TUCSON, Ariz. — A nearly perfect bullpen performance and yet another offensive outburst gave the Arizona Wildcats (19-8, 5-4) a 14-2 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils (16-8, 5-4) in front of a sellout crowd on Tuesday night.
The midweek non-conference matchup was the fourth and final game between the two programs this year, and the decisive win secured a 3-1 season-series victory for the Wildcats. It marked Arizona's third season-series win over their rival under head coach
Jay Johnson.
Arizona's offense was relentless from the third through seventh innings and ultimately came away with 14 runs on 13 hits and 10 walks. Four players had multi-hit performances, led by third baseman
Nik McClaughry who drove in a career-high four RBI and scored three runs.
Southpaws
Randy Abshier (3.2 IP) and
Riley Cooper (0.1 IP), along with right-handers
Quinn Flanagan (2.0 IP) and
Austin Smith (1.0 IP), represented the Wildcats relief efforts and combined to allow zero runs and only four baserunners.
Arizona WildBATS
- 3B Nik McClaughry: 2-for-4, 3 R, 2B, 4 RBI
- SS Jacob Blas: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB
- C Daniel Susac: 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- 1B Branden Boissiere: 1-for-2, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- DH Jacob Berry: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
Bullpen Bullies
- LHP Randy Abshier: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 K, Win
- RHP Quinn Flanagan: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 K
- LHP Riley Cooper: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R
- RHP Austin Smith: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R
Number of the Night
- With seven more innings of dominant relief on Tuesday night, the Arizona bullpen closed out the four-game set against ASU having allowed just one run in 19 innings.
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Up Next
The Wildcats host a three-game series against the California Golden Bears this weekend at Hi Corbett Field. Game one on Friday night is set for 6:00 p.m. MST.
