Smith Bailey’s masterful performance wasted in ugly home loss to Kansas State

You never know what you’re going to see when you go to a ballgame, both good and bad. Sometimes both in the same night.

One of the greatest individual pitching performances in program history ended up being for naught in Arizona’s 11-1, 8-inning loss to Kansas State on Saturday night at Hi Corbett Field.

Smith Bailey struck out 15, one shy of the school record in a conference game since joining the Pac-10 in 1979, and allowed only one hit over six innings. The sophomore right-hander left with a 1-0 lead only to see the UA bullpen, which had been collectively stellar the last two weeks, implode all at once…

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