Arizona’s last midweek home game of the season went about the same way the last few did, with one exception: mercy on the opponent.
Backup catcher Kaden Hopson’s 2-run single with two out in the bottom of the seventh enacted a pre-arranged 10-run mercy rule, giving the Wildcats a shorter-than-expected 14-3 win over New Mexico State on Tuesday night at Hi Corbett Field.
UA coach Jay Johnson said NMSU (17-32) had asked for the mercy rule—which goes into effect when a team is up by 10 or more runs in the seventh or later—because it had just finished a 3-day, 4-game series on Sunday and were getting ready for the upcoming Western Athletic Conference tournament.