TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona Wildcats (8-10, 3-3) salvaged their weekend series against the Arizona State Sun Devils (9-10, 3-3) with a 14-3 victory on Sunday evening.
Wildcat fans packed Hi Corbett Field for the Territorial Cup series to the tune of a weekend attendance totaling 14,330.Â
Arizona's offense pounded out 20 hits and shared the spotlight with the Wildcats bullpen, who combined to hold the Sun Devils scoreless on six hits over the final 6.1 innings. Right-hander
Trevor Long (1-1) earned the win after working 1.2 innings and allowing just one hit while striking out two.
Right fielder
Emilio Corona opened the scoring for Arizona with a solo home run that led off the second inning; his fifth home run of the season was the opening of a five-run salvo in the second. The Wildcats scored twice in the fouth and fifth innings, and put the game to bed with another five-run outburst in the seventh.
Left fielder
Easton Breyfogle and designated hitter
Maddox Mihalakis both hammered out four hits for the first time in their careers to lead the way on offense. Second baseman
Garen Caulfield and third baseman
Richie Morales each drove in three runs and collected multiple hits.Â
With a single in the bottom of the eighth inning,
Tommy Splaine ensured that every single member of the Wildcats starting lineup collected at least one hit off Sun Devil pitchers.
Arizona WildBATS
- 3B Richie Morales: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, BB
- LF Easton Breyfogle: 4-for-5, 2 R, 3B, 2 RBI
- DH Maddox Mihalakis: 4-for-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI
- 2B Garen Caulfield: 3-for-6, 2 R, 3B, 3 RBI
- RF Emilio Corona: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
- CF Brendan Summerhill: 2-for-5, 2 R, RBI
- C Adonys Guzman: 1-for-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB
Bullpen Bullies
- RHP Dawson Netz: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K
- RHP Casey Hintz: 1.2 IP, 0 R, 1 K
- RHP Trevor Long: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 K, Win (1-1)
- LHP Jaeden Swanberg: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K
- LHP Eric Orloff: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K
- RHP Raul Garayzar: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K
Number of the Night
- Arizona picked up 20 or more hits for the second time this season, the first being a 23-hit effort against Utah Tech.
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Next Up
Arizona and Grand Canyon square off for their first of three midweek matchups this Tuesday, March 19 at Hi Corbett Field. First pitch is schedule for 6:00 p.m. MST with a broadcast on Pac-12 Insider.
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