Chip Hale’s professional coaching career ended at Globe Life Field last July when he left his job as the Detroit Tigers bench coach to take over his alma mater. His collegiate coaching debut is in the same park, and it was a successful one, albeit a little nerve-wracking toward the end.
Arizona opened the 2022 season with an 8-6 win over Kansas State on Friday afternoon in Arlington, Texas. It’s the first of three games for the Wildcats at the State Farm College Baseball Showdown.
The UA, coming off a trip to the College World Series, never trailed in building an 8-1 lead before having to sweat out a late Kansas State rally against the Wildcats’ bullpen.