The Central Arizona baseball team won two games against out of state opponents on Friday.

In the opener, Central beat New Mexico Junior College 5-3.  The Vaqueros jumped to a 2-1 lead in the first with RBI doubles from both David Petrino and Manny Ramirez.  The Thunderbird pitchers got six consecutive shutout innings and held a 3-2 lead going in to the bottom of the eighth.  After a leadoff hit by Cody Farrell and Manny Ramirez reached on an error, Spencer O'Neil launched a 1-1 fastball over the centerfield fence to secure the win.  Despite 7 strikeouts and allowing 0 earned runs, ace Nicco Blank got the no decision.  Junior Zepeda pitched the ninth and notched his 5^th save of the year.

In game two, the Vaqueros got the bats rolling early and often scoring 5 in the 2^nd, 4 in the 3^rd and 5 in the 4^th to overwhelm the visiting Miles Pioneers (MT) 14-2.  The freshman middle infield led the offense for the Vaqueros with shortstop Brad Holland going 3-4 with a double and 4 RBI and second baseman Nashea Diggs collecting 3 hits and 3 RBI as well.  Connor Noble picked up the win after a 5 inning and 4 strikeout performance.

Central improves to 21-7 on the season.  Next, they face Canadian-based Douglas College at 10:30 on Saturday.