Carlie Scupin stepped into the batter’s box in a critical spot in Saturday’s Super Regional win over Arkansas. Bases loaded. Two outs. Arizona only nursing a one-run lead in the sixth inning. The pressure continued to mount when the count went to 2-2.
The freshman wasn’t phased.
“That whole game they were kind of going to a certain sequence,” Scupin said. “They were going inside and outside. So I had two strikes, so I was kind of expecting something in, so I just told myself that I gotta get my hands through and get that inside pitch.