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
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
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.
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