YUMA, Ariz. – The Arizona Western Matadors Baseball team (21-6, 11-5) held the Scottsdale Fighting Artichokes (11-14, 6-10) to just one run in 14 innings, sweeping the doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Walt Kammann Baseball Field, winning game one 3-1 before winning game two 10-0 in seven innings.

Ismael Cordoba tossed a complete game in the opener, allowing just one unearned run on five hits while striking out a pair in the Matadors' 3-1 win over Scottsdale.

The Fighting Artichokes opened the scoring in the third inning, taking a 1-0 lead on a double before Cordoba was able to limit the damage, keeping the deficit at 1-0.

After stranding five baserunners in the previous two innings, the Matadors broke through in the fourth inning, tying the game at 1-1 when Carl Sullivan Jr. scored on a wild pitch.

Arizona Western batted eight times in the fifth inning, taking the lead on a Taehyung Kim single before adding another run on a wild pitch to push the lead to 3-1.

Sullivan reached base three times in the game-one win while Nathan Houston doubled and walked. Kim had the lone RBI in the game for the Matadors, going 1-for-2 with a walk.

Mac Robertson tossed seven shutout innings in the second game, allowing just three hits and striking out three batters in the win.

The Matadors batted 10 times in the first inning and scored four runs, three of which came in on two base-loaded hit-by-pitches and a bases-loaded walk while Fausto Sanchez drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.

Houston singled in a run before Kim smacked a two-run homer to add three more runs in the second and the Matadors tacked on three more in the third thanks to a sacrifice fly off the bat of Eli Watson and RBI singles by Sergio DeCello and Houston.

DeCello went 3-for-4 with a double while Houston went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in the win.

The Matadors are back home on Thursday, March 14, hosting Community Christian in a single game with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 pm at Walt Kammann Baseball Field.