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2012 Arizona Baseball ❖ Official Game Notes❖ Games 21-22 ❖ Nex Mexico State @ Arizona ❖ March 20-21 ❖ Tucson, Ariz. ❖ Hi Corbett Field Three National Championships Arizona Athletic Media Relations Contact: Blair Willis 1976 ❖ 1980 ❖ 1986 McKale Memorial Center Asst. Media Relations Director 15 College World Series Appearances 1 National Championship Drive Office: 520-621-0914 36 NCAA Tournament Appearances Tucson, AZ 85721-0096 Email: [email protected] Website: www.arizonawildcats.com ❖ Facebook: www.facebook.com/arizonaathletics ❖ Twitter: @azathletics 2012 Arizona Schedule #5 ARIZONA WILDCATS NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES Overall: 16-4 Pac-12: 2-1 2012 Record:16-4 (2-1 Pac-12) vs. 2012 Record: 15-8 (0-0 WAC) Home: 15-3 Road: 1-1 Neutral: 0-0 Head Coach: Andy Lopez (11th Year, 371-233-1) Head Coach: Rocky Ward (14th Year, 383-383-2) Date Opponent Time/Result 2/17 NORTH DAKOTA STATE W, 3-1 Date Time Location Probable Starters 2/18 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L, 8-2 Tues., March 20 5 p.m. Tucson, Ariz. (Hi Corbett Field) RHP Casey Collins (2-2, 5.27) vs. RHP Tyler Hale (0-0, 5.14) 2/19 NORTH DAKOTA STATE W, 8-0 Wed., March 21 3 p.m. Tucson, Ariz. (Hi Corbett Field) LHP Ryan Beck (3-1, 2.00) vs. RHP Lucas Long (2-1, 4.98) 2/21 UTAH VALLEY W, 12-6 2/24 AUBURN W, 8-1 Webcast: All three games will be webcast live online to Arizona Athletics All-Access subscribers at www.arizonawildcats.com. 2/25 AUBURN W, 15-4 Free live stats courtesy of CBS Sports’ GameTracker will be available at www.arizonawildcats.com. 2/25 AUBURN L, 8-3 3/2 HARVARD W, 7-1 3/3 HARVARD W, 3-1 All-Time Series: Arizona leads, 46-5 First Meeting: 1919 3/4 HARVARD W, 13-2 Last Meeting: February 26, 2002 (UA 14, NMSU 10 at Tucson) 3/6 UC DAVIS W, 6-0 3/7 UC DAVIS W, 6-4 3/9 EASTERN MICHIGAN W, 9-2 3/10 EASTERN MICHIGAN W, 16-7 Some Series Themes... Statistical Comparison 3/11 EASTERN MICHIGAN W, 9-8 A regional matchup featuring two programs that have not met on ARIZ Hitting NMSU 3/13 at #8 Rice L, 5-1 .331 Avg. .312 3/14 at #8 Rice W, 8-5 the diamond in a decade … The Wildcats own a significant historical .432 Slg% .470 3/16 WASHINGTON STATE* L, 6-0 advantage in the series that dates back to 1917 … A pair of strong .398 OB% .433 3/17 WASHINGTON STATE* W, 8-7 hitting clubs that statistically have found success in different ways 149 Runs 220 3/18 WASHINGTON STATE* W, 12-9 … The Aggies have belted 22 home runs on the season and slug 225 Hits 248 3/20 NEW MEXICO STATE 5 p.m. 38 2B 50 3/21 NEW MEXICO STATE 3 p.m. .470, while the Cats have just two homers and are slugging .432 … 12 3B 5 3/23 at #19 Oregon State* 5:35 p.m. A seemingly patient NMSU hitting lineup, evidenced by 142 walks 2 HR 22 3/24 at #19 Oregon State* 2:05 p.m. drawn this season, sets its careful eyes on a UA pitching staff that 88 SO 184 3/25 at #19 Oregon State* 1:05 p.m. has issued just 53 free passes … The Cats will swipe some bases (42 63 BB 142 3/30 STANFORD* 6 p.m. 42-56 SB-ATT 11-13 3/31 STANFORD* 6 p.m. steals), while the Aggies take a more cautious approach (11 steals 4/1 STANFORD* 12 p.m. in 13 attempts) … A combined 12 hitters from the two clubs enter Pitching 4/4 at Utah Valley 6 p.m. the series with .300 or better batting averages … The free-swinging 3.52 ERA 5.49 4/5 at Utah* 6 p.m. Aggies have whiffed 184 times on the year compared to the Cats’ 88 179.0 IP 196.2 4/6 at Utah* 6 p.m. 150 SO 185 4/7 at Utah* 12 p.m. strikeouts … In fact, nine Aggies have struck out 10 or more times 53 BB 90 4/13 UCLA* 6 p.m. this year, while just four Wildcat hitters have hit double digits … .250 B/Avg. .301 4/14 UCLA* 6 p.m. Mid-week games always seem to test the depth of pitching staffs … 4/15 UCLA* 12 p.m. The Cats conclude a busy stretch of 18 games in 24 games this week, Fielding 4/17 at Arizona State 6:30 p.m. .965 Fld% .957 4/20 at Washington* 5 p.m. capped by their first Pac-12 road series at Oregon State over the 29 Errors 35 4/21 at Washington* 2 p.m. weekend … One-dollar hot dog days at historic Hi Corbett Field. 21 DP 15 4/22 at Washington* 1 p.m. 4/27 EAST TENNESSEE STATE 6 p.m. Arizona Possible Lineup (Based on Last Series) 4/28 EAST TENNESSEE STATE 4 p.m. 4/29 EAST TENNESSEE STATE 12 p.m. Pos. No. Player B/T Avg. SLG% OB% GP GS R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB ATT 5/4 OREGON* 6 p.m. C 6 Riley Moore S/R .290 .371 .397 19 19 9 18 15 3 1 0 1 1 5/5 OREGON* 6 p.m. 1B 22 Brandon Dixon R/R .261 .348 .325 20 20 12 18 6 6 0 0 6 8 5/6 OREGON* 12 p.m. 2B 4 Trent Gilbert L/R .273 .338 .306 20 20 12 21 15 3 1 0 2 3 5/11 at California* 2:30 p.m. 3B 5 Seth Mejias-Brean R/R .354 .468 .411 20 20 18 28 23 5 2 0 5 5 5/12 at California* 1 p.m. 5/13 at California* 1 p.m. SS 13 Alex Mejia R/R .400 .563 .419 20 20 19 32 14 5 1 2 2 6 5/16 at Arizona State 6:30 p.m. LF 1 Johnny Field R/R .366 .465 .489 20 20 20 26 15 3 2 0 7 10 5/18 at USC* 6 p.m. CF 35 Joey Rickard R/L .349 .434 .406 20 20 20 29 13 7 0 0 8 10 5/19 at USC* 2 p.m. RF 2 Robert Refsnyder R/R .397 .551 .484 20 20 22 31 21 6 3 0 8 9 5/20 at USC* 1 p.m. DH 15 Joseph Maggi L/L .378 .378 .439 13 11 8 14 4 0 0 0 1 2 5/25 ARIZONA STATE* 6 p.m. 5/26 ARIZONA STATE* 6 p.m. 5/27 ARIZONA STATE* 12 p.m. Probable Starting Rotation ERA W-L APP GS CG IP H R ER BB SO Avg. Tues. 10 Tyler Hale RHP 5.14 0-0 4 1 0 7.0 10 4 4 6 6 .357 All game times local to site and subject to change All home games in BOLD CAPS and played at Hi Corbett Field Wed. 23 Lucas Long RHP 4.98 2-1 6 2 0 21.2 22 13 12 8 16 .262 * Pac-12 Conference games 2012 Arizona Baseball ❖ Official Game Notes❖ Games 21-22 ❖ Nex Mexico State @ Arizona ❖ March 20-21 ❖ Tucson, Ariz. ❖ Hi Corbett Field Arizona Baseball Quick Facts Arizona Head Coach Andy Lopez: The Wildcats are coached by Andy Lopez, who is now in his 11th season with The University of Arizona a 371-233-1 record at the school. He has guided the Wildcats to postseason competition in seven of the last nine Founded ................................................1885 years, including two straight NCAA regionals and highlighted by a 2004 College World Series appearance. The Enrollment ............................................39,200 Wildcats have won at least 30 games in five straight years and in nine of Lopez’s 10 seasons at the school. Overall, Colors ....................................................Cardinal and Navy Lopez has more than 1,000 career victories, one national championship and four College World Series appearanc- Nickname ..............................................Wildcats es. Lopez owns a career record of 1,058-651-7 in 30 years as a head coach, including stints at Cal State Dominguez Affiliation ..............................................NCAA Division I Hills (1983-88), Pepperdine (1989-94), Florida (1995-2001) and Arizona (2002-present). Lopez led Pepperdine, Conference ............................................Pac-12 Florida (twice) and Arizona to College World Series appearances. His total victories are 13th-most among active Baseball Facility ....................................Hi Corbett Field (9,500) President ...............................................Dr. Eugene G. Sander coaches and he is just one of just 45 individuals to reach 1,000 career victories. Athletic Director ....................................Greg Byrne Athletic Dept. Phone .............................520-621-4622 UA-WSU Recap: Arizona gritted out a two-games-to-one Pac-12 series victory over Washington State last week- Website .................................................www.arizona.edu end the hard way … The Wildcats dropped the Friday night opener, 6-0, then fell behind 5-0 in the top of the Athletics Website ..................................www.arizonawildcats.com first inning in the first game a double-header on Saturday that was forced due to impending weather on Sunday Athletics Ticket Office ............................520-621-2287 … UA answered the bell, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first and going on to win 8-7 to even the series … A few hours later, the Cats captured the series with a 12-9 victory, holding off a relentless WSU offensive Arizona Media Relations lineup … UA narrowly out-hit WSU (.310-.306), despite the Cougars holding a 22-20 edge in runs scored … J.D.