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2019 Arizona Baseball ❖ Official Game Notes ❖ Game 5 ❖ February 20 ❖ at Rice ❖ Houston, Texas Four National Championships Arizona Communcation Services Contact: Brett Gleason 2012 ❖ 1986 ❖ 1980 ❖ 1976 McKale Memorial Center Cell: 509.339.5979 17 College World Series Appearances 1 National Championship Drive Office: 520.621.0917 39 NCAA Tournament Appearances Tucson, AZ 85721-0096 Email: [email protected] Website: www.arizonawildcats.com ❖ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArizonaBaseball ❖ Twitter/Instagram: @ArizonaBaseball 2019 Arizona Schedule Arizona Wildcats Rice Owls Overall: 4-0 Pac-12: 0-0 Record: 4-0 (0-0 Pac-12) at Record: 2-1 (0-0 Conference USA) Home: 4-0 Road: 0-0 Head Coach: Jay Johnson (4th year, 125-67) Head Coach: Matt Bragga (1st year, 2-1) Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result 2/15 vs. UMass Lowell W, 12-4 Date Time (MST) Wildcats Pitcher Owls Pitcher 2/16 vs. UMass Lowell W, 18-4 Wednesday, Feb. 20 5:30 PM TBA vs. TBA 2/16 vs. UMass Lowell W, 19-4 2/17 vs. UMass Lowell W, 20-5 2/20 @ Rice 5:30 PM 2/22 @ Houston 5:30 PM 2/23 @ Houston 6:30 PM Live Stream: Available through CUSA.tv 2/24 @ Houston 12:30 PM Radio: None 2/27 vs. New Mexico 6:00 PM Live Stats: Available through RiceOwls.com 3/1 vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 6:00 PM 3/2 vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 6:00 PM All-Time Series: Series tied 5-5 3/3 vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 11:00 AM Last Meeting: Rice defeated Arizona, 4-3, on Feb. 21, 2016 3/5 vs. Michigan State 6:00 PM 3/8 vs. College of Charleston 6:00 PM 3/9 vs. College of Charleston 6:00 PM Leading Off... Statistical Comparison 3/10 vs. College of Charleston 1:00 PM 3/12 vs. Xavier 6:00 PM • The Wildcats venture out for their first road trip of the 2019 season, ARIZ Hitting RICE 3/15 vs. Utah* 6:00 PM beginning with a mid-week contest against the Rice Owls and concluding .390 AVG .298 3/16 vs. Utah* 6:00 PM with a three-game weekend series against the Houston Cougars. .685 SLG .458 3/17 vs. Utah* 1:00 PM .551 OBP .378 • The Wildcats and Owls have squared off 10 times total, with the series 69 Runs 23 3/19 vs. New Mexico State^ 7:00 PM currently even at five wins apiece. Rice won the last contest between the 3/22 @ UCLA* 6:00 PM 57 Hits 39 3/23 @ UCLA* 2:00 PM two schools, 4-3, on February 21, 2016. That game was the final matchup 17 2B 8 3/24 @ UCLA* 1:00 PM of a three-game series, one that Arizona won two games to one. Wildcats 4 3B 2 3/25 @ San Diego State 6:05 PM head coach Jay Johnson’s first win with Arizona was a 8-1 decision against 6 HR 3 22 SO 36 3/29 @ Arizona State*^ 7:00 PM Rice in Houston on February 19, 2016. 3/30 @ Arizona State*^ 7:00 PM 47 BB 12 3/31 @ Arizona State*^ 1:00 PM • Arizona was named among the nation’s top teams by two separate polls this 2-5 SB-ATT 6-6 4/5 vs. Washington*^ 7:00 PM week: The Wildcats check in at No. 24 on the Collegiate Baseball poll and No. 4/6 vs. Washington*^ 3:00 PM 30 on the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll. Pitching 4/7 vs. Washington*^ 1:00 PM 3.50 ERA 2.53 • Outfielder Ryan Holgate was named the College Sports Madness National 36.0 IP 32.0 4/9 @ Grand Canyon TBA Player of the Week on Monday after posting three home runs and 12 RBI 4/12 vs. California* 6:00 PM 42 SO 44 4/13 vs. California* 6:00 PM through his first four collegiate games last weekend. 20 BB 10 4/14 vs. California* 1:00 PM • Arizona has gone 38-37 (.507) on the road across the last three seasons, .246 Opp. AVG .200 4/18 @ Oregon State*^ 7:00 PM with a 22-14 (.611) record in non-conference road contests. Fielding 4/19 @ Oregon State*^ 7:00 PM • The Wildcats roster features 18 returning players and 17 newcomers. The 4/20 @ Oregon State*% 7:00 PM .958 PCT .946 4/23 vs. Grand Canyon 6:00 PM team returns five starting position players and one starting pitcher from the 6 Errors 7 4/26 @ Stanford* 6:05 PM 2018 squad. 4 DP 1 4/27 @ Stanford* 5:05 PM 4/28 @ Stanford* 1:05 PM Arizona Possible Lineup 4/30 vs. New Mexico State 6:00 PM 5/3 vs. Oregon* 6:00 PM Pos. No. Player B/T AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SLG% OBP% 5/4 vs. Oregon* 6:00 PM C 16 Austin Wells L/R .375 16 8 6 2 0 1 7 3 1 .688 .474 5/5 vs. Oregon* 12:00 PM 1B 5 Matthew Dyer R/R .500 12 7 6 0 1 1 5 4 1 .917 .667 5/7 vs. Arizona State^ 6:00 PM 2B 35 Cameron Cannon R/R .571 14 11 8 6 0 0 5 4 0 1.000 .684 5/10 vs. USC*^ 7:00 PM 5/11 vs. USC* 6:00 PM 3B 13 Nick Quintana R/R .333 15 4 5 2 0 0 4 4 2 .467 .474 5/12 vs. USC*^ 12:00 PM SS 10 Jacob Blas R/R .273 11 5 3 2 0 0 2 4 2 .455 .471 5/16 @ Penn State 3:30 PM LF 3 Donta Williams L/L .417 12 4 5 2 1 0 4 3 2 .750 .588 5/17 @ Penn State 3:30 PM CF 22 Matt Fraizer L/R .471 17 8 8 2 1 0 9 4 1 .706 .571 5/18 @ Penn State 11:00 AM RF 45 Brandon Boissiere L/L .200 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 4 2 .200 .556 5/23 @ Washington State*^ 6:00 PM 5/24 @ Washington State*^ 6:00 PM DH 42 Ryan Holgate L/R .429 14 5 6 0 0 3 12 4 4 1.071 .550 5/25 @ Washington State*^ 12:00 PM Pitching Rotation ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO Avg Wed. 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TBA - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2019 Arizona Baseball ❖ Official Game Notes ❖ Game 5 ❖ February 20 ❖ at Rice ❖ Houston, Texas Arizona Baseball Quick Facts THAT'S OFFENSIVE: The Wildcats currently lead the Pac-12 in nearly every offensive The University of Arizona Founded .............................................1885 category...Arizona paces the circuit in batting average (.390), slugging percentage Enrollment .........................................42,236 (.685), on-base percentage (.551), runs scored, (69), doubles (17), triples (4), home Colors .................................................Cardinal and Navy runs (6), total bases (100), and walks (47)...In addition to strong team numbers, Nickname ...........................................Wildcats individual Wildcat batters appear among the conference's Top 10 players 26 times.... Affiliation ...........................................NCAA Division I Over the first four games of the season, Arizona is averaging 17.15 runs/game, 14.25 Conference .........................................Pac-12 hits/game, 6.75 extra-base hits/game, and 11.75 walks/game...Arizona currently has President ............................................Dr. Robert C. Robbins five players that have started in all four games this year and are hitting over the .400 Director of Athletics ...........................Dave Heeke Athletic Dept. Phone ..........................520-621-4622 mark. Website ..............................................www.arizona.edu Athletics Website ...............................www.arizonawildcats.com Wildcats Starters Hitting Over .400 Athletics Ticket Office .........................520-621-2287 PLAYER AVG R 2B 3B HR RBI Cannon, C. .571 11 6 0 0 5 Arizona Baseball History Dyer, M. .500 7 0 1 1 5 First Season ........................................1904 All-Time Record ..................................2,833-1532-22 Fraizer, M. .471 8 2 1 0 9 All-Time Pac-12 Record ......................535-597 Holgate, R. .429 5 0 0 3 12 National Championships ....................4 (2012, 1986, 1980, 1976) Williams, D. .417 4 2 1 0 4 College World Series Appearances ......17 (last in 2016) NCAA Postseason Appearances ..........39 (last in 2017) AGAINST RICE: The Wildcats and Owls have played a total of 10 games against each Pac-12 Titles .......................................4 (last in 2012) other, with the all-time series currently tied at five games apiece...Most recently, the All-Americans ....................................99 All-Pac-12 Players ..............................107 two schools squared off for a three-game series in Houston to open the 2016 season; MLB Draft Picks ..................................258 the Wildcats won that series two games to one...Arizona head coach Jay Johnson MLB Players........................................81 earned his first win with the Wildcats in an 8-1 victory over Rice on February 19, 2016...The Wilcats current roster features three individuals (one player, two coaching Coaching Staff staff) that were on Arizona's roster during that most recent Rice series: left-handed Head Coach ................................ Jay Johnson pitcher Randy Labaut; graduate manager Louis Boyd (INF); and director of player Alma Mater/Year ................................Point Loma Nazarene/2001 development Cody Ramer (INF)...Labaut did not play in the 2016 series. Year at Arizona ...................................4th Year as Head Coach.............................7th Division I Record .................................197-109 Wildcats vs. Owls Record at Arizona ...............................125-67 DATE RESULT WINNING PITCHER LOCATION Assistant Coach ........................... Sergio Brown 2/21/16 L, 3-4 Dane Myers (1-0) Houston, TX Alma Mater ........................................Cal State Fullerton 2/20/16 W, 6-2 Bobby Dalbec (1-0) Houston, TX Year at Arizona ...................................4th 2/19/16 W, 8-1 JC Cloney (1-0) Houston, TX Assistant Coach ..........................