Arizona Sweeps Albany with 11-3 Sunday Victory

Sunday, February 16

Tucson, Ariz.

1:00 PM

University of Arizona

3-0

Albany

0-3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Albany	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	7	0
Arizona	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	4	X	11	14	4

Photo by: Simon Asher / Arizona Athletics

02/16/2020 | Baseball

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By: Arizona Athletics

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Arizona Wildcats (3-0) picked up their first series sweep of the season with an 11-3 victory over the Albany Great Danes (0-3) on Sunday afternoon at Hi Corbett Field.

Arizona's longest in the nation win streak, which dates back to last season, was extended to 13 games. During that 13-game stretch, they have scored 10+ runs 11 times and never scored fewer than eight runs.

The Wildcats true freshman starting pitcher, right-hander Chandler Murphy, dazzled, throwing 5.0 shutout innings while striking out seven and allowing just three hits.

For the third day in a row, Arizona's pitching staff broke the 2019 single-game strikeout record, this time setting a new 2020 high-water mark with 16 punchouts.

Five Cats batters notched multiple hits, led by freshman Kyson Donahue who finished the game 3-for-3 with four runs scored and two walks. Junior Donta Williams and sophomore Austin Wells batted first and second for Arizona, respectively, and went 4-for-7 with seven RBI and three walks.

Arizona WildBATS

SS Kyson Donahue: 3-for-3, 4 R, 2 BB
CF Donta Williams: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, 3 RBI, BB
C/LF Austin Wells: 2-for-4, 2B, 4 RBI, 2 BB
3B Tony Bullard: 1-for-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, BB
DH Dayton Dooney: 1-for-4, 3B, 2 RBI

Bullpen Bullies

LHP Gil Luna: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 5 K
RHP Preston Price: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Number of the Day

With another double on Sunday afternoon, Arizona sophomore catcher Austin Wells now has four two-baggers through the Cats first three games. Wells hit 15 doubles during his freshman campaign in 2019.

Photo of the Day

Tweet of the Day

.@wellsius16 guns down the runner at 2nd to blank Albany in the 5th! ??

Mid 5 I Arizona 3, Albany 0 pic.twitter.com/CYt6BCF67E
— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) February 16, 2020

Up Next

The Wildcats travel up to Tempe for a neutral site game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Monday, Feb. 17 with a first pitch scheduled for 11:00 a.m. MST.

Tickets

All season ticket options, single-game tickets, and group options for the Wildcats 2020 baseball season are available now and can be purchased by visiting ArizonaWildcats.com/BSB or by calling 520-621-CATS.