Arizona Routs West Virginia, Advances to Big 12 Championship Finals

Friday, May 23

Arlington, Texas / Globe Life Field

2:00 PM MST

University of Arizona

38-18

[1] West Virginia

41-14

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Arizona	1	0	1	0	3	2	3	0	2	12	17	0
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	0

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Photo by: Marison Bilagody / Arizona Athletics

05/23/2025 | Baseball

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By: Arizona Athletics

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Arizona Wildcats (38-18), powered by herculean efforts by Mason White and Raul Garayzar, dismantled the West Virginia Mountaineers (41-14) for a 12-1 victory in the Big 12 Championship semifinals on Friday evening.

With the win Arizona advances to their third consecutive conference tournament championship, where they will face either the 2-seed Kansas Jayhawks or 3-seed TCU Horned Frogs on Saturday night at Globe Life Field. The game will be televised on ESPNU and ESPN+ with a first pitch time set for 4:00 p.m. MST.

White posted one of the most dominant performances of his storied career at the plate, going 4-for-4 with four runs scored, one double, two home runs, six RBI, and a pair of walks. Catcher Adonys Guzman (3-for-5) and center fielder Aaron Walton (2-for-5) also contributed heavily, combining for five RBI. The top four batters in the Wildcats lineup totaled 11 hits and 11 runs scored.

Garayzar earned the start on the mound and posted six scoreless innings for Arizona. The right-hander allowed just six hits, all singles, and struck out three to earn the win and improve to 2-0 on the year.

White opened the scoring with a solo home run in the top of the first and broke the game open with a three-run homer in the fifth inning. The Tucson native plated one more on a single in the seventh and collected his sixth RBI of the night on a double in the ninth.

Right-handed relievers Julian Tonghini and Collin McKinney allowed just one run while striking out four over the final three frames, with the latter posting a pair of scoreless innings to close out the win.

Arizona WildBATS

SS Mason White: 4-for-4, 4 R, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB
CF Aaron Walton: 2-for-5, 3 R, 2B, 2 RBI
RF Brendan Summerhill: 2-for-4, 3 R, 2 BB
C Adonys Guzman: 3-for-5, 3 RBI
2B Garen Caulfield: 2-for-5, RBI

Bullpen Bullies

RHP Collin McKinney: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Numbers of the Day

Arizona has now advanced to three consecutive conference tournament championship games.
Friday was the third multi-HR game of the year for White, who now boasts 45 career home runs, the second most in program history.
White is hitting .857 (6-for-7) with six runs scored, five extra-base hits, and seven RBI at the Big 12 Championship.

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Social Media Coverage

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Next Up

The Wildcats will face either 2-seed Kansas or 3-seed TCU in the Big 12 Championship title game on Saturday night. First pitch on ESPNU and ESPN+ is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. MST.