Michael Lev

2 days ago | tucson.com | Michael Lev

The Arizona baseball team needed a spark. The Wildcats had lost five of six games. They’d gone from being potential NCAA Tournament hosts to encroaching on the tourney bubble. Third-year outfielder TJ Adams was talking about the team’s plight with his father, Mike. Mike Adams was TJ’s coach on a travel-ball team called the Arizona Rebels. “Remember what we used to do with the Hot Wheels?” Mike asked his son. Before every game, Mike would reveal a toy car that would go to the player of the game.

3 days ago | tucson.com | Michael Lev

Other players would kill to go through what Brendan Summerhill considers a slump. Arizona’s junior right fielder and projected first-round pick is batting .370 for the Super Regional-bound Wildcats. That would rank third in the Big 12 if Summerhill had enough appearances to qualify. The issue is, he was batting .417 after going 2 for 3 with a home run in his first at-bat back from injury against UT Arlington on April 23. Since then, Summerhill has hit .280.

3 days ago | azcentral.com | Michael Lev

Michael LevArizona Daily StarEUGENE, Ore. — After a narrow victory over Oklahoma State on April 13, Arizona coach Chip Hale revealed that he says a prayer before every game. It’s a moment of self-reflection. “I’m not a super religious guy,” he said that day. “But every game I say a prayer to help me be as relaxed as I can be and let the players play free. Because I think a lot of times we as coaches cause them to get too much anxiety. So I try my best to just let them be ... who they can be.

4 days ago | tucson.com | Michael Lev

EUGENE, Ore. — After a narrow victory over Oklahoma State on April 13, Arizona coach Chip Hale revealed that he says a prayer before every game. It’s a moment of self-reflection. “I'm not a super religious guy,” he said that day. “But every game I say a prayer to help me be as relaxed as I can be and let the players play free. Because I think a lot of times we as coaches cause them to get too much anxiety. So I try my best to just let them be ... who they can be.

5 days ago | tucson.com | Michael Lev

EUGENE, Ore. — The Arizona Wildcats are going to Super Regionals for the first time under Chip Hale. Arizona completed a sweep of the Eugene Regional with a dominant 14-0 victory over Cal Poly on Sunday night at PK Park. Aaron Walton hit three home runs, and Smith Bailey threw six scoreless innings as the Wildcats advanced to the Super Regional round for the first time since 2021. That was also the last time Arizona made it to the College World Series.