Arizona had five runs in the fourth but Washington State scored in the eighth and ninth innings to take the lead.
Alec White It took nearly the first two months of the season, but the Arizona Wildcats baseball team has hit its first true rough patch.
Twenty-four hours ago, Arizona could at least hang its hat on an error-free night in an 11-5 loss. It could not make the same claim in the second game of the series as three errors led to three unearned runs, one of which was the game-tying run in the eighth. Still pitching in the ninth, Holden had runners on first and third with two outs. Hale went out to give a quick mound visit to talk about the upcoming at-bat over, and Holden got the first two strikes before allowing a go-ahead RBI single to WSU’s Kyle Russell.
The Cougars made Irvin work in the fifth after Arizona grabbed the lead. The first three batters singled and a run scored to make it 5-3. A strikeout followed by a sacrifice fly made it 5-4 and Irving preserved the lead by getting WSU catcher Jake Meyer to fly out.