Tommy Splaine’ssingle to left field with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Emilio Coronawith the winning run in Arizona’s 4-3 victory over USC at Scottsdale Stadium on Saturday night in the Pac-12 tournament championship — the last in history.
It was the Cardiac Cats’ eighth walk-off win this season.
Arizona (36-21) is the Pac-12 regular-season and conference tournament champion — an accomplishment that should earn the Wildcats the opportunity to be one of the 16 host schools for next week’s regional round of the NCAA tournament.
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— Arizona Athletics (@AZATHLETICS) May 26, 2024
The NCAA Tournament Selection Show is Monday at 9 a.m. on ESPN.
Salpointe graduate Mason White, who had two moonshoot home runs in the tournament, was selected the Most Outstanding Player.
More to come from Saturday night’s game from AllSportsTucson.com’s Lori Burkhart and Kevin Murphy.
How the Arizona lineup fared tonight in the 4-3 win over USC:
| POS | # | PLAYER | AB | R | H | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
cf/lf
|
4 | Summerhill | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .328 | |
|
2b
|
1 | Caulfield, G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .305 | |
|
ss
|
24 | White, M. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 | |
|
3b
|
33 | Mihalakis, M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | |
|
c
|
2 | McDonald, B. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .297 | |
|
pr
|
11 | Corona, E. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .266 | |
|
dh
|
3 | Cain, A. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .293 | |
|
1b
|
20 | Splaine, T. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | |
|
rf
|
12 | Breyfogle, E | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
|
lf
|
8 | Rogers, B. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | |
|
ph
|
7 | Morales, R. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 | |
|
cf
|
16 | Hintz, C. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | |
| Team Batting Totals | 29 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 27 | ||
Arizona pitching stats:
| # | Player | Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | TP | ST | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
38
|
Walty, C. | 8.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 75 | 2.86 | |
|
34
|
Susac, A. | W 2-2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6.28 |
| Team Pitching Totals | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | ||
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