Arizona led 5-0 heading to the bottom of the seventh inning and held on for a 5-3 win to clinch their weekend series at Arizona State on Saturday. The Wildcats beat the Sun Devils for the third consecutive time this season. Arizona started with a run in the first and the game remained 1-0 through four innings.
Garen Caulfield led off the game with a home run and the score remained 1-0 through four innings. Arizona stretched the lead to 2-0 in the fifth inning on a HR by Andrew Cain. A Mason White triple in the fifth scored Gunner Geile and Aaron Walton to extend the Arizona lead to 4-0.
Adonys Guzman singled home White to give Arizona what seemed like a comfortable 5-0 lead. Arizona State got on the board in the seventh on an RBI fielder's choice by Brandon Compton got ASU on the board and made it 5-1. Compton singled home Nu'u Contrades to make it 5-2 Arizona.
An Isaiah Jackson single scored Compton to cut the deficit to 5-3 with two outs. Matt King went to second on the Jackson single. Tony Pluta relieved Owen Kramkowski following the Jackson single. Kramakowski pitched a season high 8.2 innings, allowing three runs on nine hits with one walk and five strikeouts.
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Pluta struck out Josiah Cromwick to get the final out for his fifth save. Eight Arizona batters had one hit each and four different Wildcats drove in a run in the win. Jack Martinez pitched seven innings, allowing five earned runs on six hits with a walk and 12 strikeouts for Arizona State and fell to 3-2 with the loss.
Arizona goes for the four-game season sweep and three-game series sweep on Sunday. First pitch on Sunday is at 5 PM Mountain Standard with the game being shown on ESPN2. Arizona is now 8-3 in the Big XII, tied with Kansas and a half game behind Kansas State for first in the Big XII.