2013 Arizona Baseball ❖ Official Game Notes ❖ Games 24-26 ❖ Arizona at Oregon ❖ March 22-24 ❖ Eugene, Ore. ❖ PK Park 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: @ArizonaBaseball and @CoachAndyLopez 2013 Arizona Schedule Sat.,ARIZONA March 9 WILDCATS #12 OREGON DUCKS Overall: 15-8 Pac-12: 0-3 2013 Record: 15-8 (0-3 Pac-12) at 2013 Record: 15-5 (0-0 Pac-12) Home: 14-7 Road: 1-1 Neutral: 0-0 Head Coach: Andy Lopez (12th Year, 418-254-1) Head Coach: George Horton (5th Year, 134-110-1) Date Opponent Time/Result 2/15 COPPIN STATE W, 16-0 Date Time Location (Ballpark) Probable Starters 2/16 COPPIN STATE W, 14-1 Fri., March 22 6 p.m. Eugene, Ore. (PK Park) RHP Jake Reed (2-3, 3.82) vs. RHP Konner Wade (2-1, 4.41) 2/17 COPPIN STATE W, 13-9 Sat., March 23 2 p.m. Eugene, Ore. (PK Park) LHP Tommy Thorpe (2-2, 3.72) vs. RHP James Farris (3-2, 3.82) 2/19 at Long Beach State L, 5-4 Sun., March 24 Noon Eugene, Ore. (PK Park) LHP Cole Irvin (3-1, 3.74) vs. LHP Cody Moffett (2-1, 3.52) 2/20 at Long Beach State W, 3-1 TV: Friday’s opener will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Networks. Rich Cellini and J.T. Snow will call the action from the booth. 2/22 SAN JOSE STATE W, 8-7 2/23 SAN JOSE STATE W, 15-4 Radio: Each game is schedule to be broadcast live on 1290 AM with Eric Thomae calling the action. However, Saturday’s game 2/24 SAN JOSE STATE W, 9-4 may conflict with the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament, which would preempt the baseball coverage. 2/26 UTAH VALLEY L, 3-1 All-Time Series: Arizona leads, 15-5-1 Last Meetings: March 4-6, 2013 (UO won 2-of-3 in Tucson, Ariz.) 2/27 UTAH VALLEY W, 14-5 Streak: Oregon has won 4 of last 6 First Meetings: June 10, 1954 (UA 12, UO 1 at Omaha, Neb.) 3/1 SAN FRANCISCO W, 6-4 3/2 SAN FRANCISCO W, 5-2 3/3 SAN FRANCISCO L, 9-2 Statistical Comparison 3/5 TEXAS TECH W, 6-2 Leading Off... ARIZ Hitting ORE 3/6 TEXAS TECH L, 5-2 • Arizona ranked No. 2 in the Pac-12 and No. 15 nationally with a .316 3/8 COLUMBIA W, 4-3 .316 Avg. .240 3/9 COLUMBIA L, 8-4 batting average entering the week. .428 Slg% .338 3/10 COLUMBIA W, 7-5 • The Wildcats are tied for the national lead with 19 triples. .414 OB% .334 3/12 BUTLER W, 14-2 • Trent Gilbert’s five triples led the nation entering the week. 170 Runs 107 3/13 BUTLER W, 14-2 236 Hits 157 • Brandon Dixon’s 34 runs scored led all Division I players entering the 25 2B 43 3/15 #4 OREGON STATE* L, 6-2 week. 3/16 #4 OREGON STATE* L, 4-3 19 3B 3 3/17 #4 OREGON STATE* L, 8-4 • Johnny Field enters the series with a 10-game hitting streak. 7 HR 5 3/22 at #12 Oregon* 6 p.m. • Arizona looks to avoid a fourth-straight loss for the first time since 110 SO 137 3/23 at #12 Oregon* 2 p.m. 2010. 104 BB 67 53-69 SB-ATT 22-35 3/24 at #12 Oregon* Noon • The Wildcats have won 21 of their last 25 weekend series. 3/28 UTAH* 6 p.m. 3/29 UTAH* 6 p.m. • Last weekend’s sweep by OSU was the first time the Wildcats had been Pitching 3/30 UTAH* Noon swept in a weekend series since 2010 (at California). 3.58 ERA 3.00 4/5 CALIFORNIA* 6 p.m. • Konner Wade is 5-1 with a 2.52 ERA over 89.1 innings pitched in his 206.0 IP 186.0 4/6 CALIFORNIA* 6 p.m. career in road/neutral games. 165 SO 153 60 BB 68 4/7 CALIFORNIA* 1 p.m. • In 2012, 53 percent of UA’s games were started by juniors or seniors. In 4/12 at Washington State* 6 p.m. .236 B/Avg. .249 4/13 at Washington State* 2 p.m. 2013, that figure is down to 27 percent. 4/14 at Washington State* Noon • Arizona has hit .300 or better for 10 consecutive seasons. Fielding 4/16 ARIZONA STATE 6 p.m. • Closer Mathew Troupe is 2-0 with four saves and a 6:1 strikeout to walk .974 Fld% .987 4/19 at Stanford* 7 p.m. ratio on the season. 23 Errors 10 4/20 at Stanford* 2 p.m. 18 DP 14 4/21 at Stanford* 2 p.m. 4/26 ALABAMA STATE 6 p.m. Arizona Possible Lineup (Based on Recent Games) 4/27 ALABAMA STATE 6 p.m. Pos. No. Player B/T Avg. SLG% OB% GP GS R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB-ATT 4/28 ALABAMA STATE Noon C 6 Riley Moore L/R .274 .329 .415 21 21 17 20 13 2 1 0 1-1 4/30 ARIZONA STATE 6 p.m. 1B 3 Ryan Koziol L/R .208 .292 .359 22 13 6 10 14 2 1 0 0-1 5/3 WASHINGTON* TBA or 5 Sam Parris R/R .192 .308 .276 11 9 2 5 5 3 0 0 0-0 5/4 WASHINGTON* TBA 2B 4 Trent Gilbert L/R .349 .477 .426 23 23 18 30 28 1 5 0 4-6 5/5 WASHINGTON* TBA 5/10 at UCLA* 6 p.m. 3B 22 Brandon Dixon R/R .430 .721 .500 23 23 34 37 26 5 4 4 18-19 5/11 at UCLA* 2 p.m. SS 2 Kevin Newman R/R .379 .460 .424 23 23 16 33 18 3 2 0 5-6 5/12 at UCLA* 3 p.m. LF 23 Zach Gibbons R/R .387 .468 .480 20 17 14 24 4 1 2 0 4-5 5/17 at Arizona State* 6:30 p.m. CF 1 Johnny Field R/R .370 .576 .433 23 23 27 34 20 6 2 3 8-12 5/18 at Arizona State* 6:30 p.m. RF 15 Joseph Maggi L/L .193 .211 .352 19 17 7 11 8 1 0 0 2-4 5/19 at Arizona State* Noon DH 13 Cody Ramer L/R .286 .381 .385 10 6 4 6 5 0 1 0 3-3 5/24 USC* TBA or 24 Tyler Parmenter R/R 5/25 USC* TBA .222 .296 .439 15 13 10 6 5 0 1 0 2-3 5/26 USC* Noon Probable Starting Rotation ERA W-L APP GS CG IP H R ER BB SO Avg. All game times local to site and subject to change Fri. 48 Konner Wade RHP 4.41 2-1 5 5 0 34.2 38 19 17 6 21 .277 All home games in BOLD CAPS and played at Hi Corbett Field Sat. 36 James Farris RHP 3.82 3-2 5 5 0 35.1 28 17 15 10 30 .219 * Pac-12 Conference games Sun. 37 Cody Moffett LHP 3.52 2-1 7 3 0 23.0 21 13 9 7 15 .239 2013 Arizona Baseball ❖ Official Game Notes ❖ Games 24-26 ❖ Arizona at Oregon ❖ March 22-24 ❖ Eugene, Ore. ❖ PK Park Arizona Baseball Quick Facts Some Games Themes: Arizona hits the road for its first weekend road series of the season with a bitter taste in The University of Arizona its mouth following a sweep by Oregon State to open Pac-12 play … The Wildcats seek revenge against an Oregon Founded ................................................1885 club that won two-of-three in triumphant fashion at Hi Corbett Field last May … The Wildcats seek their first series Enrollment ............................................40,200 win over the Ducks since 2010 and first in Eugene since 2009 … Coaching greats square off with three combined Colors ....................................................Cardinal and Navy national titles and nearly 2,000 career victories … UA heads into Eugene for the first time without longtime Andy Nickname ..............................................Wildcats Lopez assistant Mark Wasikowski, who is in his second season on George Horton’s staff … Two teams built Affiliation ..............................................NCAA Division I Conference ............................................Pac-12 similarly that thrive on pressuring defenses with small ball and assertive base-running … Pitching sure to be a President ...............................................Dr. Ann Weaver Hart premium with both staff’s fully rested after a clean week with no midweek tilts … Offense favors the Wildcats on Director of Athletics ..............................Greg Byrne paper, though they struggled to produce runs against the Beavers … The Ducks have an excellent defensive squad Athletic Dept. Phone .............................520-621-4622 that has committed only 10 errors behind a pitching staff that boasts a 3.00 earned run average … The Wildcats Website .................................................www.arizona.edu have played just two road games entering this weekend … Out of the national rankings itself, Arizona plays a Athletics Website ..................................www.arizonawildcats.com nationally-ranked foe for the second straight weekend. Athletics Ticket Office ............................520-621-2287 Arizona Media Relations UA-OSU Recap: Oregon State earned its program’s first-ever sweep in Tucson with 6-2, 4-3 and 8-4 victories, Interim Director .....................................Richard Paige respectively, last week … The Wildcats squandered opportunities in each game, stranding 22 runners and batting Asst.