Lopez, Heyer Talk About Arizona’s Postseason Potential

– May 19, 2012Posted in: CBD Interview, Interviews with Coaches, Interviews with Players, Pac 12

LOS ANGELES — Kurt Heyer picked up his 10th win of the season leading Arizona to an 11-1 win over Southern California at Dedeaux Field Friday night.

Heyer pitched eight strong innings, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks. He struck out four Trojan (22-26, 7-18) batters.

The win keeps Arizona (35-15, 17-8) a game ahead of UCLA for second place in the Pac-12 and moved the Wildcats to a game behind of Oregon, who is playing a non-conference series with Seattle this weekend.

After Arizona finished off the blowout victory, I chatted with Heyer and Arizona head coach Andy Lopez about the win and how the Wildcats postseason is setting up.

Heyer discussed how his pitching approach didn’t change after Arizona broke open the game with six runs in the sixth and seventh innings. He also talked about how he is approaching the MLB Draft and the Wildcats chances at making a run to Omaha:

Lopez talked about how his three-year Friday starter always gives Arizona a chance to win and about Heyer’s competitive fire. The Wildcats’ head coach also talked about his teams chances of hosting a regional:

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Tags: Andy Lopez, Arizona, CBD Interview, Kurt Heyer, Pac 12, USC

About Shotgun Spratling

Shotgun Spratling covers the Southern California area where he attended 75 games during the 2012 season. He attended grad school at USC where he covered USC sports for Neon Tommy, South LA Intersections, Annenberg TV News, KSCR and the Trojan Vision debate show Platforum Sports. He has worked with the Princeton Devil Rays minor league team, written for daily and weekly newspapers and done freelance work for publications such as ESPN, NBC Los Angeles and the SC Playbook magazine. After being a 3-sport letterman in high school, he was a 4-year letterman at Division III Maryville College where he concluded his collegiate career by inducing a ground out to end the 2007 Great South Athletic Conference Tournament and gave the Scots the GSAC championship. He also spent the 2010 summer in Cape Town, South Africa covering sports for the Cape Community Papers during the first FIFA World Cup held on African soil.