Murphy Untouchable as Wildcats Take Opener from ASU, 10-5

Thursday, April 1

Phoenix, Ariz.

6:00 PM

University of Arizona

17-7, 4-3

Arizona State

15-6, 4-3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Arizona	2	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	10	14	1
Arizona State	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	3

Photo by: Mike Christy / Arizona Athletics

Murphy Untouchable as Wildcats Take Opener from ASU, 10-5

04/01/2021 | Baseball

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By: Arizona Athletics

PHOENIX, Ariz. — Sparked by a six-run seventh inning and carried by lights-out relief from Chandler Murphy, the Arizona Wildcats (17-7, 4-3) took game one from the Arizona State Sun Devils (15-6, 4-3) by a final score of 10-5 on Thursday night.

Murphy, who relieved starting pitcher Chase Silseth in the fifth inning, was untouchable out of the bullpen. He moved to 3-0 on the year after tossing 5.0 innings of hitless ball while striking out a career-high eight. At one point, Murphy fanned six Sun Devil batters in a row.

In the middle of Murphy's heroic performance, the Arizona offense came to life in the seventh inning. The Wildcats pounded out five hits and took advantage of three ASU errors to plate six runs and take the lead after trailing 5-3 earlier in the evening.

Jacob Berry crossed home on a wild pitch to tie the game in the seventh and Jacob Blas delivered what would ultimately be the game-winning hit two batters later, poking an RBI single past the first base bag to bring home Branden Boissiere. Tanner O'Tremba broke the game open with a bases-clearing three-run triple later in the frame.

Arizona WildBATS

1B Branden Boissiere: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
LF Tanner O'Tremba: 2-for-5, R, 3B, 3 RBI
3B Nik McClaughry: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, BB
2B Kobe Kato: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B

Bullpen Bullies

RHP Chandler Murphy: 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 8 K, Win

Numbers of the Night

The 10 runs scored by the Wildcats on Friday night is tied for the most surrendered by ASU all year. It marks the 11th time the Arizona offense has posted double-digit runs.

Tweet of the Night

Bases loaded? Let @tannero42 take care of that for you! ?? #BearDown

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— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) April 2, 2021

Up Next

Arizona looks the clinch the rivalry series in game two on Friday night. First pitch is against set for 6:00 p.m. MST with a television broadcast on the Pac-12 Networks.