It took a couple of innings, but Arizona's big bats woke up.
Grand Canyon's tease of knocking off a college baseball giant ended in the eighth inning when the Wildcats broke open a tight game with five runs.
The Wildcats, the fifth-seeded team in the 64-team NCAA Division I Tournament, got big production from the bottom of their order and rallied for a 12-6 win Friday night at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson in a regional that lasted four h
Arizona (41-15), the Pac-12 champion, had 17 hits, advancing to Saturday's 7 p.m. winner's bracket of the regional against UC Santa Barbara, which stunned Oklahoma State 14-4 earlier Friday.