Glendale, AZ- On Thursday, Arizona Christian swept Mount Mercy with single run victories in both games- 2-1 and 5-4 in eight innings.  Senior Emerald Grijalva earned a complete game win in game one.  Senior Tatumn Porras collected the win and walk-off game winning RBI in game two.

Game Info

• Game one score: Arizona Christian - 2, Mount Mercy - 1
• Game two score: Arizona Christian - 5, Mount Mercy - 4 (8 innings)
• Records: Arizona Christian - 6-6, Mount Mercy - 0-2
• NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian - RV, Mount Mercy - not ranked
• Location: Dream City School, Glendale, AZ

ACU Game One Stats

• Elsy Guzman - 1-3, 2 RBI
• Jennifer Vickman - run
• Tatumn Porras - game winning run
• Emerald Grijalva - complete game win, 6 strikeouts

Inside Game One

• In the third, Paige Church singled, Vickman ran, Porras reached on error, Guzman singled home both
• The Mustangs scored a run in the top of the fourth
• Grijalva rolled from there allowing just two base runners in the final three plus innings after the run.

ACU Game Two Stats

• Lani San Pedro - 2-4, run
• Payton Carli - 1-3, RBI
• Elsy Guzman - 2-4, run
• Jamilia Cosay - 2-3, RBI
• Adri Chavez - RBI
• Tatumn Porras - 1-4, RBI
• Jennifer Vickman - game winning run

Inside Game Two

• MMU scored a run in the top of the first
• ACU countered with an RBI groundout by Chavez in the bottom of the second
• The Firestorm added two in third highlighted by an RBI single from Cosay
• Mustangs tallied a run in the fifth
• San Pedro singled, stole second, and scored on RBI single by Carli in the sixth
• MMU scored two in the seventh for the tie which forced an extra inning
• With the international tie break in play, Vickman scored from second on a walk-off single by Porras
• Porras pitched earlier in the game before returning in the top of the eighth and closing the door for the win

Up Next

On Saturday, the Firestorm will host Marymount California and Northwest (WA) at Willow Canyon High School- the home of OUAZ softball.Game time against Marymount is scheduled for 3:00 pm with the Northwest game to immediately follow.