STANFORD, Calif. -- The pitchers for No. 7 Stanford had everything working on Friday, striking out 12 batters total in the 3-2 win over No. 20 Arizona at Boyd and Jill Smith Family Stadium. This is the Cardinal's third series win of the season.
Krause (9-3) went five innings, giving up two runs on five hits and walking one for Stanford (30-6, 7-4 Pac-12). The right-hander punched out eight Arizona hitters, one short of her career high. Alana Vawter stepped in the circle for the Cardinal in the sixth, throwing two innings while allowing no hits, with no walks and four strikeouts.
In the batter's box, the Cardinal were led by Kylie Chung, who came in as a pinch hitter in the fifth and got the scoring started with her first home run of the season
Taylor Gindlesperger followed Chung with an RBI double through the left side. In the next at-bat, River Mahler chipped in to drive home Gindlesperger.
The Wildcats got on the board in the sixth with a two-run homer to tighten the game, but the Cardinal got the win to take the series.
GAME NOTES
» This is the second-straight series Stanford has won against Arizona, going 2-1 in 2022.
» The Cardinal out-hit the Wildcats at an 8-5 clip.
» Stanford pitchers faced 29 Arizona hitters in the game, allowing four ground balls and five fly balls while striking out 12.
» Chung led the Cardinal at the plate, going 1-for-1 with a home run, her second career long ball.