No. 16 Arizona took down host No. 10 Stanford and Santa Clara on the third day of the DeMarini Invitational at Palo Alto, Calif., on Saturday to improve to 12-4.
Game 1 | No. 16 Arizona 4, No. 10 Stanford 1
Arizona upset Stanford in the first game of the day, scoring four runs on one hit with three walks.
In the circle, Rylie Holder picked up her third win of the season, going six innings and allowing one run on six hits. Jalen Adams entered in the seventh with the tying run at the plate and retired the three batters she faced.
The Cardinal scored first with a solo home run in the second inning to take a 1-0 lead.
Arizona tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the third with an RBI groundout from Regan Shockey that scored Kiki Escobar from third base.
In the top of the sixth, Grace Jenkins broke the tie with a three-run home run to right center to give Arizona a 4-1 lead.
The Wildcats were able to keep the Cardinal from scoring in the seventh to secure the win.
Game 2 | No. 16 Arizona 11, Santa Clara 1
The Wildcats won the second game of the day plating plating 11 runs on 13 hits and drawing five walks.
Sereniti Trice went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and Jenna Sniffen went 2 for 4 and drove in four runs.
Arizona scored two runs in the first inning. Sydney Stewart drew a bases-loaded walk to bring in the first run and Kez Lucas drove in a run on a groundout.
Santa Clara plated one in the third inning on an RBI double.
The Wildcats added two runs in the fourth inning. Sniffen drove in both runs with a single down the left line.
In the seventh, Arizona plated six to extend the lead to 11-1. Tayler Biehl scored the first run of the inning on a wild pitch. Sniffen drove in two more runs with a double and Addison Duke had an RBI single. Trice dropped a single over the second baseman to drive in two more runs.
Adams picked up the win to improve to 7-3 and Sarah Wright earned her second save.
Adams went four innings and allowed just one run on three hits while striking out two. Wright entered in the fifth and closed out the game, holding Santa Clara scoreless on two hits.
Arizona will close out the DeMarini Invitational against No. 3 Texas at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday at Stanford Softball Stadium. The Wildcats lost to the Longhorns 12-2 on Friday.
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