Arizona lost its final two games against BYU to lose a series for the seventh time in eight attempts against 2026 Big XII opponents. The Wildcats shutout the Cougars 6-0 in the series opener on Thursday before losing 5-1 on Friday and 8-4 on Saturday.
BYU opened the scoring on Saturday with a three-run first inning and never trailed. The Cougars added one run in the third and another in the fifth to take a 5-0 lead. Arizona finally got on the board with two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, but BYU answered in the top of the sixth to extend the lead to 7-2.
Two of BYU’s first four runs came home on wild pitches and the fifth scored on a sacrifice fly. After a dominant performance in his last start, Smith Bailey allowed five runs on nine hits and a walk on 4.1 innings. Four Arizona relief pitchers allowed three more runs. Five BYU batters had five hits on Saturday…