Sunday, February 12
UC Riverside
5
vs
11
Arizona
Arizona Takes Series with 11-5 Win
2/12/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
The University of Arizona got revenge from last season’s series loss to UC Riverside, taking this year’s finale with an 11-5 victory in front of 473 fans Sunday afternoon at the Riverside Sports Complex. The Highlanders lose their second straight to drop to 4-3 while the Wildcats take the final two games to improve to 4-2 on the season.
Arizona used a four-run sixth inning to overcome a 5-2 deficit and take the lead for good. Eric Berger led off with a single to chase UCR starter senior Haley Winter. Sophomore Adam Reifer came on in relief and got what would have been a double-play ball but it was booted by UCR sophomore 2B Drew Garcia. Brad Glenn followed with an RBI single to make it 5-3 but Reifer got two quick two outs and looked like he might get out of the inning. Wildness then set in as he hit T.J. Steele to load the bases and a then walked in a run. Sophomore Dan Runzler replaced Reifer and immediately gave up a two-run single to Brad Boyer that put the Wildcats up 6-5.
UCR threatened in both the seventh and eighth innings but could not take advantage. In the seventh, the Highlanders had runners on first and third with no outs and had runners on second and third with one out in the eighth but were denied each time by Arizona’s Dan Schlereth, who struck out six in three innings to get the save.
Arizona scored five runs in the top of the ninth as UCR used four pitchers to try to keep it close.
Ryan Perry (1-0) pitched one inning of relief for Arizona to gain the win. Brad Mills had started the game, giving up five runs (three earned) on six hits in five innings.
Reifer (0-1) took the loss in his first appearance of the season, allowing three unearned runs on one hit in 2/3 of an inning. UCR used seven pitchers, who combined for six walks and six hit batsmen. Winter allowed three runs on four hits in five innings.
The Highlanders had come back from a 2-0 deficit with three runs in the third and two in the fifth before Arizona mounted a rally of its own.
Sophomore C Jeff Dunbar continued his torrid hitting at the plate, going 2-for-3 for his fourth multi-hit performance in as many games. Junior LF D.J. Hollingsworth had two RBI for UCR.
Arizona used a four-run sixth inning to overcome a 5-2 deficit and take the lead for good. Eric Berger led off with a single to chase UCR starter senior Haley Winter. Sophomore Adam Reifer came on in relief and got what would have been a double-play ball but it was booted by UCR sophomore 2B Drew Garcia. Brad Glenn followed with an RBI single to make it 5-3 but Reifer got two quick two outs and looked like he might get out of the inning. Wildness then set in as he hit T.J. Steele to load the bases and a then walked in a run. Sophomore Dan Runzler replaced Reifer and immediately gave up a two-run single to Brad Boyer that put the Wildcats up 6-5.
UCR threatened in both the seventh and eighth innings but could not take advantage. In the seventh, the Highlanders had runners on first and third with no outs and had runners on second and third with one out in the eighth but were denied each time by Arizona’s Dan Schlereth, who struck out six in three innings to get the save.
Arizona scored five runs in the top of the ninth as UCR used four pitchers to try to keep it close.
Ryan Perry (1-0) pitched one inning of relief for Arizona to gain the win. Brad Mills had started the game, giving up five runs (three earned) on six hits in five innings.
Reifer (0-1) took the loss in his first appearance of the season, allowing three unearned runs on one hit in 2/3 of an inning. UCR used seven pitchers, who combined for six walks and six hit batsmen. Winter allowed three runs on four hits in five innings.
The Highlanders had come back from a 2-0 deficit with three runs in the third and two in the fifth before Arizona mounted a rally of its own.
Sophomore C Jeff Dunbar continued his torrid hitting at the plate, going 2-for-3 for his fourth multi-hit performance in as many games. Junior LF D.J. Hollingsworth had two RBI for UCR.
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