Arizona comes in at 3-0 with convincing wins over Indiana, Utah and Nebraska. They're ranked #1 in the ESPN poll, but I will note UCLA has one more first place vote.

Aggies up to the plate to start the game.

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3 up, 3 down for the Aggies.

The Wildcats about to get their first at bats for the day in a few minutes. After this game, they'll be staying on the campus of archrival Arizona State to face Oklahoma.

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Dumezich is in the circle for the Aggies.

Their lineup looks like this:

Villareal 2B
Tysarczyk RF
May C
Kliesing 1B
Spittler LF
Morgan DP
Garza 3B
Orsak CF
Walker SS

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Lastrapes gets a leadoff single up the middle. Lauren Schutzler moves her over with a bunt. One out.

Mel gets Del Ponte to ground out to the left side. Lastrapes can't advance from second.

The Arizona lineup looks like this:

Lastrapes LF
Schutzler CF
Del Ponte 3B
Chambers C
Koria 1B
Arriola 2B
Buchanan RF
Kirker DP
Levine SS

Fowler P

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Strikeout!

0-0 at the end of the first.

A&M:
Villareal lines out.
Tysarcyzk K swinging.
May fouls out to 1B.

Arizona:
Lastrapes singles up the middle.
Schutzler sac bunt down the left side.
Del Ponte grounds out to SS.
Chambers K swinging.

Nat Villareal barely dodges a foul ball into the Aggie dugout.

Kleising goes on to strike out.

1-0 Arizona after the 2nd.

Kliesing K swinging
Spittler BB
Spittler steals 2B
Morgan K swinging
Garza BB
Orsak K swinig

Koria homerun.
Arriola pop up to 2B
Buchanan bunted out to SS.
Kirker K swinging

Thanks for updates

The Aggies won't be no-hit today, but Spittler goes down on a nasty called strike three curveball with the bases full. Fowler's also looking a bit wild.

Walker grounds out to 2B
Villareal BB
Tysarczyk singles up the middle. Villareal advances to 2nd.
May K swinging.
Kliesing BB.
Spittler K looking.

We're up to 6 strikeouts now and have left 5 runners on base.

1-0 Wildcats headed to the bottom half of the 3rd.

Lavine pops up to the left side of the outfield, but Walker was able to drift back from SS to make the catch.

Lastrapes flies out to center.

Schutzler strikes out swinging on a 1-2 count.

1-0 headed to the 4th at Farrington Stadium on the Arizona State campus.

I know this is the #1 we're playing, but I'm worried about our offense.

1-0 after the 4th. Aggies strand two more runners, but Mel has a very quick inning in the circle.

Morgan walks after a good, long at bat. Schwirtlich to run.
Garza pops out on a bunt to 3B.
Orsak singles to SS. That could have been an error.
Walker flies out to LF.
Villareal lines out to the P.

For Arizona,

Del Ponte popped out to 3B.
Chambers K swinging.
Koria pops out to the pitcher, Dumezich.

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I know this is the #1 we're playing, but I'm worried about our offense.

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We've been very patient, but we're not making contact when we're swinging the bat.

This really isn't anything new. It's the same anemic trends we saw last season.

That seems to be the Joe Evans approach.

I'd like to see us more aggressive at the plate.

Aggies score! Aggies score! Aggies score! Aggies score!

After Meagan May collected her first hit of the season, pinch runner Rayburn comes around on an error.

Tysarcyzk strikes out swinging to end a 10 pitch at bat.
May singles up the middle. Rayburn steals 2nd on a Fowler changeup.
Kliesing BB.
Spittler hits a lazy ground ball, but the throw sails over firstbase. Rayburn comes around to score. Kliesing to 3rd. Spittler to 2nd.

Morgan at the plate now with 1 out and runners on second and third.

Morgan grounds to 3rd coming back in as the DP. Del Ponte was able to check the pinch runner, Tovar, at 3rd.

2nd and 3rd are occupied, two outs. Your Aggies are tied at 1 with the #1 ranked team in the nation.

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Voodoo

We're headed to the bottom of the 4th after another strikeout strands two Aggie runners.

But, the Aggies have taken the lead, 2-1!!!!!

With two outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd, Amber Garza fought back to force a full count then grounds one to Fowler in the circle. It bounces off her glove and she can't collect in time to make a throw!

Garza takes 2nd with no throw.
Orsak strikes out.

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Lead off homerun for Arriola. It was a batting practice pitch and a batting practice rocket off the bat.

2-2 in the bottom of the 4th.



I've got to step away from my laptop, but I'll be back with updates in about 10 minutes.

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Leadoff walk for the ags in the top of the 6th.

Score tied 2-2

Arriola HR.
Buchanan grounds to 2B.
Suitos struck out hitting for Kirker.
Lavine grounded out to 3B.

Walker steals second. But nothing else good happened.

2-2 headed to the bottom of the 6th

Another strikout. Another inning ended with an Aggie runner on base.

We're tied at 2 going to the back half of the 6th.

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Arizona's Lastrapes narrowly missed a homerun, but follows it up with a double and a terrible throw from Spittler sends Lastrapres to 3rd with no outs.

Some other scores from Tempe today...

Ole Miss 9 CS-Bakersfield 1
CS-Northride 8 Western Michigan 6

Dumezich gets a ground ball, but doesn't make her mind up where to throw it until its too late.

Lastrapes on 3rd with Schutzler is on 1st. There are no outs.

Sisk is now in for Spittler in LF. I'm not sure what the problem is.

After May and Kliesing let a foul ball drop between them, Nat Villareal commits an error at 2B on a Del Ponte grounder. Lastrapes comes in to score. To be fair, she might have scored anyways on the groundball

3-2 Arizona.

Koria reaches 1st. Bases juiced. 1 out.

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The wheels have come off. It's now 6-2 Arizona after an assortment of walks, errors, hit batters, and an infield single.

Arizona is still at bat.

6-2 Arizona. End of the 6th.

Let's see if I can get this right...

Lastrapes doubles. Reaches 3rd on an Spittler throwing error.
Schutzler singles to the pitcher.
Del Ponte reaches on Villareal fielding error. Lastrapes scores. 3-2 Arizona.
Chambers sacrifice bunt. Del Ponte and Schutzler advance to 2nd and 3rd.
Koria BB on full count.
Arriola single to LF. Everyone moves up. 4-2 Arizona.
Buchanan BB. Del Ponte scores. 5-2 Arizona.
Suitos hit by pitch. Koria scores. 6-2 Arizona.
Lavine strikes out.
Lastrapes flies out to the right field warning track.

Kliesing homerun. 6-3 Arizona.

Spittler has re-entered the game. She's batting now.

Spittler out on a warning track shot to Lastrapes in left field.

1 out.

Morgan HPB.

Garza sends another warning track shot, but it's the 2nd out.

Orsak up...