Cardinal Drops Weekend Finale at No. 13 ArizonaCardinal Drops Weekend Finale at No. 13 Arizona
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Cardinal Drops Weekend Finale at No. 13 Arizona

Jones, Chan homer in loss

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TUCSON, Ariz. – The No. 18 Cardinal fell this afternoon 10-2 in six innings, moving to 12-2 on the season. Kyra Chan and Emily Jones each homered in the loss.

Arizona opened the scoring in the bottom of the first, with back-to-back home runs to go up 3-0. The Cardinal was able to answer back in the top of the third, thanks to a leadoff home run from Kyra Chan.

Emily Jones followed it up with a leadoff homer of her own, opening the fourth inning with a solo shot to center to make it 3-2.

A seven run bottom of the sixth inning, six of which were unearned, saw the hosts pull ahead 10-2 and walk off the game in run-rule fashion.

Stanford heads east next weekend, opening ACC play with a three game series at Georgia Tech beginning on Friday from Atlanta.


POSTGAME NOTES:

  • Stanford moved to 12-2 on the season.
  • Junior Kyra Chan hit her second home run of the season, and third of her career.
  • Junior Emily Jones hit her third home run of the season, and fifth of her career.
  • Zoe Prystajko records her first loss of the season, moving to 5-1 on the season.