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OFFICIAL GAME NOTES · ArizonaWildcats.com Arizona Athletics Communication Services · 520-621-4163 · 1 National Championship Drive · McKale Center Room 106 · Tucson, AZ · 85721-0096 Contact: Brett Gleason · [email protected] · (O) 520-621-0917 · (C) 509-339-5979 Friday, April 16 - Sunday, April 18 #16 Arizona Wildcats (21-10, 7-5) at Washington State Cougars (16-12, 4-8) Games 32-34 (21-10) Bailey-Brayton Field · Pullman, Wash. Road Games 9-11 (4-4) DATE OPPONENT TIME (MST) ARIZONA PITCHER WASHINGTON STATE PITCHER Friday, April 16 Washington State 3:05 PM RHP Chase Silseth (5-0, 4.37) vs. RHP Brandon White (4-2, 5.73) Saturday, April 17 Washington State 2:05 PM LHP Garrett Irvin (2-1, 3.12) vs. RHP Zane Mills (3-2, 3.02) Sunday, April 18 Washington State 12:05 PM RHP TJ Nichols (3-3, 6.38) vs. TBA 2021 Arizona Schedule LEADING OFF... Game Coverage Overall: 21-10 Pac-12: 7-5 • The Wildcats venture to the Palouse for a Home: 13-6 Neutral: 4-0 Road: 4-4 @ArizonaBaseball @ArizonaBaseball /ArizonaBaseball three-game road series at Washington State this weekend. Arizona is looking for a fourth straight Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Live Stats: ArizonaStats.com 2/19 (Fri.) BALL STATE W, 3-0 Pac-12 Conference series win. All three games 2/20 (Sat.) BALL STATE L, 7-8 (11) will be broadcats on Wildcats Radio 1290 AM TV/Stream Radio 2/21 (Sun.) BALL STATE L, 2-5 and available online via WSU Live Stream. • WSU Live Stream • Wildcats Radio 1290 2/22 (Mon.) BALL STATE W, 11-5 • Brian Jeffries (PxP) 2/25 (Thur.) SE LOUISIANA W, 7-4 • Arizona leads the all-time series with 2/26 (Fri.) SE LOUISIANA W, 13-11 Washington State, 46-25, with games dating 2/27 (Sat.) SE LOUISIANA W, 4-3 2/28 (Sun.) SE LOUISIANA W, 14-2 back to 1975. In their last meeting in 2019, the 3/4 (Thur.) @ Oklahoma1 W, 20-13 Wildcats swept a three-game series in Pullman 3/5 (Fri.) vs. Oklahoma1 W, 12-1 on final scores of 21-4, 10-4, and 15-7. The Matchups 3/6 (Sat.) vs. Dallas Baptist1 W, 15-8 3/7 (Sun.) @ Missouri1 W, 8-4 • The Wildcats have scored at least one run in 140 ARIZ Hitting WSU 3/11 (Thur.) WICHITA STATE W, 8-5 straight games. They have not suffered a shutout .318 Batting Average .288 3/12 (Fri.) WICHITA STATE L, 9-10 loss since falling 1-0 at Washington on March 3/13 (Sat.) WICHITA STATE CANCELED .485 Slugging Percentage .429 3/13 (Sat.) AIR FORCE L, 2-5 17, 2017. Their 140-game scoring streak is the .430 On-Base Percentage .381 3/14 (Sun.) WICHITA STATE CANCELED longest active scoring streak in the Pac-12. 259 Runs Scored 196 3/14 (Sun.) AIR FORCE W, 14-5 349 Hits 280 3/19 (Fri.) @ #11 UCLA* L, 2-3 • Arizona infielders Branden Boissiere and Jacob 66 Doubles 55 3/20 (Sat.) @ #11 UCLA* W, 7-3 Berry were both named to the Golden Spikes 15 Triples 8 3/21 (Sun.) @ #11 UCLA* L, 3-11 Award Midseason Watch List on Wednesday. 3/22 (Mon.) @ Loyola Marymount W, 18-2 29 Home Runs 22 The Golden Spikes Award is presented annually 3/26 (Fri.) #16 OREGON*^ W, 5-4 234 Strikeouts 219 to the nation's top amateur baseball player. They 3/27 (Sat.) #16 OREGON*^ W, 15-2 177 Walks 118 are the first Wildcats on the Midseason Watch 3/28 (Sun.) #16 OREGON*^ L, 13-18 19-27 Stolen Bases-Attempts 9-16 4/1 (Thur.) @ Arizona State*^ W, 10-5 List since JJ Matijevic in 2017. 4/2 (Fri.) @ Arizona State*^ W, 7-6 4/3 (Sat.) @ Arizona State*^ L, 2-3 • The Wildcats lead the Pac-12 Conference and Pitching 4/6 (Tue.) ARIZONA STATE W, 14-2 rank fifth nationally with 259 runs scored this 4.59 ERA 5.61 4/9 (Fri.) CALIFORNIA* W, 5-1 season. The next closest Pac-12 program, WSU, 278.2 Innings Pitched 239.0 4/10 (Sat.) CALIFORNIA* W, 4-3 289 Strikeouts 263 4/11 (Sun.) CALIFORNIA* L, 1-9 has scored 63 fewer runs than Arizona. 4/13 (Tue.) @ Grand Canyon% L, 4-5 (10) 130 Walks 166 4/16 (Fri.) @ Washington State* 3:05 PM • Arizona's defense has shown marked .253 Opp. Batting Average .270 4/17 (Sat.) @ Washington State* 2:05 PM improvement in recent weeks. Since March 21 at 4/18 (Sun.) @ Washington State* 12:05 PM UCLA the Wildcats have committed more than Fielding 4/20 (Tue.) NEW MEXICO STATE 6:00 PM one error in a game just once (4, April 2 at ASU), .968 Fielding Percentage .968 4/23 (Fri.) USC* 6:00 PM 4/24 (Sat.) USC* 6:00 PM played error-free ball five times, and logged a 38 Errors 32 4/25 (Sun.) USC* TBA .977 fielding percentage. 21 Double Plays 17 4/30 (Fri.) UTAH* 6:00 PM 5/1 (Sat.) UTAH* 6:00 PM 5/2 (Sun.) UTAH* 11:00 AM Arizona Possible Lineup 5/4 (Tue.) GRAND CANYON 6:00 PM 5/7 (Fri.) @ #20 Stanford* 6:00 PM Pos. No. Player B/T AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SLG OBP 5/8 (Sat.) @ #20 Stanford* 2:00 PM C 6 Daniel Susac R/R .295 112 21 33 10 0 5 27 9 23 .518 .352 5/9 (Sun.) @ #20 Stanford* 1:00 PM 1B 17 Branden Boissiere L/L .382 123 39 47 3 3 4 30 24 21 .553 .483 5/10 (Mon.) @ Santa Clara 1:00 PM 2B 1 Kobe Kato L/R .336 107 28 36 7 0 1 12 25 17 .430 .461 5/14 (Fri.) WASHINGTON* 6:00 PM 5/15 (Sat.) WASHINGTON* 6:00 PM 3B 11 Nik McClaughry R/R .375 40 13 15 4 0 0 9 6 10 .475 .500 5/16 (Sun.) WASHINGTON* TBA SS 10 Jacob Blas R/R .276 123 25 34 1 1 3 20 13 24 .374 .396 5/18 (Tue.) NEW MEXICO STATE 6:00 PM LF 44 Tanner O'Tremba R/R .313 32 9 10 1 2 1 8 8 12 .563 .463 5/21 (Fri.) @ Oregon State*^ 6:00 PM CF 23 Donta' Williams L/L .268 112 39 30 5 2 2 22 23 19 .402 .444 5/22 (Sat.) @ Oregon State*^ 6:00 PM RF 42 Ryan Holgate L/R .357 129 24 46 13 1 5 33 14 28 .589 .418 5/23 (Sun.) @ Oregon State*^ 12:00 PM DH 15 Jacob Berry S/R .414 111 26 46 9 2 6 35 20 24 .694 .511 5/27 (Thur.) DIXIE STATE 6:00 PM 5/28 (Fri.) DIXIE STATE 6:00 PM Pitching Probables ERA W-L G GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO AVG 5/29 (Sat.) DIXIE STATE 6:00 PM Fri. 29 RHP Chase Silseth 4.37 5-0 8 8 0 0 47.1 44 25 23 13 53 .246 All game times are MST and subject to change Sat. 12 LHP Garrett Irvin 3.12 2-1 8 8 0 0 34.2 32 13 12 19 31 .232 All home games are played at Hi Corbett Field Rankings via D1Baseball.com Sun. 25 RHP TJ Nichols 6.38 3-3 8 8 0 0 36.2 38 26 26 21 40 .273 * Pac-12 Conference Games ^ Pac-12 Network % ESPN3 1 Frisco College Baseball Classic; Frisco, Texas Four National Championships: 2012, 1986, 1980, 1976 · 17 College World Series Appearances · 39 NCAA Tournament Appearances · 266 MLB Draft Picks 2020 Arizona Baseball · Official Game Notes · Games 32-34 · at Washington State · Pullman, Wash. Arizona Baseball Quick Facts SOME SERIES THEMES: The Arizona Wildcats (21-10, 7-5) ventured to the Palouse for a three-game weekend series against the Washington State Cougars (16-12, 4-8)...All The University of Arizona three games will be broadcast on Wildcats Radio 1290 AM and the TuneIn app...The Founded .....................................................................................................................1885 series will also be available to view online via WSU Live Stream...Arizona leads the all- Enrollment ............................................................................................................46,932 Colors.............................................................................................Cardinal and Navy time series against Washington State, 46-25, with games dating back to 1975...In their Nickname ..........................................................................................................Wildcats most recent meeting on the final weekend of the 2019 season the Wildcats swept a Affiliation ...........................................................................................NCAA Division I Conference ........................................................................................................... Pac-12 three-game series in Pullman on final scores of 21-4, 10-4, and 15-7...Arizona has won President ...............................................................................Dr. Robert C. Robbins their series against Washington State every season under head coach Jay Johnson, Director of Athletics..............................................................................Dave Heeke Athletic Department Phone ........................................................(520) 621-4622 and have not lost a series to the Cougars since 2014...The Wildcats lead the Cougars Website .......................................................................................................Arizona.edu 9-3 over the last five years and 17-9 over the last decade...Over their last 60 games, Athletics Website ...............................................................ArizonaAthletics.com Athletics Ticket Office ...................................................................(520) 621-2287 a stretch that dates back to 2019 and accounts for more than a typical full season's worth of contests, Arizona has posted a record of 44-16 (.733) and earned 12 series Arizona Baseball History victories...The Wildcats have won three straight Pac-12 Conference series, taking two First Season ..............................................................................................................1904 of three games from Oregon, Arizona State, and California in recent weeks...Arizona All-Time Record ................................................................................. 2,892-1,571-22 enters the weekend ranked by all five major national polls, checking in at No.