OMAHA, Neb. – A lot has been made about the pitching and defense of the teams that made it to Omaha in 2012. The days of gorilla ball are long gone. But that doesn’t mean teams can’t swing the bats.
Arizona’s lineup awoke on Thursday in a 10-3 dismantling of Florida State to send the Wildcats to the CWS Championship Series. The Wildcats hit just .219 in their first two games in Omaha, but that all changed against the Seminoles.
Arizona scored six runs in the first inning to become the second team at the CWS to bat around in an inning, and the first to score that many times in the first frame since June 15, 2003, when South Carolina put up six against LSU. Ten batters came to the plate as Florida State’s freshman ace Brandon Leibrandt last just 1/3 of an inning.
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