2002 Arizona Baseball Schedule/Results Date Opponent Time National Champions January 25 New Mexico 3 p.m. 1976, 1980, 1986 26 New Mexico 3 p.m. 27 New Mexico 1 p.m. 14 CWS Appearances February 1 Utah 3 p.m. 2002 Game Notes 2 Utah 1 p.m. 3 Utah 3 p.m. vs. New Mexico (1/25 3 p.m., 1/26 3 p.m., 1/27 1 p.m.) 4 Southern Utah 3 p.m. First Up - New Mexico: In a rivalry that dates back to 1917, Arizona and New Mexico will lock 5 Southern Utah 3 p.m. horns for the 12th straight season, Jan.25-27, in Tucson. Arizona leads the all-time series 122- 7 San Diego State 3 p.m. 28 and has won the last 14 consecutive games played between the two schools, include three 8 San Diego State 3 p.m. games last season. The Lobos went 26-34 in 2001 and 14-16 in the Mountain West Confer- 9 San Diego State 1 p.m. ence. UNM lost eight position players from last season’s team, but return seven of its nine 10 All-Pro Alumni 1 p.m. pitchers. The top two players to return for the Lobos are right-handed pitcher Jeremy DeYapp 13 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 7 p.m. (4-3, 4.32 ERA, 58 K’s) and second baseman Troy Cairns, Jr. (.349, 26 2B, 32 RBI). Rich Alday, 15 at Texas A&M 3 p.m. the coach who started the baseball program at Pima C.C. in Tucson in 1973, returns for his 16 at Texas A&M 1 p.m. 13th season in Albuquerque. Entering the season, Alday has posted 845-552-2 record in 29 17 at Texas A&M 1 p.m. years of coaching and a 349-332-2 record at New Mexico. 22 UC Irvine 3 p.m. 23 UC Irvine 1 p.m. Arizona Player Career Stats vs. New Mexico 24 UC Irvine 1 p.m. Hitter G BA AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB 26 New Mexico State 3 p.m. Moises Duran 1 1.000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Colorado Rockies # 1:05 p.m. Marc Kaiser 2 .500 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 March Chris Cunningham 3 .500 8 4 4 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 CSU Dominguez Hills 5 p.m. Brad Hassey 4 .455 11 6 5 5 0 2 0 4 1 3 CSU Dominguez Hills 1:30 p.m. Justyn St. Clair 2 .375 8 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 at Long Beach State 6 p.m. Clayton Bried 3 .333 9 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 9 at Long Beach State 1 p.m. Ken Riley 5 .300 10 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 at Long Beach State 1 p.m. Brian Anderson 3 .167 12 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 UNC-Wilmington 7 p.m. Greg Powers 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 UNC-Wilmington 1:30 p.m. Pitcher G GS W-L Sv. IP H R ER BB K ERA 17 UNC-Wilmington 3 p.m. Sean Rierson 1 1 1-0 0 8.0 5 0 0 0 8 0.00 22 Arizona State * 7 p.m. Chris Goodman 1 1 1-0 0 5.0 6 0 0 1 6 0.00 23 Arizona State * 1 p.m. Tony Sulser 1 0 0-0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 24 Arizona State * 1 p.m. Marc Kaiser 1 1 1-0 0 7.0 5 3 2 4 8 2.57 28 at Oregon State * 3 p.m. Joe Little 1 0 0-0 0 2.1 2 2 2 1 1 7.71 29 at Oregon State * 3 p.m. 30 at Oregon State * 1 p.m. Arizona’s 14-game Winning Streak Over The Lobos:After dropping the opener of a three April game set 7-3 to the Lobos in 1997, the Wildcats have reeled off 14 straight wins over their 5 Stanford * 7 p.m. neighbors to the east. UA has outscored UNM 144-59 over the 14-game stretch and have shut 6 Stanford * 1 p.m. them out once. There have been two, one-run games (5-4 in 1999 and 9-8 in 1998) during 7 Stanford * 1 p.m. Arizona’s run and the Wildcats largest victory came in 1998 with a 21-8 victory on Jan. 31, 12 at California * 2 p.m. their second largest run total in a game that season. 13 at California * 1 p.m. 14 at California * 1 p.m. Arizona on Opening Day: Dating back to 1904, the Wildcats are 70-24-1 in season opening 16 Grand Canyon 3 p.m. games and carry an eight game winning streak on opening day dating back to 1994. New 19 UC Riverside 7 p.m. Mexico, Arizona’s opening day opponent this season, has been victimized three times during 20 UC Riverside 7 p.m. the current winning streak. However, the Lobos were also the last team to defeat the Wildcats 21 UC Riverside 1 p.m. to open the season, scoring a 10-4 victory over UA in 1993. 26 at Southern California * 6 p.m. A New Beginning: For just the fifth time in 80 years, the Arizona baseball team will play 27 at Southern California * 1 p.m. under the direction of a new head coach. Two-time national coach of the year Andy Lopez 28 at Southern California * 1 p.m. was hired last July to elevate the Wildcat program back among the nationally elite teams. May Lopez becomes just the 15th head coach in school history (since 1904) and just the fifth since 10 UCLA * 7 p.m. 1922. 11 UCLA * 7 p.m. Lopez has proven throughout his 19 year coaching career to have the formula for suc- 12 UCLA * 1 p.m. cess. One of only seven active coaches with a national title to his credit, he guided Pepperdine 17 Washington State * 7 p.m. to the 1992 NCAA national championship, the only team title in school history, and he twice 18 Washington State * 7 p.m. took Florida to the College World Series in Omaha. His teams have won eight conference titles 19 Washington State * 1 p.m. and have advanced to the postseason in nine of the past 13 years. 24 at Washington * 6:30 p.m. Heading into the 2002 season his career record stands at 687-418-6 (.618). 25 at Washington * 1 p.m. 26 at Washington * 1 p.m. New Head Coaches Fare Well For Arizona:2002 will mark the 99th season of Arizona base- NCAA Regionals ball. During that time the Wildcats have had a grand total of 14 head coaches in school history May 31-June 2 and have gone an impressive 9-4-1 (.679) in the first game that the team has played under a NCAA Super Regionals new skipper. Jerry Stitt (1997), Frank Sancet (1950), “Pop” McKale (1915), W.A. Porter (1920), June 7-9 R.L Quigley (1913), William Honley (1911), Dan Farrish (1909), B.R. Hatcher (1906) and B.L. College World Series Cosgrove (1904) all emerged victorious in their respective first games at Arizona. However, a June 14-22 loss in a coaching debut at UA does not necessarily mean doom. Jerry Kindall’s first team All Times Are Local To Site And Are dropped the inaugeral game he coached, 2-1, to UCLA in 1973. All Kindall went on to do after Subject To Change Without Notice. that was win three national championships and record the most victories in school history by * Denotes Pacific-10 Conference Game. any coach. All seven coaches that led Arizona for more than than one season finished their # Exhibition Game Against Colorado Will first year with a .500 or better record (Newton 2-2, Hatcher 2-0, Porter 11-4, McKale 5-3, Be Played At Hi-Corbett Field in Tucson. Sancet 28-6-1, Kindall 37-16, Stitt 32-26). 2002 Arizona Baseball Notes Page 1 2002 Arizona Baseball What’s In Store For The Spring: The Wildcats return six starters and 10 pitchers from the Quick Facts 2001 team that narrowly missed out on postseason play with a 33-23 overall record. Who’s Back: General Information •Brian Anderson - CF/Closer - .370 avg., 40 runs, 9 2B, 6 3B, 4 HR, 38 RBI, 8 SB 10.1 IP, 1-1, 2.61 ERA, 3 Saves, 8 BB, 11 K Location: ....................................Tucson, Ariz. •Justyn St. Clair - LF/3B - .274 avg., 27 runs, 7 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 21 RBI, 7 SB Nickname: ..........................................Wildcats •Brad Hassey - SS - .283 avg., 60 runs, 9 2B, 5 3B, 28 RBI, 12 SB Colors: ............................... Cardinal and Navy •Moises Duran - 2B - .247avg., 15 runs, 3 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI Affiliation: .............................NCAA Division I •Ken Riley - C - .288 avg., 18 runs, 4 2B, 15 RBI, 4 SB Conference: ......................................Pacific-10 •Chris Cunningham - C - Played in only 13 games due to injury rehab. Founded: ..................................................1885 •Marc Kaiser - 3B/RHP - .436, 9 runs, 2 2B, 1 3B, 5 RBI Enrollment: ...........................................35,000 101 IP, 8-6, 5.35 ERA, 57 BB, 70 K •Sean Rierson - RHP - 100.1 IP, 7-4, 4.66 ERA, 21 BB, 66 K President: ..............................