YUMA, Ariz. – The No. 15 ranked Arizona Western College Matadors Baseball team (31-7, 18-6) scored 23 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Glendale (28-14, 10-14) on Saturday afternoon at Walt Kammann Baseball Field, winning game one 9-5 and finishing the sweep with a 14-4 win in seven innings in game two.

Nathan Houston picked up three hits and drove in a run while Eli Watson drove in a pair in the Matadors' 9-5 win over the Gauchos in game one.

The Matadors took a 1-0 lead in the first inning thanks to a Bronson Neave RBI single before adding a second run in the second inning on a fielder's choice. After Glendale cut the Matadors' lead to 2-1 in the fourth, the Matadors tacked on three runs in the fourth, two of them scoring on a bunt single and throwing error before Houston doubled in the third run of the inning.

Glendale scored four runs in the sixth inning to tie the game at 5-5 but the Matadors answered with four runs in the bottom half, highlighted by a two-run double from Eli Watson to extend the lead to 9-5.

Carlos Uribe worked around a pair of singles in the seventh inning to record the save and secure the 9-5 win.

Houston doubled twice while Sergio DeCello went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in the Matadors' game-two win.

Robert Miranda opened the scoring in the second game, leading off the bottom of the first inning with a solo home run to left field and the Matadors added a second run in the inning when Neave was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Glendale grabbed a lead in the second inning, scoring three runs to take the 3-2 advantage. The Matadors batted seven times in the second, scoring three runs, two coming on a double from Houston to put the Matadors up 5-3. Watson added the sixth run of the game in the third with an RBI single.

Arizona Western stretched the lead to 8-3, scoring a run in the third on a Watson RBI single and two more in the fourth on a Fausto Sanchez RBI groundout and a Luca Hoerger RBI single up the middle.

With the Matadors leading 10-4 in the sixth, Arizona Western batted 10 times in the inning, scoring four runs on six hits before Alex Flores came in and tossed a scoreless seventh inning to finish off the sweep.

Neave went 2-for-3 with three runs batted in and Taehyung Kim and Jahzeel Groetelaers each picked up two hits in the win.

The Matadors head back out on the road on Tuesday, April 2, heading to Phoenix for a doubleheader with GateWay beginning at Noon at Gene Autry Park.