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Baseball
vs MLB Desert Invitational
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Tuesday, April 9
Phoenix, Ariz.
6 p.m.
Grand Canyon
17-15
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Arizona
17-14
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Grand Canyon
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UA walks out of GCU with 14-13 win
4/10/2019 12:00:00 AM | Baseball, Paul Coro
Cats, Lopes combine to tie for 2nd-most walks in DI history
Grand Canyon's Tuesday night game with Arizona was no walk in the park.
It was a lot of walks in GCU Ballpark. The teams combined to draw 30 walks, tying for the second most ever in a NCAA Division I baseball game. The Lopes took more base on balls (17) than the Wildcats (13) but Arizona scored the game's last six runs to escape with a 14-13 victory in front of 2,046 fans.
The 30 walks, two off the all-time record, and 17 pitchers used made for a four-hour, 33-minute game that included GCU scoring 12 unanswered runs. The Lopes rallied from an 8-1 hole after 3 1/2 innings to lead 13-8 after seven innings.
"It swayed back and forth," GCU head coach Andy Stankiewicz said. "We got some momentum going and couldn't sustain it. We couldn't make pitches when we needed to get some outs late in the ballgame. We were walking guys. You start walking guys and it's a recipe for disaster. We've got to do a better job of pitching to contact.
"Everyone's frustrated. We've got to get better as a team – coaching staff, players. We've got to stay together and fight through this rut. We still have a lot of good baseball in front of us. I really believe that."
The Lopes (17-15) lost their third game in a row, using a "bullpen day" of 10 pitchers to have their staff ready for a weekend WAC home series against UT Rio Grande Valley. Arizona (17-14) brought the nation's fourth-best scoring offense and ninth-best hitting offense but was aided by seven walks in the eighth and ninth innings, when it scored six runs to rally to a 14-13 lead.
GCU sophomore catcher David Avitia retrieved a wild pitch and threw out a Wildcats runner at home in the top of the ninth inning to keep GCU within a run but the Lopes did not have a response beyond a two-out single from Cuba Bess. The sophomore first baseman reached base in all six of his plate appearances on Tuesday night with four walks and two hits, including a two-out, two-run single that gave GCU a 10-8 lead in the fifth inning.
Lopes junior left fielder Kona Quiggle reached base five times with three walks, a hit by pitch and a single while junior right fielder Quin Cotton walked twice and singled twice.
GCU stretched its lead to 13-8 in the seventh inning on a two-out, two-run single by senior designated hitter Pikai Winchester.
At the same time, sophomore Coen Wynne showed command of his fastball to shut out Arizona (17-14) for the sixth and seventh innings without contributing to the walk total.
"I just try to go out there every night and try to fill up the zone and attack with what I've got," said Wynne, who lowered his season ERA to 1.42. "My mindset doesn't change too much when you see stuff like that. You just have to steady yourself and keep doing what you're doing.
"I trust my stuff. I don't try to do too much and work to my strengths. I'm not going to worry about the opponent and big-name schools. I just worry about doing my thing."
Arizona won its fourth consecutive game, following a weekend sweep of Washington. Junior third baseman Nick Quintana continued to torment GCU, adding a home run on a four-hit Tuesday. In the three games against the Lopes over the past two seasons, Quintana is 9 for 16 with five home runs, two doubles and 11 RBI.
Every starter but one in the game drew a walk. GCU and Arizona had the most walks in any Division I game since 1995, when Rice and Texas Southern also combined for 30. The NCAA record was set in 1985, when Navy and Penn combined for 32.
The Wildcats issued 12 of their 17 walks in the first four innings and still led 8-6 at that point.
"The game is a mysterious lady," Wynne said. "You just have to take what it gives you. You have to keep rolling with the punches."
Follow Paul Coro on Twitter: @paulcoro.
It was a lot of walks in GCU Ballpark. The teams combined to draw 30 walks, tying for the second most ever in a NCAA Division I baseball game. The Lopes took more base on balls (17) than the Wildcats (13) but Arizona scored the game's last six runs to escape with a 14-13 victory in front of 2,046 fans.
The 30 walks, two off the all-time record, and 17 pitchers used made for a four-hour, 33-minute game that included GCU scoring 12 unanswered runs. The Lopes rallied from an 8-1 hole after 3 1/2 innings to lead 13-8 after seven innings.
"It swayed back and forth," GCU head coach Andy Stankiewicz said. "We got some momentum going and couldn't sustain it. We couldn't make pitches when we needed to get some outs late in the ballgame. We were walking guys. You start walking guys and it's a recipe for disaster. We've got to do a better job of pitching to contact.
"Everyone's frustrated. We've got to get better as a team – coaching staff, players. We've got to stay together and fight through this rut. We still have a lot of good baseball in front of us. I really believe that."
The Lopes (17-15) lost their third game in a row, using a "bullpen day" of 10 pitchers to have their staff ready for a weekend WAC home series against UT Rio Grande Valley. Arizona (17-14) brought the nation's fourth-best scoring offense and ninth-best hitting offense but was aided by seven walks in the eighth and ninth innings, when it scored six runs to rally to a 14-13 lead.
GCU sophomore catcher David Avitia retrieved a wild pitch and threw out a Wildcats runner at home in the top of the ninth inning to keep GCU within a run but the Lopes did not have a response beyond a two-out single from Cuba Bess. The sophomore first baseman reached base in all six of his plate appearances on Tuesday night with four walks and two hits, including a two-out, two-run single that gave GCU a 10-8 lead in the fifth inning.
Lopes junior left fielder Kona Quiggle reached base five times with three walks, a hit by pitch and a single while junior right fielder Quin Cotton walked twice and singled twice.
GCU stretched its lead to 13-8 in the seventh inning on a two-out, two-run single by senior designated hitter Pikai Winchester.
At the same time, sophomore Coen Wynne showed command of his fastball to shut out Arizona (17-14) for the sixth and seventh innings without contributing to the walk total.
"I just try to go out there every night and try to fill up the zone and attack with what I've got," said Wynne, who lowered his season ERA to 1.42. "My mindset doesn't change too much when you see stuff like that. You just have to steady yourself and keep doing what you're doing.
"I trust my stuff. I don't try to do too much and work to my strengths. I'm not going to worry about the opponent and big-name schools. I just worry about doing my thing."
Arizona won its fourth consecutive game, following a weekend sweep of Washington. Junior third baseman Nick Quintana continued to torment GCU, adding a home run on a four-hit Tuesday. In the three games against the Lopes over the past two seasons, Quintana is 9 for 16 with five home runs, two doubles and 11 RBI.
Every starter but one in the game drew a walk. GCU and Arizona had the most walks in any Division I game since 1995, when Rice and Texas Southern also combined for 30. The NCAA record was set in 1985, when Navy and Penn combined for 32.
The Wildcats issued 12 of their 17 walks in the first four innings and still led 8-6 at that point.
"The game is a mysterious lady," Wynne said. "You just have to take what it gives you. You have to keep rolling with the punches."
Follow Paul Coro on Twitter: @paulcoro.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Weems, Avery (3-3)
L: Chapman, Dalton (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Dyer, Matthew 1 ; Wells, Austin 1 ; Quintana, Nick 1 ; Dooney, Dayton 1 ; Cannon, Cameron 1
HR: Williams, Donta 1 ; Quintana, Nick 1 ; Holgate, Ryan 1
RBI: Williams, Donta 3 ; Dyer, Matthew 1 ; Wells, Austin 1 ; Quintana, Nick 2 ; Dooney, Dayton 2 ; Cannon, Cameron 1 ; Soderstrom, Tate 1 ; Wylie, Justin 1 ; Holgate, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Williams, Donta 2 ; Dyer, Matthew 2 ; Wells, Austin 1 ; Quintana, Nick 4 ; Dooney, Dayton 1 ; Wylie, Justin 1 ; Holgate, Ryan 3
SB: Quintana, Nick 1
Batting:
2B: Mumper, Marc 1
RBI: Bull, Austin 2 ; Cotton, Quin 3 ; Quiggle, Kona 1 ; Wyatt, Tyler 2 ; Bess, Cuba 2 ; Pavlica, Preston 1 ; Winchester, Pikai 2
SF: Wyatt, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bull, Austin 2 ; Cotton, Quin 4 ; Quiggle, Kona 1 ; Bess, Cuba 1 ; Winchester, Pikai 1 ; Mumper, Marc 2 ; Avitia, David 2
CS: Bess, Cuba 1
HBP: Quiggle, Kona 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
4
H
2
RBI
3
AB
5
R
2
H
1
RBI
2
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
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