Arizona Wildcats jump ahead early and ride strong pitching to upset of No. 2 Stanford

The Arizona baseball team stunned No. 2 Stanford on Friday night, winning 6-3 in the opener of a three-game series.

The visiting Wildcats (19-20, 7-12 Pac-12) had lost four straight and six of seven coming in, but never trailed against the Cardinal. Arizona took a 4-1 lead in the fifth and later added two runs in the seventh after Stanford had crept within a run.

Nick Quintana hit a two-run homer in the victory. Matthew Dyer, Dayton Dooney, Cameron Cannon and Branden Boissiere each had two hits for UA.

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Randy Labaut earned the win, allowing three runs on five hits in 6.1 innings. He struck out four and didn’t allow a walk.

The teams meet again at 5:05 p.m. Saturday.