Arizona pitcher Jackson Kent (Arizona Athletics photo)
There’s no place like home.
While Dorothy wasn’t able to attend, there were more than 90 “Totos” in attendance as Arizona Baseball held a Bark at the Park event Friday to kick off their non-conference three-game series against Louisiana Tech.
Arizona (19-13) returned to Hi Corbett after sweeping Cal in Berkeley, Calif., last weekend and beating Stanford at Palo Alto, Calif., on Monday, dominating in a 9-1 win over the Bulldogs.
With the win over Louisiana Tech (26-10), the Wildcats have won nine in a row, which ties the third-longest winning streak in the country. A 10th straight win on Saturday would tie Arizona’s longest winning streak since 2021.
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Arizona pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts on Friday night, and they retired the final 17 batters they faced.
Nine of those strikeouts came from Jackson Kent, who has emerged as a solid Friday starter tor the Wildcats. Kent’s nine strikeouts tied his career best.
“Basically just took it and ran with it. (Pitching coach) Kevin (Vance) and (director of player development) John (DeRouin) from the minute they saw him, they loved his stuff and they thought they could do some things, which they did,” Arizona coach Chip Hale said about Kent becoming the Friday starter.
Kent ended the night allowing three hits in seven innings, with a run, walk, hit-batter in addition to his nine strikeouts.
Dawson Netz fanned three in the eighth inning and Anthony Susac closed the game with three of his own strikeouts.
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Arizona’s bats were working all night as seven players combined for 12 hits.
Brendan Summerhill and Adonys Guzman led the way with three each.
Arizona grabbed the lead in the first inning when Richie Morales hit a leadoff single up the right gap. Morales stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Garen Caulfield grounded out to third brought Morales home.
Summerhill tripled to right center and was brought home off a Guzman single to right.
Hi Corbett magic showed up in the third inning when Arizona added a run off of a defensive bobble from the Bulldogs.
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With two out and Summerhill sitting at second base, Guzman hit a high pop up toward third base. Louisiana Tech third baseman Will Safford completely misjudged the ball and dropped it. Meanwhile, Summerhill was lightly jogging around third and into home.
The Wildcats scored four runs in the fifth.
Summerhill doubled down the right field line. It was a slow poke of a ball. Mason White (Salpointe grad) scored and Summerhill advanced to third on the throw. Summerhill was originally called out at third and immediately started signaling for a challenge. After review the call was overturned. Guzman singled to left bringing Summerhill home.
“He (Safford) tagged the ground, the ump called me out, it was a tough angle that he had. I was immediately like we should challenge that and it worked,” Summerhill said about the call at third.
Maddox Mihalakis singled to right, plating Easton Breyfogle and Corona scored on a wild pitch.
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Arizona’s final run came in the eighth inning when Guzman’s single through left brought White across the plate.
The Bulldogs scored their only run in the second inning when Jorge Corona doubled followed by an Adarius Myers double that scored Corona.
Arizona and Louisiana Tech play second game of their series on Saturday at 6:00 p.m.
PAC-12 BASEBALL STANDINGS
Team
Rec
Pct
GB
Ovr
Pct
Stk
Oregon State
9-3
.750
–
28-4
.875
W7
Oregon
9-4
.692
0.5
24-9
.727
W2
ARIZONA
10-5
.667
0.5
19-13
.594
W9
Utah
8-5
.615
1.5
22-10
.688
W1
USC
9-6
.600
1.5
16-17
.485
L1
Stanford
6-7
.462
3.5
13-18
.419
L3
Washington State
7-9
.438
4
17-15
.531
L2
California
6-10
.375
5
18-14
.563
W2
Arizona State
6-10
.375
5
15-19
.441
L5
Washington
4-9
.308
5.5
10-16-1
.370
W1
UCLA
5-11
.313
6
12-19
.387
L3
Saturday’s schedule: Cal at Washington State, 2 p.m. USC at Oregon, 2 p.m. UCLA at Washington, 2:05 p.m. Stanford at Oregon State, 5 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Arizona, 6 p.m. Utah at Arizona State, 6:30 p.m.
(KMDL-FM) You might not have realized it, but you’re on a roller coaster. No, not the kind of roller coaster you look forward to riding, but the kind of roller coaster only Mother Nature can devise in the form of Louisiana’s annual up and down weather conditions, also known as spring.
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Much of Louisiana was affected by strong storms with heavy rains and gusty winds during the day on Saturday and extending into Sunday morning. By later afternoon yesterday, conditions had improved, and it looked as though the work and school week would be off to a much calmer start.
Heavy Rain Possible in Louisiana To Start the Work Week
The start of the work and school day will be much calmer; however, the ride home on this first day of “extra sunlight” thanks to Daylight Saving Time will include a decent chance of showers and storms. Oh, and there are already reports of thick fog.
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So, after a foggy start this morning, you could be picking up kids from school or driving yourself home from work in a torrential downpour. And you’ll get to do all of this while you’re mentally addled from the twice-a-year time change.
Rain chances are listed at 50% for this afternoon, but they do taper off quickly after the sun goes down. The Weather Prediction Center is forecasting a slight risk of an excessive rain event for portions of Louisiana later today. The area of concern is generally along and well north of US 190.
When Is The Next Threat of Severe Storms in Louisiana?
Tuesday should be a cloudy but breezy and warm day. Then on Wednesday, the rain chances and the next threat of severe storms will move into Louisiana.
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The Storm Prediction Center outlook for Wednesday’s severe weather potential suggests that the northern and central sections of the state might be more at risk for stronger storms than the I-10 corridor might be.
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We will know more about that potential later this morning when the SPC updates its forecast. The outlook for the remainder of the week, including the Patty in the Parc Weekend event in Downtown Lafayette, looks to be spectacular.
RICHLAND — Tech companies could receive significant tax breaks in Louisiana as data centers break ground in the state.
According to a report by The Advocate, Meta officials told state officials in 2024 that they would need significant tax breaks while negotiating the $27 billion data center project currently being built in North Louisiana.
Based on projections of Louisiana’s tax exemptions and the expected expenditures of the companies, state and local governments could potentially give billions in tax breaks to the tech giants.
Several states, including Louisiana, have seen backlash to data centers as residents worry about potential rising electric costs and strain on water systems.
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Virginia is currently debating whether or not to repeal tax exemptions for the tech companies, as it has cost state and local governments in Virginia $1.9 billion in 2024 alone.
The tax break exempts data centers from state and local taxes for multiple things data centers require, including servers, chillers, electric infrastructure and construction costs.
The scale of the data center projects, which include tens of billions in spending, coupled with Louisiana’s sales tax of 10%, means tax breaks could be worth huge amounts.
Gov. Jeff Landry speaks at an event Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, at Shreveport Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, La., held to announce that Amazon plans to build data centers in Caddo and Bossier Parishes. He is joined by Roger Wehner, left, vice president of Economic Development for Amazon, and Matt Vanderzanden, CEO of STACK Infrastructure.
