TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona Wildcats (36-13, 19-8) secured a walk-off run rule victory over the New Mexico State Aggies (19-32, 16-20) on Tuesday night at Hi Corbett Field. A two-run single in the bottom of the seventh from Kaden Hopson made the score 14-3 and gave the Cats the win.

Arizona pitching limited the Aggies to just two earned runs on four hits while striking out 12 in just 7.0 innings of work. Right-hander Chandler Murphy (6-0) earned the win with 3.1 innings of relief in which he allowed one run on two hits with six strikeouts.

Southpaw Randy Abshier worked the top of the seventh and struck out the side, lowering his career-best ERA to 3.12.

Four Wildcats notched multiple hits and three drove in multiple runs as Arizona reached double digits for the 23rd time this season.

Arizona WildBATS

• 3B Tony Bullard: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI
• LF Mac Bingham: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI
• C Kaden Hopson: 1-for-2, 2 RBI
• C Daniel Susac: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI
• SS Nik McClaughry: 2-for-3, R, RBI
• CF Donta Williams: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB

Bullpen Bullies

• RHP Chandler Murphy: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 6 K, Win (6-0)
• LHP Randy Abshier: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

Number of the Day

• Arizona pitchers Chandler Murphy and Randy Abshier struck out the final seven Aggies sent to the plate.

Photo of the Day

Tweet of the Day

Come for the @khops55 run rule walk-off hit, stay for the call from @dannynmartinez and @agonzales43 ?? pic.twitter.com/qJD1Xfxyil

— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) May 19, 2021

Up Next

The Wildcats take to the road for their final Pac-12 series of the year, a three-game set at Oregon State that begins on Friday, May 21. All three games will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks.