Arizona starting pitcher Nancy Bowling (6) takes her final throws before facing Oklahoma State batters in the top of the first at Hillenbrand Stadium, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Wildcats' scoring binge is fool's gold

Most of those gaudy offensive numbers produced in the early season by Mike Candrea’s Arizona softball team are fool’s gold. The opposition won’t be consistently good until the Pac-12 season starts next month. But one number counts: seven walks. Through their first five games, Candrea’s pitchers are averaging 1.2 walks per game. Last year the club set a school record with 282 walks, about five per game. It was a killer. 


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