TUCSON, Ariz. – No. 15 Arizona took down Drake in both games of the doubleheader to open the Bear Down Fiesta.
Game 1 | No. 15 Arizona 7, Drake 6
The Cats walked off the Bulldogs in the first game of the doubleheader behind a two-run home run from
Sydney Stewart.
Arizona tallied 11 hits and
Regan Shockey went 4-for-4 with two RBI. Stewart had three hits, including two home runs, and three RBI to lead the Cats to the victory.
Drake struck first with a solo home run in the top of the first inning and Arizona answered with a run in the bottom of the inning to tie it.
The Bulldogs hit a two-run home run in the second to take a 3-1 lead.
In the bottom of the third,
Grace Jenkins had a sacrifice fly in the third to bring the Cats within one.
Drake plated three in the fifth to extend their lead on a sac fly, an RBI single, and an RBI double.
Arizona started its comeback in the sixth inning with three runs on a solo homer from Stewart and a two-run home run from
Emma Kavanagh. Stewart walked off Drake in the bottom of the seventh with a two-run shot.
Jalen Adams picked up the win to improve to 3-1 after pitching three innings in relief and limiting Drake to one run on three hits.
Game 2 | No. 15 Arizona 7, Drake 1
Arizona took down Drake 7-1 in the second game of the day.
Sereniti Trice led the Cats with three hits and two RBI and Shockey followed with a pair of hits. Jenkins hit a three-run home run – her second homer of the season.
The Cats scored two in the bottom of the first to take an early lead. Trice drove in the first run with a triple and Stewart hit a sac fly to score the second run of the inning.
In the third, Jenkins hit her three-run shot to center field to extend Arizona's lead to 5-0.
Arizona added two more runs in the fourth on an RBI groundout from
Addison Duke and an RBI double from Trice.
Drake scored one run in the fifth on a single and an error.
In the circle, Adams earned her second win of the day to improve to 4-1 on the season. She tossed the first four innings, holding Drake scoreless on three hits.
Sarah Wright pitched the final three innings and allowed one run on four hits.
Up next
No. 15 Arizona will take on Coastal Carolina on Friday, February 13 at 4 p.m. MST on the second day of the Bear Down Fiesta.
