PHOENIX, Ariz. — Led by three home runs and a slew of shutdown relief pitching, the No. 17 Arizona Wildcats (30-17) went into Phoenix and left with a 5-3 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils (26-24) on Tuesday night.
Left fielder
TJ Adams, shortstop
Mason White, and designated hitter
Andrew Cain all left the yard for Arizona, accounting for four of the Wildcats five runs on the night. For Adams, who opened the scoring with his solo blast in the third inning, it was his first career home run.
On a bullpen day the Wildcats used nine pitchers to cover all nine innings, six of whom tossed scoreless outings. Right-hander
Casey Hintz (3-1) earned the win after entering in fourth and getting the Wildcats out of a bases-loaded jam on a double play with his first pitch. He would escape again in the fifth on a second double play.
Fellow righty Anthony Susac closed the game out in the ninth, earning his second save of the season.
The midweek victory gave Arizona four consecutive wins heading into their crucial Pac-12 series in Salt Lake City this weekend.
Arizona WildBATS
- SS Mason White: 2-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
- DH Andrew Cain: 3-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
- LF TJ Adams: 3-for-4, R, HR, RBI
- CF Brendan Summerhill: 1-for-2, R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
Bullpen Bullies
- RHP Dawson Netz: 1.0 IP, 0 R, 1 K
- LHP Eric Orloff: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K
- RHP Casey Hintz: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K, Win (3-1)
- RHP Kyler Heyne: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R
- RHP Tony Pluta: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 K
- RHP Anthony Susac: 1.0 IP, 1 R, 2 K, Save (2)
Number of the Day
- With Tuesday's victory, the Wildcats have now won 30+ games in all three of head coach Chip Hale's seasons in charge and in nine straight complete seasons overall (dating back to 2015.
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Next Up
The Wildcats head to Salt Lake City for a three-game showdown against the Utah Utes in a meeting of the two top teams in the Pac-12 standings. First pitch on Friday is set for 10:00 a.m. MST with a television broadcast available on the Pac-12 Networks.
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