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Arizona baseball downs USC for first Pac-12 sweep of season, moves into tie for first

Win or lose, after each game Arizona huddles up the third base line at Hi Corbett Field to discuss what just happened.

On Sunday, that scrum included an extra item: a large, red push broom.

Arizona beat USC 8-4 to complete its first Pac-12 series sweep since the final weekend of the 2019 season. The Wildcats (27-11, 12-6) have won five consecutive league series, but in three previous attempts at a sweep they had come up short on Sunday, including home losses of 18-13 to Oregon and 9-1 to Cal.

“Maybe to them, it might mean something; to me it’s not something we’ve talked about,” UA coach Jay Johnson said of sweeping, noting that Arizona swept a 4-game series against Southeastern Louisiana in February and won all four games at the Frisco Classic during a 10-game win streak earlier this season.