The worst start to a season in school history got even worse Thursday night.
Arizona fell to 0-5 with a 6-4 loss to UConn in 12 innings at Hi Corbett Field, extending its losing streak dating to last year’s College World Series to seven games.
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‘It’s a disgrace to this program,’ UA coach Chip Hale explain. “I feel bad for our alumni, I feel bad for the student body, and that’s my responsibility. I’m the head coach and we have to start over and find a way to win some games.”
UConn also enters the opening four-game series with an 0-4 record, scoring three runs with two outs in 12 games.th Turn off repeater Corey Crean. Arizona State got one back in the bottom of the inning with a 2-out RBI double. Carson McEntire but Bo Sylvester A strikeout represents a potential draw.
Arizona forced overtime after trailing 3-0 to tie the game at 7th Two consecutive senior doubles games Maddox Michalakis and Andrew Kane. Prior to that at-bat, Michalakis was 1-for-20 with 11 strikeouts.
Luc Vlada Allowed two runs in 5.2 innings, longest start since Arizona left-hander Jackson Kent In May 2024, he pitched six innings at Utah. The Tulane transfer had some bad luck on the field but didn’t draw a walk, becoming the first UA starter to avoid a free pass this season.
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UConn leads 1-0 in Game 2ND Passed a pair of hits that should have been caught. Kane threw a ball in the twilight zone that led to a double and then saw a run to right center Easton Brayfogle and Caleb Danzeisen Crash and lead to an RBI triple. Brayfogle, who missed the first three games of the season with a shoulder injury, had to return after re-injuring his shoulder and will undergo an MRI on Friday.
Huskies win 3-0 in Game 6th Hit the reliever with 2 consecutive outs Evan Brandt.
Arizona State ranks last among Big Sixth 2 out doubles Bo Sylvester Then merge it into 7th. Wildcats have chance to win in Game 9ththere is a runner on 2ND 1 came out, but Mihalakis and Cain both flew out.
left handed reliever Patrick Morris No runs scored in 8th inningth9th and 10thstriking out four, then Crean came on for 12 gamesth. The South Florida transfer fanned the first two batters and then gave up four straight singles, committing a throwing error on a botched catch attempt.
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“It’s fun, isn’t it?” Hale said of Crean’s outing. “Two strikeouts, then he got off a coach’s pitch and gave up one hit, and then it was like (four) hits in a row.”
Arizona will send junior right-hander Owen Kramkoski Kramkoski lasted just 3.2 innings in his season debut against Stanford on Friday at 6 p.m.