Maddox Mihalakis delivers Big 12 Championship for Arizona in 2-1 win over TCU

ARLINGTON Texas AP Maddox Mihalakis drove in the go-ahead run in the th inning leading No -seed Arizona a - conquest over third-seeded TCU on Saturday night to win the Big Championship and clinch the Wildcats th trip to the NCAA Baseball Tournament In the top of the th inning Mason White was hit by a pitch with one out and took third on a single by Adonys Guzman Mihalakis drove the first pitch into center field for the go-ahead run Arizona - had only three hits and stranded nine runners on base through the first eight innings before Andrew Cain s home run to right field tied the competition - in the ninth The Horned Frogs - took a - lead in the bottom of the first inning when Sawyer Strosnider scored on a groundout by Noah Franco Strosnider had drawn a one-out walk and advanced to third on a double by Cole Cramer No TCU sportsman reached third base the rest of the championship Arizona had runners on second and third in the sixth and eighth innings but did not count Freshman Smith Bailey started on the mound for Arizona and pitched innings allowing one run and four hits He struck out five with no walks Tony Pluta - the fourth pitcher for the Wildcats pitched the last two innings and got the accomplishment Four TCU pitchers combined for strikeouts with three walks and three batters hit by pitch Braeden Sloan - allowed both Arizona runs and took the loss AP college sports https apnews com hub college-sports Source