Brandon Summerhill hit a home run on the first pitch he faced on Tuesday night after missing the previous 17 games as Arizona defeated Texas-Arlington X-X. Adonys Guzman and Tommy Splaine also homered in the dominant Arizona win.
Summerhill's HR began a five-run Arizona first inning. A Garen Caulfield RBI groundout, followed by a two-run Guzman HR and a Gunner Geile RBI single, closed the Arizona scoring in the first inning. A Guzman RBI double and Geile sacrifice fly in the third extended the Arizona lead to 7-1.
Splaine's HR and a Summerhill RBI double made it 9-1. A Tyce Armstrong sacrifice fly in the first inning put Texas-Arlington up 1-0. Texas-Arlington had only two hits from the second through seventh innings. Doubles by Cade Dodson and Xavier Melendez each drove in a run in the eighth inning to close the scoring at 9-3.
Five Arizona players each had two hits. Guzman led Arizona with three RBIs and Geile and Summerhill each drove in two. Arizona used five different pitchers in a bullpen game to earn the win. Texas-Arlington starter Merek Sears allowed five earned runs on four hits and a hit batter before being pulled after 0.2 innings.
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Bryce McKnight earned the win for Arizona in relief. McKnight pitched two innings and only allowed one walk with no strikeouts. Dodson had three of the five hits for Texas-Arlington with two runs scored and a run batted in. Texas-Arlington used seven pitchers on Wednesday in the loss.
Arizona is back on the road this weekend at Texas Tech. Arizona enters the weekend 12-6 in the Big XII, tied with Kansas State for second place. West Virginia leads the Big XII with a 13-3 conference record. Arizona is home next week with a game on Tuesday versus New Mexico State followed by a three-game weekend series versus TCU.,