The Arizona Wildcats (16-6, 5-2) dropped their series opener to the UCLA Bruins (14-7, 2-2) by a final score of 10-2 on Friday night.
Starting pitcher TJ Nichols went 5.1 innings for the Wildcats and did not allow an earned run. The right-hander surrendered five hits and struck out six while being tagged with the loss to move to 3-1 on the year.
Catcher Daniel Susac narrowly missed Arizona's first five-hit performance since 2018, picking up four at-bats in his first four turns at the plate before lining out to right on hard contact late in the game.
Arizona WildBATS
- C Daniel Susac: 4-for-5, R, 2B
- CF Mac Bingham: 2-for-4, RBI
- RF Tanner O'Tremba: 2-for-5, 3B, RBI
- LHP Eric Orloff: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 5 K
- LHP Drew Calloway: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R
- With two runs on Friday night, Arizona extended their scoring streak to 194 games, the longest active streak in the Power 5.