Smith Bailey pitched 7.0 innings, allowing no runs on four hits with two walks and nine strikeouts as Arizona received its second consecutive elite performance from a starting pitcher in a 9-5 win over Fresno State on Saturday. Arizona clinched the series with the win and will go for the sweep on Sunday.
Owen Kramkowski helped Arizona set the tone in the series-opening 6-0 win on Friday night. Arizona took the lead in the second inning on Saturday night with a T.J. Adams sacrifice fly to score Maddox Mihalakis. Bailey kept Arizona ahead until the Wildcats scored one run in the seventh and four in the eighth.
A Tyler Bickers single scored Adams in the sixth to put Arizona ahead 2-0. Mihalakis doubled in the seventh to score Andrew Cain, Roman Meyers batted after Mihalakis and brought him home with a single. Carson McEntire was the next hitter and had a two-run home run to extend the Arizona lead to 6-0…