Friday night provided an incredibly emotional win for Arizona against rival ASU. Saturday brought the inevitable letdown.
The Wildcats fell behind early and were never able to claw their way back into it, losing 8-5 to the Sun Devils before 6,617 fans—the fourth-largest crowd in program history—at Hi Corbett Field.
ASU (20-20, 9-8 Pac-12) scored three runs in the top of the second off UA starter Chandler Murphy, who lasted only three innings. That followed TJ Nichols going 2.2 innings in Friday’s 10-inning win, and not including the all-bullpen games at Creighton earlier in the week Arizona has had a starting pitcher go more than five innings just once in the last 11 games.