Pitching Shines Again as Wildcats Down Creighton, 3-1

Tuesday, April 19

Omaha, Neb.

6:00 PM

University of Arizona

26-12

Creighton

21-10

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

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Photo by: Arizona Athletics

Pitching Shines Again as Wildcats Down Creighton, 3-1

04/19/2022 | Baseball

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By: Arizona Athletics

OMAHA, Neb. — Stellar pitching and a three-run sixth inning sealed a 3-1 victory for the Arizona Wildcats (26-12) over the Creighton Bluejays (21-10) on Tuesday night at Charles Schwab Field Omaha.

Facing their second straight bullpen effort, the Arizona pitching staff combined to allow just four hits and strike out 10 while limiting their hosts to just one run. The Bluejays managed just one hit over the final four innings.

Southpaw Javyn Pimental and right-hander George Arias Jr. both worked multiple scoreless innings, with the latter earning his second win of the year to improve to 2-1.

Quinn Flanagan struck out all four batters he faced in the seventh and eighth, setting up Trevor Long to slam the door shut in the ninth and earn his fourth save.

Arizona found themselves down 1-0 before rallying for a three-run sixth. Outfielder Mac Bingham opened the inning with a leadoff walk, catcher Tommy Splaine doubled to put both runners in scoring position, and back-to-back RBI singles from infielders Tony Bullard and Noah Turley put the Cats in front. Bullard later scored on a wild pitch to create the final margin of 3-1.

Arizona WildBATS

3B Tony Bullard: 2-for-4, R, RBI
C Tommy Splaine: 1-for-4, R, 2B, BB
SS Nik McClaughry: 2-for-5

Bullpen Bullies

LHP Javyn Pimental: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K
RHP George Arias Jr.: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 K, Win (2-1)
RHP Chris Barraza: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K
RHP Quinn Flanagan: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K
RHP Trevor Long: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K, Save (4)

Number of the Night

The Arizona pitching staff allowed zero extra-base hits over the course of the two-game series at Creighton.

Tweets of the Night

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— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) April 20, 2022

Tie ballgame! It's @tonybullard13 again getting the Cats on the board ?? #BearDown

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— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) April 20, 2022

Let's ???? Flanny! ?? Gets the strikeout to strand the bases loaded in the 7th! #BearDown

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— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) April 20, 2022

That's a second scoreless inning for @_garias3! Gets 'em swinging to strand a pair ?? #BearDown

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— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) April 20, 2022

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— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) April 20, 2022

Up Next

The Wildcats return home for a three-game series against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Hi Corbett Field running Friday through Sunday. Tickets are still available for all three games and can be purchase HERE.