Arizona dropped its NCAA Tournament opener against TCU on Friday night, sending the Wildcats' into the losers' bracket of the Fayetteville Regional.
Michael Lev FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — It wasn’t Arizona’s night in its NCAA Tournament opener Friday — a 12-4 loss to TCU in the Fayetteville Regional that knocked the Wildcats into the losers’ bracket.• In the top of the second inning, Tyler Casagrande hit a bullet toward the right field corner that would’ve scored a run — but was negated by a diving catch.
People are also reading… • In the bottom of the fifth, UA shortstop Nik McClaughry, the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, committed an error — just his fifth of the season. It led to two unearned runs.The UA will face Santa Clara in an elimination game slated for noon Arizona time Saturday at Baum-Walker Stadium. TCU will face host Arkansas in the winners’ bracket Saturday night.
Arizona could have intentionally walked Taylor, the Frogs’ all-time leading home run hitter, with runners on second and third, especially after Walty fell behind 3-0. He worked the count to 3-2 before allowing a bounder up the middle.
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