Wildcats Drop Opener at College Showdown

Friday, February 14

Arlington, Texas / Globe Life Field

2:00 PM MST

University of Arizona

0-1

Ole Miss

1-0

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	5	0
Ole Miss	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	2	6	0

Photo by: Mike Christy / Arizona Athletics

02/14/2025 | Baseball

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By: Arizona Athletics

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Arizona Wildcats (0-1) narrowly dropped their opening game of the 2025 season on Friday night, a 2-1 decision against the Ole Miss Rebels (1-0) at Globe Life Field in Arlington.

Arizona's pitching put forth a strong effort, with right-handers Collin McKinney and Casey Hintz combining to limit the Rebels to just two runs on six hits while striking out seven.

McKinney, making his Arizona debut, worked 4+ innings and allowed just one run while striking out three but took the loss.

The Wildcats lone run came from the bat of shortstop Mason White, who launched his first home run of the year 10 rows deep into right field.

Arizona WildBATS

SS Mason White: 1-for-2, R, HR, RBI, BB
2B Garen Caulfield: 2-for-5
RF Brendan Summerhill: 1-for-4, BB

Bullpen Bullies

RHP Casey Hintz: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 4 K

Number of the Night

Mason White's eighth inning home run was the 30th of his career, tied for the 11th most in program history.

Photo of the Night

Social Media Coverage

Mason White, welcome to the 30 HR club ?? https://t.co/yH7jdJAWYL pic.twitter.com/HwCAOFrv0W
— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) February 14, 2025

1 Game, 1 Dinger ??

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?? https://t.co/lTOQctOOuT pic.twitter.com/C72S92mPiR
— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) February 14, 2025

4+ strong from McKinney in his Wildcat debut ??

Final line: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 3 K pic.twitter.com/AFBnbREHQp
— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) February 14, 2025

T-minus 15 minutes ?? pic.twitter.com/9XS9MpZZ17
— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) February 14, 2025

Let's get wild ?? pic.twitter.com/tTVbrnjEvZ
— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) February 14, 2025

Next Up

Arizona continues play at the Shriners Children's College Showdown with a Saturday morning matchup against No. 15 Clemson. First pitch on FloCollege is slated for 10:00 a.m. MST.