Arizona
10-run 1st inning helps Arizona baseball salvage series finale vs. Baylor
Arizona entered the weekend unbeaten at Hi Corbett Field, winning its first 14 home games and averaging nearly nine runs per outing. The Wildcats then dropped the first two of its series with Baylor, scoring a combined nine runs in the process.
By the end of the 1st inning Sunday the UA had surpassed its run total from the previous two games en route to salvaging the series finale.
Arizona scored 10 in the bottom of the 1st inning in an 11-6 win over Baylor, avoiding being swept at home for the first time since March 2023.
“It was great to kind of jump on them early,” said center fielder Aaron Walton, who hit a 2-run homer in the opening frame. “Sundays are about energy, so coming out with that early was great.”
Arizona (20-7, 6-3 Big 12) sent 14 batters to the plate in the 1st, chasing Baylor left-hander Carson Bailey after 0.2 innings. Walton’s homer started the scoring, but then with the bases loaded and two out freshman Gunner Geile singled up the middle to drive in the first two runs of his career.
TJ Adams followed with a 2-run double on the first pitch he saw, making it 6-0, then run-scoring hits by Walton, Mason White and Adonys Guzman capped the 1st inning production.
“It was an incredible start,” UA coach Chip Hale said. “That’s one of the best guys in the league that started. I was proud of them for getting the hits against the lefty.”
Arizona would only score once more in the game, on a solo homer by White in the 3rd to make it 11-1 at the time. White, who was 3 for 5 with three RBI and is 20 for 50 with 13 RBI during his 11-game hit streak, hit his first homer at Hi Corbett since last April and the 34th of his career tied him for 6th on the UA career list.
Baylor (19-8, 4-5) scored four in the top of the 5th to keep UA starter Smith Bailey from qualifying for the win, which went to Julian Tonghini who was the most effective of four relievers.
Sunday was the fourth game Arizona played without junior Brendan Summerhill, who is expected to miss a month with a fracture in his right hand. The Wildcats also played the last two games without sophomore Easton Breyfogle, who came out of Friday’s loss with another leg injury but was available if needed.
Adams started both corner outfield positions over the weekend, and Sunday had a 2-hit game after coming in hitting .175. Geile, a Tucson native, started in right the last two games tripled his career hit total with two singles Sunday after looking on track to redshirt this season before making his debut last Sunday at West Virginia after Summerhill got hurt.
“They didn’t really give me any (indication), they were going to make decisions at the end of the year,” Geile said of playing as a freshman. “But opportunities arise, and we just try to do what we can for the team.”
Arizona’s next four games are on the road and up Interstate 10, starting with Tuesday at Grand Canyon. The Wildcats lost three of four to the Antelopes last season, including in the NCAA Tournament opener at Hi Corbett.
“The guys who haven’t been up there, it’s been a wild atmosphere,” Hale said. “They’re a good team, and obviously they left a bad taste in our mouths last year.”
After GCU the UA will play three at ASU, which it beat 3-2 at home in a nonconference game on March 10. The Sun Devils (19-9, 7-2) are in second place in the Big 12, a game behind Kansas State.
PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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