ARLINGTON, Texas — The Arizona Wildcats (37-18) used a complete team effort to defeat the BYU Cougars (28-27) on a final score of 4-1 at the Big 12 Championship on Thursday morning.

Arizona now advances to the semifinal round of the Big 12 Championship and will face the winner of the [1] West Virginia vs. [8] Cincinnati quarterfinal.

The Wildcats offense jumped out to an early lead, with shortstop Mason White and catcher Adonys Guzman banging back-to-back home runs off opposite foul poles in the bottom of the first inning.

The Cats tacked on a run in fifth on an RBI single from third baseman Maddox Mihalakis and picked up an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI double from pinch hitter Dom Rodriguez.

Starting pitcher Owen Kramkowski worked a gem for Arizona, tossing six scoreless innings while tying his career high with eight strikeouts. He earned the win to improve to 8-5 on the year.

Reliever Tony Pluta worked the final two frames and earned a six-out save, his 12th of the season.

Arizona WildBATS

• SS Mason White: 2-for-3, 2 R, 3B, HR, RBI, BB
• 3B Maddox Mihalakis: 2-for-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
• C Adonys Guzman: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI
• PH Dom Rodriguez: 1-for-1, 2B, RBI
• DH Easton Breyfogle: 2-for-3, BB

Bullpen Bullies

• RHP Tony Pluta: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save (12)

Numbers of the Day

• Mason White collected two extra-base hits on Thursday, giving him 103 and moving him past head coach Chip Hale and into a tie for second all-time at Arizona.
• Tony Pluta's save was the 14th of his career, moving him into a tie for fifth all-time at Arizona.
• Arizona has played in four conference tournaments since 2022 and advanced to at least the semifinal round in all four.

Photo of the Day

Next Up

Arizona will face either 1-seed West Virginia or 8-seed Cincinnati in the semifinal round of the Big 12 Baseball Championship on Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. MST.