Arizona Drops Midweek at No. 5 TCU, 6-1

Wednesday, February 28

Fort Worth, Texas

5:00 PM

University of Arizona

4-4

TCU

9-0

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

Photo by: Kelcee Skoug / TCU Athletics

02/28/2024 | Baseball

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By: Arizona Athletics

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Arizona Wildcats (4-4) fell behind early and ultimately fell 6-1 to the No. 5 ranked TCU Horned Frogs (9-0) on Wednesday night at Lupton Stadium.

In what ultimately amounted to a bullpen game, Arizona starting pitcher Raul Garayzar (0-2) worked the first three frames and suffered the loss.

A trio of Arizona righties out of the bullpen posted scoreless outings. Between Tony Pluta, Casey Hintz, and Trevor Long, the Cats got four innings of one-hit ball.

Second baseman Garen Caulfield plated the Wildcats only run of the night in the eighth inning on an RBI single up the middle. He finished the game going 2-for-4 to maintain his team-leading .500 batting average.

Arizona WildBATS

2B Garen Caulfield: 2-for-4, RBI
3B Richie Morales: 1-for-3, R, 2B

Bullpen Bullies

RHP Tony Pluta: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R
RHP Casey Hintz: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R
RHP Trevor Long: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K

Number of the Night

Roght-hander Tony Pluta worked his third scoreless relief appearance of the year. He has allowed just two hits in 4.0 innings this season.

Social Media Coverage

Cats start chipping away! @gcaulfield_3 gets us on the board in the 8th ?? pic.twitter.com/Ij55hycQiV
— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) February 29, 2024

What a catch by @Brandon_Rogers8! ????? pic.twitter.com/PIpIz8NnzZ
— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) February 29, 2024

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— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) February 28, 2024

Next Up

Arizona enjoys a day off before returning to action at the 2024 Frisco Classic this weekend where they will face No. 25 Dallas Baptist, No. 16 Alabama, and No. 20 Indiana. Game one against DBU on Friday, March 1 is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. MST. All three games at the Frisco Classic will be streamed via D1Baseball.com.