Box Score
TUCSON, Ariz.-Eight consecutive Wildcats reached base in a six-run third
inning as Arizona completed a three-game sweep of No. 15 Tulane with an 8-5
win in Tucson Sunday afternoon.
With the sweep, the Cats improved to 13-8 with the win, while the Green
Wave fell to 5-6. It marked the first time Tulane has been swept in a
three-game series since falling to Indiana on Feb. 28-March 2, 1997.
Trailing 2-1, Arizona scored six runs in the third on six singles and two
walks. Junior left fielder Ryan O'Donnell drove in two with a single, and
Ben Diggins, Erik Torres, Chris Cunningham and Mike Meyer followed with
run-scoring singles of their own.
Diggins, a sophomore designated hitter, reached base in all four plate
appearances, driving in a pair of runs. For the series, he went 6-for-7 at
the plate and collected seven RBI. He reached base in all but one of his 10
plate appearances.
Senior left-hander Rob Shabansky (1-0), coming off of Tommy John surgery,
earned his first victory in two years, working three innings and striking
out a pair of batters. Senior southpaw Tony Milo picked up his second save,
allowing three runs on five hits over six innings. Senior right-hander Dan
O'Gara (0-2) allowed seven runs on eight hits to take the loss for the
Green Wave.
For Tulane, junior first baseman Steve Shirley hit a three-run homer, his
first of the season.
Arizona returns to action next Friday, March 3, when the Cats travel to
Tempe to open a non-conference series with Arizona State.
#15 Tulane 110 030 000 - 5 9 2
Arizona 016 010 00x - 8 11 2
O'Gara, Melius (3) and Herz and McKee (8); Shabansky, Milo (4) and
Cunningham. W-Shabansky (1-0). L-O'Gara (0-2). Hrs-TU: Shirley (1).
