After Arizona’ 7-6 loss to Vanderbilt in its first game of the College World Series, coach Jay Johnson was quick to downplay the significance of a Monday elimination bracket downplay with Pac-12 foe Stanford.
The Cardinal, who dropped their CWS opener to North Carolina State 10-4, won two of three games from the Wildcats when the teams met in Palo Alto in early May.
“I think it’s a baseball game against Stanford and Arizona on Monday,” Johnson said matter-of-factly. “We want to win that game. We want to play our best in that game to give us an opportunity to win that game.