TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona Wildcats (19-5) blasted three home runs en route to an 8-6 victory over the Seattle U Redhawks (9-15) on Wednesday night at Hi Corbett Field.
Second baseman
Garen Caulfield, center fielder
Aaron Walton, and left fielder
Easton Breyfogle all swatted home runs and combined to account for seven of the Wildcats eight runs in the midweek win.
Right-handed pitcher
Michael Hilker Jr. got the start in the bullpen effort for Arizona; he went 2.0 innings and held the Redhawks scoreless on just one hit.
Eight Wildcat relievers covered the remaining seven innings, with five of them posting scoreless outings. Southpaw
Eric Orloff (1-0) picked up his first win of the year, while right-hander
Tony Pluta entered in the ninth and collected the final out to earn his team-leading fourth save.
Arizona WildBATS
- CF Aaron Walton: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI
- 2B Garen Caulfield: 1-for-4, R, HR, 3 RBI
- LF Easton Breyfogle: 1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI
- C Adonys Guzman: 3-for-4, 2 R, BB
- SS Mason White: 2-for-5, R, 2B
Bullpen Bullies
- LHP Eric Orloff: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, Win (1-0)
- RHP Kenan Elarton: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 3 K
- RHP Matthew Martinez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R
- RHP Raul Garayzar: 1.0 IP, 0 R, 3 K
- RHP Tony Pluta: 0.1 IP, 1 K, Save (4)
Number of the Night
- Arizona remained perfect at home on the year, improving to 14-0.
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Next Up
The Wildcats return to Big 12 Conference play with a three-game series against the Baylor Bears that begins on Friday, March 28 at 6:00 p.m. MST.
