Arizona rallied from a 1-0 deficit to win the second game of the doubleheader on Saturday and earn the split with a 2-1 victory at Texas Tech. Texas Tech won the opening game of the doubleheader 12-3. Arizona and Texas Tech were rained out on Friday night.
Texas Tech took the lead on a home run by Robin Villeneuve in the bottom of the second inning. An Aaron Walton HR tied the game in the sixth and Garen Caulfield singled home Maddox Mihalakis later in the inning to put Arizona in front to stay 2-1. Owen Kramkowski scattered eight hits and struck out three in seven innings to improve to 7-3.
Tony Pluta faced the minimum six batters in the final two innings to earn his ninth save, which leads the Big XII. Mihalakis and Adonys Guzman led Arizona with two hits each in the second game. Tyler Boudreau pitched 5.1 innings and took the loss for Texas Tech. Kyeler Thompson and Villeneuve each had two hits for Texas Tech…