For the first time all year, the Arizona Wildcats lost a game played at Hi Corbett Field.
On Thursday night, the Oregon Ducks came in to Tucson and won a long 8-4 decision. The game took four hours and 24 minutes.
“They just beat us,” Mitchell Morimoto said flatly afterwards.
“They took good at bats tonight,” Arizona head coach Jay Johnson added about Oregon. “They’re a much improved team from where they were last year.”
Arizona ace JC Cloney did not make the start as he is still recovering from a biceps injury, so redshirt freshman Randy Labaut had the honors of going up against David Peterson, one of the top pitchers in the country.