Game One Score: Arizona Christian - 18, San Diego Christian - 3
• Game Two Score: Arizona Christian - 9, San Diego Christian - 1
• Records: Arizona Christian - 20-14, 9-6 GSAC, San Diego Christian 7-29, 2-22 GSAC
• NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian - not ranked, San Diego Christian - not ranked
• Location: Firestorm Field, Arizona Christian University, Phoenix, AZ

ACU Game One Stats

• Brent Smith - 4-5, 3 runs, RBI
• Justen Burkey - 3-5, 2 home runs (1 grand slam), 6 RBI, 3 runs
• Robert Bostedt - 2-4, grand slam home run, 5 RBI, 2 runs
• Eric Schwalbe - 2-3, 2 runs

Inside Game One

• Smith started it off for the Firestorm with a single up the middle, Bostedt singled and was caught stealing, but Smith scored on the throw
• In the second inning, Cohen Heckethorn, Schwalbe, and Ty Isbell scored, Burkey hit a grand slam bringing home Michael Diffley, Bostedt, and Bryan Levine
• Burkey hit another home run scoring Diffley, Sim scored, and Bostedt hit a grand slam bringing home Smith, Isbell, and Schwalbe in the fourth inning
• In the eighth, Smith singled, Aker got hit by a pitch, Burkey walked, Smith scored on a single by Steven Hernandez, Brett Wagner got hit by a pitch bringing Aker home, and Matt Asta got hit by a pitch bringing Burkey home

ACU Game Two Stats

• Benji Foyle - 5 innings, 1 run, earned win
• Eric Schwalbe - 3-4, home run, 2 RBI
• Cohen Heckethorn - 3-4, 2 runs
• Jake Sim - 1-2, home run, 3 RBI, 2 runs

Inside Game Two

• In the first inning, Bostedt doubled, Burkey walked, and Sim hit a home run to bring them home
• Sim walked and Schwalbe hit a homer bring him home, Heckethorn tripled and was brought home by a sac fly from Todd Furr in the third
• In the fifth, Heckethorn and Asta singled, Smith singled to bring them both home, Smith was driven in by a double from Bostedt

Up Next

On Wednesday, the Firestorm play No. 19 Benedictine-Mesa at Salt River Fields.  First pitch is at 7:00 pm.  ACU JV will play Benedictine-Mesa JV at 4:00 pm on the same field to create JV/Varsity doubleheader.