The Wildcats suffer an 11-7 defeat in their final non-conference game of 2022.
The Lopes came to Tucson with a win over the Wildcats on their résumé, an RPI of 34 – two spots higher than the UA – and recent postseason experience. GCU is exactly the type of team Arizona will face in the NCAA Tournament next month; the two, in fact, squared off in last year’s Tucson Regional.
GCU was Arizona’s final non-conference opponent of the regular season. The Wildcats have three Pac-12 series left – at USC, vs. Oregon State, at Oregon – before playing in the inaugural conference tournament. Jonny Weaver’s single past a drawn-in infield drove in Crenshaw. Tayler Aguilar then delivered the decisive blow, a three-run homer off Trevor Long. It was Aguilar’s second homer of the night and team-leading 17th of the season. He went 4 for 5 with five RBIs.“Trevor's bailed us out many times this year,” Susac said. “We gotta do a better job bailing him out sometimes, picking each other up as a team.
The Wildcats were chasing the Lopes all night long. GCU expanded its lead to 4-1 in the third inning. Arizona scored a run apiece in the third and fourth to make it 4-3. The Lopes responded with a pair of runs in the sixth off reliever George Arias Jr., who hadn’t allowed a run in his previous six appearances. The lead grew to 7-3 in the seventh.
“We had a chance to go ahead with nobody out and a man on first,” Hale said. “We just didn't execute the bunt.”
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