2015 Arizona Baseball ❖ Official Game Notes ❖ Games 9-10 ❖ Oakland @ Arizona ❖ Feb. 24-25 ❖ Tucson, Ariz. ❖ Hi Corbett Field Four National Championships Arizona Communcation Services Contact: Blair Willis 2012 ❖ 1986 ❖ 1980 ❖ 1976 McKale Memorial Center Asst. Communication Services Director 16 College World Series Appearances 1 National Championship Drive Office: 520-621-0914 37 NCAA Tournament Appearances Tucson, AZ 85721-0096 Email: [email protected] Website: www.arizonawildcats.com ❖ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArizonaBaseball ❖ Twitter/Instagram: @ArizonaBaseball 2015 Arizona Schedule OAKLANDSat., March 9 GOLDEN GRIZZLIES ARIZONA WILDCATS Overall: 6-2 Pac-12: 0-0 2015 Record: 0-6 (0-0 Horizon League) at 2015 Record: 6-2 (0-0 Pac-12) Home: 6-2 Road: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 Head Coach: John Musachio (9th Year, 136-234) Head Coach: Andy Lopez (14th Year, 465-302-1) Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result 2/13 Eastern Michigan W, 7-3 Date Time Location (Ballpark) Probable Starters 2/14 Eastern Michigan W, 16-3 Tues., Feb. 24 6 p.m. Tucson, Ariz. (Hi Corbett Field) RHP Tyler Palm (0-0, 3.86) vs. RHP Cody Hamlin (1-0, 2.57) 2/15 Eastern Michigan W, 6-2 Wed., Feb. 25 3 p.m. Tucson, Ariz. (Hi Corbett Field) TBA vs. TBA 2/17 North Dakota State W, 7-2 Television/Radio: There is no scheduled television broadcast. The Arizona IMG Sports Network will begin live radio 2/18 North Dakota State W, 11-1 broadcasts beginning at the start of Pac-12 play. 2/20 #17 Rice (P12N) L, 8-5 2/21 #17 Rice (P12N) W, 7-6 Live Stats/Webcast: Live stats for all Arizona home games are available at: www.arizonalivestats.com. All Arizona 2/22 #17 Rice (P12N) L, 6-4 (10) home games will be streamed live (if not televised) at this link: http://pac-12.com/videos/university-arizona-3. 2/23 Oakland 6 p.m. 2/24 Oakland 3 p.m. All-Time Series: First meetings Last Meetings: N/A 2/25 vs. Samford % 2 p.m. Streak: N/A First Meetings: N/A at Mississippi State 6:30 p.m. 2/26 at Mississippi State 2 p.m. Statistical Comparison 3/1 vs. Samford % 1 p.m. Leading Off... 3/3 New Mexico State 6 p.m. ARIZ Hitting OAK 3/4 New Mexico State 6 p.m. • Arizona will play six games over the next six days. .315 Avg. .248 3/6 Portland 6 p.m. • The Cats conclude a 10-game homestand on Wednesday. .486 Slg% .295 3/7 Portland 4 p.m. .375 OB% .295 • Riley Moore and Bobby Dalbec became the first duo to hit back-to- 63 Runs 16 3/8 Portland Noon back HR at Hi Corbett since UA moved into the facility in 2012. 3/13 Utah* 6 p.m. 87 Hits 52 3/14 Utah* 6 p.m. • Dalbec and Moore have each tied their career highs with 2 HR to date. 12 2B 10 3/15 Utah* Noon • UA has hit five HR in eight games. The Cats needed 31 games in 2014 10 3B 0 HR 3/20 at Stanford* (P12N) 7 p.m. before hitting their fifth homer. 5 0 3/21 at Stanford* 3 p.m. 48 SO 59 3/22 at Stanford* (P12N) 1 p.m. • Last Saturday, UA won when trailing after the 8th inning. Since 2000, 24 BB 10 3/27 Oregon* (P12N) 7 p.m. the Cats are 13-307 when trailing after 8 innings. 10-16 SB-ATT 1-3 3/28 Oregon* (P12N) 7 p.m. • Dalbec has hit safely in all eight games. Pitching 3/29 Oregon* (P12N) 11 a.m. • Moore has reached base in 14 overall games dating to 2014. 4/2 USC* 6 p.m. 3.08 ERA 7.12 4/3 USC* 6 p.m. • Tyler Krause is tied for the national lead with 3 triples. 73.0 IP 48.0 4/4 USC* Noon • UA leads all Division I teams with 10 triples. No team has more than 58 SO 39 4/11 at Arizona State* (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. seven triples, yet seven Wildcats have a triple. 16 BB 39 .240 B/Avg. .377 4/12 at Arizona State* (P12N) 5 p.m. • Scott Kingery leads UA in hits (17), average (.486), slugging (.743), 4/13 at Arizona State* (P12N) 7 p.m. 4/17 at Oregon State* 5:35 p.m. on-base percentage (.486), runs (10) and RBI (9). Fielding 4/18 at Oregon State* 1:35 p.m. • Kevin Newman’s straight steal of home was the first for a Wildcat since .972 Fld% .962 4/19 at Oregon State* 1:05 p.m. 2006 (Brad Boyer at Washington). 9 Errors 8 4/22 Arizona State (P12N) 7 p.m. 6 DP 5 4/24 California* 6 p.m. 4/25 California* 6 p.m. Arizona Possible Lineup (based on recent games) 4/26 California* Noon Pos. No. Player B/T Avg. SLG% OB% GP GS R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB-ATT 4/28 Arizona State (P12N) 6 p.m. C 6 Riley Moore L/R .370 .704 .455 8 7 9 10 7 1 1 2 1-1 5/1 at Washington State* 6 p.m. 1B 24 JJ Matijevic L/R .150 .250 .227 8 7 2 3 4 2 0 0 0-0 5/2 at Washington State* 2 p.m. 2B 25 Scott Kingery R/R .486 .743 .486 8 8 10 17 9 2 2 1 0-1 5/3 at Washington State* Noon 3B 3 Bobby Dalbec R/R .324 .588 .361 8 8 7 11 7 1 1 2 0-1 5/8 Washington* (P12N) 7:30 p.m. 5/9 Washington* (P12N) 7 p.m. SS 2 Kevin Newman R/R .394 .485 .459 8 8 9 13 4 3 0 0 4-4 5/10 Washington* (P12N) 6 p.m. LF 42 Jared Oliva R/R .238 .381 .304 7 6 4 5 6 1 1 0 0-1 5/15 at UCLA* (P12N) 7 p.m. or 21 Ryan Aguilar L/L .200 .200 .385 5 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 3-4 5/16 at UCLA* (P12N) 4 p.m. CF 4 Justin Behnke* L/R .348 .435 .423 8 8 5 8 2 0 1 0 0-0 5/17 at UCLA* (P12N) 1 p.m. RF 23 Zach Gibbons* R/R .250 .350 .304 8 5 3 5 2 0 1 0 0-2 5/21 Abilene Christian 6 p.m. DH 10 Tyler Krause R/R .222 .519 .276 7 7 7 6 4 2 3 0 1-1 5/22 Abilene Christian 6 p.m. 5/23 Hawaii 6 p.m. Probable Pitching Rotation ERA W-L APP GS SV IP H R ER BB SO Avg. 5/24 Hawaii Noon Tues. 33 Austin Schnabel RHP 2.57 1-0 2 1 1 7.0 4 2 2 0 9 .154 All game times local to site and subject to change Wed. TBA All home games in BOLD CAPS and played at Hi Corbett Field Closer 3 Bobby Dalbec RHP 1.80 1-1 3 0 1 5.0 5 2 1 2 5 .263 * Pac-12 Conference games % Starkville, Miss. 2015 Arizona Baseball ❖ Official Game Notes ❖ Games 9-10 ❖ Oakland @ Arizona ❖ Feb. 24-25 ❖ Tucson, Ariz. ❖ Hi Corbett Field Arizona Baseball Quick Facts Some Series Themes: The end of a 10-game home stand for the Wildcats marks the first-ever meetings The University of Arizona Founded ................................................1885 between Arizona and Oakland … The Wildcats are coming of a disappointing series loss to nationally-ranked Enrollment ............................................40,200 Rice, but the club certainly learned a lot about itself. Most notable, Arizona battled all three days despite dig- Colors ....................................................Cardinal and Navy ging early deficits. That is a toughness and resiliency that lacked a year ago, and the newfound grit gave the Nickname ..............................................Wildcats Cats a clear chance to win the series … Oakland arrives winless, but it’s play six road games at Florida State Affiliation ..............................................NCAA Division I Conference ............................................Pac-12 and USC. Add in the trip to Arizona and the Golden Grizzlies will have played eighth straight contests against President ...............................................Dr. Ann Weaver Hart three programs that rank among the top-8 nationally in all-time wins … The Wildcats have six games to play Director of Athletics ..............................Greg Byrne this week, which makes pitching considerations quite interesting. Veteran Cody Hamlin will get the ball Tues- Athletic Dept. Phone .............................520-621-4622 day, but expect to see a handful of arms get steady work to pace the workload behind him … Scott Kingery Website .................................................www.arizona.edu Athletics Website ..................................www.arizonawildcats.com and Riley Moore are swinging hot bats following the Rice series, with the latter finding his power stroke with Athletics Ticket Office ............................520-621-2287 a pair of long ones against the Owls … Arizona has been able to capitalize on shaky fielding by its opponents this season, so we’ll see if the Golden Grizzlies can play cleaner than the three other clubs to visit Hi Corbett Arizona Athletics Communication Services … Oakland’s hitters have struck out a bunch, and its pitching staff has yielded a ton of free passes. It will be Assoc. AD, Communication Services ......Jeremy Sharpe Asst. SID/Baseball Contact.....................Blair Willis important for Arizona to throw strikes on the mound and not be over aggressive at the plate … The Wildcats Blair’s Office Number .............................520-621-0914 haven’t run very often in the early going, but perhaps they get the green light a bit more against the Grizzlies, Blair’s Cell Phone ...................................520-419-2979 who have surrendered 21 stolen bases already … From here, it’s a busy travel day Thursday for the Cats, Blair’s Email [email protected] before playing four games in Starkville, Miss., this weekend.