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Arizona baseball: Nathan Bannister was a bit excited for first postseason start

Even one of the best pitchers in the country can get butterflies in his stomach

It was four years in the making. A large group of Arizona Wildcats got their first taste of the NCAA postseason on Friday after four long years of falling short.

Ace pitcher Nathan Bannister is certainly in that group. He responded by pitching seven innings of shutout baseball in Arizona's 7-3 win over Sam Houston State on Friday.

But it wasn't quite normal beforehand.

The start of the game was pushed back five hours due to rain and lightning in the area, but the Wildcats made due.