Arizona baseball outslugged by ASU in series finale
Arizona’s only scheduled game this season on linear television just happened to coincide with the men’s basketball team playing in its first Final Four in 25 years, which likely meant very few fans ended up tuning in (or showing up in person). That may have ended up being a blessed in disguise. Rival ASU scored six runs in the top of the 1 st inning en route to a 15-6 win over the Wildcats on Saturday night at Hi Corbett Field, taking the 3-game series.
Arizona (10-21, 3-9 Big 12) were unable to carry over the momentum from Friday’s 7-4 win in which it rallied from down 4-0 in the 7 th . The Wildcats trailed 10-1 in the 3 rd as starting pitcher Luc Fladda was tagged for nine runs in 2. 1 innings.
The Wildcats finished with nine hits and clubbed three home runs, two by Andrew Cain , who drove in three. It was the first multi-homer game for a UA player since Aaron Walton hit three in the NCAA regionals last June. Maddox Mihalakis hit his first homer of the season and was one of three Arizona players with multiple hits.
The UA returns to action Wednesday at home against New Mexico State, the first of five games in six days. It visits TCU next weekend before facing ASU for a nonconference game in Phoenix on the way back.