The Arizona baseball team lost its fourth consecutive game, a 7-4 outcome against West Virginia at Hi Corbett Field on Tuesday night.
Arizona (9-19, 2-7 Big 12) came into the night looking to break a three-game losing streak after getting swept at UCF over the weekend.
West Virginia (20-5, 7-2) rallied to win in the mid-week non-conference matchup between the Big 12 programs.
The Wildcats issued 10 walks and hit two batters with pitches. Arizona also committed an error that led to a score early in the game.
“We gave them pretty much all seven runs,” coach Chip Hale said. “Those things kill you.”
Carson McEntire was a bright spot for the team smoking a ball into left field for a two-run homer in the second and an RBI double in the eighth.
“What it comes down to is me doing my job every night and that’s all you can do is give your best effort,” McEntire said. “Win or lose, I know every guy in there, me included, is coming out every night ready to go.”
The Wildcats opened the scoring on the two-run blast by McEntire.
The Mountaineers came right back working two walks before scoring on a wild pitch – Matt Ineich from second – and an error by Nate Novitske that allowed Paul Schoenfeld to score from third.
West Virginia kept the pressure scoring three more in the fourth – a passed ball scoring Matthew Graveline, Schoenfeld getting hit by a pitch to score Armani Guzman and Sean Smith grounding out to bring in Tyrus Hall.
The same continued into the fifth with Arizona’s third pitcher of the game –Maclain Roberts – giving up a single and walking another before Ineich hit a two-RBI single scoring Guzman and Hall.
Arizona had a promising sixth inning loading the bases with two outs but was only able to get one across – Maddox Mihalakis – on a wild pitch.
McEntire showed up again hitting a two-out RBI double.
Arizona now looks forward to a rivalry series with Arizona State beginning Thursday with all three games starting at 6 p.m.
“Stakes are high,” pitcher Garrett Hicks said. “Right now, the whole college baseball world thinks we’re a dead man. You can’t kill a dead man when he’s already dead.”
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