The left field wall at Hillenbrand Stadium is 200 feet from home plate.
The ball off Ashleigh Hughes’ bat didn’t quite travel that far, but it made it over the fence anyway, and the ninth-inning home run propelled No. 11 Arizona to a 3-2 walk-off victory over No. 22 Cal.
“It was a good victory. We’ll take them anyway we can,” said UA head coach Mike Candrea. “I mean, a 199-foot home run, haven’t seen one of those in a while, but we’ll take it.”
Hughes drove the first pitch she saw deep to left, though Cal’s Bradie Fillmore appeared to have a beat on it as she neared the warning track.