The Arizona Wildcats lost their fourth consecutive conference game on Thursday night, and the third straight week this team lost on a Thursday. In Palo Alto, the Stanford Cardinal came back for a 3-2 victory to open the three-game set.
Arizona is now 9-10 in Pac-12 play. Stanford improves to 9-7 against conference foes.
U of A got on the board right away. After a pair of singles put runners on the corners, Jared Oliva hit a sac fly to center to score Cal Stevenson, giving the Wildcats a 1-0 lead.