TUCSON, Ariz. -- Two weeks after hosting No. 4 Oregon State for a three-game series, Arizona welcomed in No. 2 Stanford for three games at Hi Corbett Field on Friday night.

Stanford struck first, winning the opener 8-2 after scoring five runs in the seventh to erase a 2-0 deficit. On Saturday, the Cardinal scored five runs in the ninth to come from behind and top Arizona 8-7 in front of a season-high 4,750 fans at Hi Corbett.

The Cats will look to salvage a game in the series on Sunday. First pitch is set for 12 p.m.

Below is a full preview:

Date        Time (MST)     Location (Ballpark)                                  Probable Starters/Results
Fri. April 20    7 p.m.       Tucson, Ariz. (Hi Corbett Field)               Stanford 8, Arizona 2
Sat. April 21   7 p.m.       Tucson, Ariz. (Hi Corbett Field)               Stanford 8, Arizona 7
Sun. April 22  12 p.m.     Tucson, Ariz. (Hi Corbett Field)               LHP Erik Miller vs. TBA

TV: Pac-12 Network with Daron Sutton (PBP) and Andy Lopez (Analyst) on the call
Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network with Brian Jeffries on the call.
Live Stats: Available through ArizonaLiveStats.com

All-Time Series: Stanford leads 109-76
Last Meeting: Stanford swept Arizona in a three-game series in Palo Alto.

Leading Off...
•    Two weeks after notching their first regular series win over a Top 10 team since 2012, the Arizona Wildcats will look to make it two straight at Hi Corbett Field when No. 2 Stanford visits for three games at Hi Corbett Field. Arizona took two of three from No. 4 Oregon State earlier in April.
•    Arizona has won 11 of its last 13 games and has captured four straight series victories. The Wildcats took two of three from USC last weekend in Los Angeles, winning Sunday's rubber match 4-2.
•    Arizona enters the weekend with a staff ERA of 2.92, which is the ninth-best mark in the country. Showing how difficult it can be in the Pac-12, Arizona's 2.92 mark is sixth-best among Power 5 schools and third-best in the league behind UCLA and Stanford.
•    Arizona is 17-2 at Hi Corbett Field this season. The Wildcats are batting .346 at home this season, while opponents are hitting just .225. Cameron Cannon is hitting .452 in 73 at-bats this season at Hi Corbett Field, with 28 RBI.
•    The Wildcats have seen their RPI improve to No. 31 after sitting at No. 113 on March 25. 
•    Arizona's team batting average has risen from .251 to .288 since March 18. Arizona is 13-3 in that span.
•    In Coach Jay Johnson's tenure at Arizona, the Wildcats are 64-16 at Hi Corbett Field. 

Some Series Themes: Arizona and Stanford will renew their rivalry this weekend in Tucson with a three-game series…Stanford swept Arizona last year in Palo Alto, winning the three games by a combined four runs…The Wildcats had won five of the previous six matchups with Stanford, taking two of three from the Cardinal at Hi Corbett Field in 2016, and sweeping Stanford at Sunken Diamond in 2015…Arizona is 6-3 against Stanford at home since moving to Hi Corbett Field, sweeping the second-ranked Cardinal in 2012…For current Arizona hitters, Alfonso Rivas has fared the best against Stanford in his career, going 4 for 11 in two seasons…Ryan Haug is 3 for 10 against the Cardinal in his career….Stanford comes to Tucson having won nine of its last 11 games and four straight overall…The Cardinal swept Arizona State last weekend in Palo Alto, after losing two of three to UCLA in Los Angeles…The weekend series will match up two of the best pitching staffs in the conference and country…Stanford is tops in the Pac-12 and fifth in the country with a 2.75 ERA…Opposing batters are hitting just .211 against Cardinal pitching this year, which also leads the conference…Stanford has allowed just 219 hits, which is by far the best mark in the conference, as is its 105 total runs allowed…Arizona, meanwhile, is third in the conference and 10^th in the country with its 2.92 ERA and second in the league with a .232 opposing batting average…Arizona pitching has also done a stellar job of limiting the long ball, allowing just 10 home runs on the season, which is the best mark in the Pac-12 Conference…The Wildcats have allowed just 117 runs this year, which is the fewest through 35 games since the program entered the Pac-10/12 in 1978…Offensively, Stanford is batting .270 as a team, which ranks sixth in the conference…The Wildcats are at .289, which is the third-best mark in the Pac-12…Arizona leads the conference in on-base percentage at .405…Individually, Stanford's Andrew Daschbach is tied for third in the conference with 10 home runs and fourth in RBI with 39…Nico Hoerner and Tim Tawa lead Stanford in batting, both hitting .303 on the season…Hoerner has made just three errors at shortstop and is six for eight in the stolen base category…Arizona is hitting .346 as a team at Hi Corbett Field this season…Second baseman Cameron Cannon is Arizona's best hitter at home, hitting .452 in 73 home at-bats.

What a Start: Arizona pitching has set the tone for the season thus far. Arizona has a staff ERA of just 2.98 this season, which is the ninth-best mark in the country and sixth-best among Power 5 Conference teams. Arizona has allowed just 266 hits in 314 total innings. The pitching staff is averaging 7.62 hits per nine innings. Wildcat pitchers have combined to strike out 263, while allowing 123 walks. Opposing batters are hitting just .232 against Arizona pitching with 63 extra-base hits in 35 games. It's been a collective effort for the Wildcats thus far with several different arms contributing to the early season success. Cody Deason, who has had the Friday night honors so far this season, has just a 1.94 ERA in 51 innings. Michael Flynn and Avery Weems have also logged 35 or more innings. Flynn is 5-2 with a 4.70 ERA. Juan Aguilera and Tylor Megill have both logged more than 20 innings this year, with Megill boasting a 1.33 ERA and Aguilera at 1.17.
National Team Leaders in ERA

School	Staff ERA
Indiana	2.39
Louisiana Tech	2.49
St. John's	2.64
Stetson	2.71
Stanford	2.75
College of Charleston	2.79
Texas A&M	2.82
UCLA	2.85
Arizona	2.92

 
Digging Deeper: Coach Dave Lawn's pitching staff has done several things very well early in the season. First, left-handed hitters are batting just .231 against Arizona pitching, combining to go 126 for 545 so far. Right-handed starters Cody Deason and Michael Flynn have been especially tough on lefties, allowing them to go just 38 for 184 for a .207 average. Another area where Arizona pitchers have excelled is with two outs. Opposing batters are just 65 for 348 (.187) with two outs against Arizona pitching. In fact, North Dakota State had just one hit with two outs in three games against the Wildcats in March. On Tuesday, Grand Canyon was 0 for 10 with two outs. With runners in scoring position, it's not much better with the opposition hitting 73 for 304 (.240) in that situation. Comparatively, Arizona's offense is hitting .340 with runners in scoring position. The Arizona pitching staff is allowing just 3.35 runs per game, 2.92 earned runs per game. The pitching staff and catchers Cesar Salazar and Ryan Haug have also allowed just six stolen bases in 21 attempts this season.
 
Arizona Pitching By the Numbers

• 2.92 – Staff ERA, 10^th best in country
• .232 -- Batting Average Against, second-best in Pac-12
• 10 – Home Runs Allowed, fewest in Pac-12
• 117 – Runs Allowed, Lowest total through 35 games since Cats joined Pac-10/12
• .187 – Batting Average Against with 2 outs
• .231 – Batting Average Against by left-handed hitting
• .240 – Batting Average Against with runners in scoring position
• 7.62 hits allowed per nine innings

 
Home Hitters: In 19 games at Hi Corbett Field, Arizona is hitting .346 as a team and has seven regulars hitting better than .300 at home. Cameron Cannon leads the way at home, batting .452 in 73 at-bats. He's 33 for 73 with eight doubles, two triples, three home runs and 28 RBI in just 19 games. He's slugging .740 and has an on-base percentage of .534 at home. Alfonso Rivas and Cesar Salazar have also been feasting at home. Salazar is 25 for 60 (.417) at home with seven of his eight extra-base hits coming at home. Rivas is batting .397 at home, going 29 for 73 with 22 RBI and a .500 on-base percentage. Others to thrive at home: Cal Stevenson (.375), Nick Quintana (.368), Jacob Blas (.361) and Tate Soderstrom (.308). Opposing pitchers have a combined ERA of 8.34 at Hi Corbett Field, giving up 143 earned runs in 154 1/3 innings. The pitching staff has also been dominant at home, posting a 2.58 ERA at Hi Corbett Field. Juan Aguilera is 4-0 at home with a 1.08 ERA. Tylor Megill has pitched eight scoreless innigns with 13 strikeouts and three saves at home.

Power Surge: Arizona entered the late-March Nicholls State series with just four home runs on the season through 23 games. In the 12 games since, Arizona has hit 13 home runs and had an eight-game home run streak, hitting multiple home runs four times in that span. Against Oregon State, the Wildcats added four more home runs, getting two apiece from Nick Quintana and Cameron Cannon. Against Grand Canyon, Quintana added two more homers. Cannon hit another home run in the series opener against USC to extend the streak to eight games. The Cats now have 17 home runs on the season. Arizona hit five home runs in the three-game sweep of Nicholls, getting two home runs from Quintana and one apiece from Cannon, Jacob Blas and Donta Williams. Cannon then hit his second of the year against the Lobos, before hitting two more against Oregon State. Quintana, who hit six last year as a freshman, has seven home runs in his last 13 games after not having any in his first 22 games of the season. The home runs for Cannon, Blas and Williams were all the first of their respective careers. The Wildcats have seen their team batting average rise from .272 to .288 since beginning the three-game series against Nicholls State. Arizona enters the weekend series with Stanford with a .288 average. Included in the recent stretch: an 18-hit output at New Mexico and a season-high 16 runs, and then scoring 23 runs against Oregon State over three games. The Cats were back at it Tuesday against Grand Canyon, scoring 16 runs on 15 hits. The Wildcats scored 14 runs in the series opener against USC, drawing 15 walks in the process.
 
Quintana, More Like Win-Tana: Since March 24, sophomore third baseman Nick Quintana has raised his batting average from .244 to .313. During that 13-game stretch, Quintana has had eight multi-hit game and has driven in 24 runs. He's also hit all seven of his home runs during the 13 games. Not surprisingly, Arizona has gone 11-2 in that stretch while Quintana's bat has been heating up. In the team's most recent home conference series against Oregon State, Quintana had multi-hit games in all three contests and went 6 for 10 with six RBI, two home runs and four runs scored. After a 3 for 5 night against Grand Canyon, Quintana opened up the USC series with three doubles and four RBI. The sophomore from Las Vegas has already surpassed his six home runs from his freshman season and is now second on the team with 35 RBI and after having 11 in his first 22 games.
 
The Cambino: Sophomore second baseman Cameron Cannon has had a strong start to his season. Cannon is hitting .346 through 35 games, having started every game at second this season. He leads the team in RBI with 37, is second on the team in doubles with nine and is second on the squad in slugging percentage at .556. He also leads the team in walks with 23. Cannon, who had just 84 at-bats last season, has already surpassed his freshman season total in every offensive category this year. He's 11th in the Pac-12 in batting average, third in runs scored (37), seventh in hits (46), fifth in RBI and seventh in total bases (74). The sophomore from Glendale has 12 multi-hit games on the season and nine multi-RBI contests, both of which are second on the team. Over his last 16 games, Cannon is 26 for 67 (.388) with 21 RBI, 24 runs scored, seven doubles and five home runs. He has seen his batting average rise from .300 to .346 in that span. He has seven multi-hit games in that stretch. Defensively, Cannon has one error since March 6 versus San Diego State, successfully handling his last 106 of his last 107 chances.
 
All Hail, Cesar: Junior catcher Cesar Salazar is enjoying his best season as a Wildcat this year. Salazar is leading the team with a .351 batting average and is also tops in on-base percentage at .458. He's 10th in the conference in hitting and fifth in on-base percentage. Salazar, who is on the Johnny Bench Award Watch List, had a 25-game on-base streak, before it was snapped in the series opener against Oregon State. He's third on the team in multiple-hit games with 11 and has seven multiple-RBI games. Although he's been hot all season, Salazar has turned it up a notch recently. Known for his defense, Salazar has backed up that reputation as well. He's thrown out nine of 15 potential base stealers this season. He also threw out a runner trying to advance on a wild pitch at third base in the series opener against Washington State for the final out of the game to secure a 5-4 win.  He's committed just one error this season for a .996 fielding percentage and has also been the primary backstop for a pitching staff that has the ninth-best ERA in the country at 2.92.
 
Dominant Deason: Through eight starts, junior right-hander Cody Deason has looked a lot like a Friday night starter in the Pac-12 should look. Deason is 4-2 with a 1.94 ERA in 51 innings. He's tied for fifth in the Pac-12 in strikeouts with 53, fourth in ERA and ninth in innings pitched. He's given up just 11 earned runs on the season and has opposing batters hitting just .197 against him. Deason got the Opening Day start against Bryant and threw seven shutout innings. He walked five, but gave up just three hits and paced the Cats in a 4-0 win. The next week, against San Diego State, Deason went just 5 1/3 innings, but battled, giving up two runs and striking out six, which matched a career high. Against Minnesota, Deason again went seven innings, allowing three hits and one unearned run, while again striking out six.  In his fourth start of the season, Deason went seven innings, allowing one earned run and striking out a career-high nine. After giving up a double in the first inning, Deason faced the minimum from innings two to seven. Against Washington State, Deason punched out 10, establishing a new career high. Against USC, Deason picked up his second Pac-12 win of the season, going six innings, allowing just one run on six hits, while striking out eight. The junior has lefties hitting 19 for 102 against him, and batters are just 8 for 53 against him with two outs, showing he knows how to shut down an inning. He's allowed just 11 extra-base hits in 51 innings.
 
He's Been Juanderful: Spanning back to last season, senior right-handed pitcher Juan Aguilera has given up just four earned runs over his last 36 1/3 innings pitched. This season, Aguilera is 5-0 with a 1.17 ERA in 23 2/3 innings. He made his first career start last month against New Mexico State and tossed six shutout innings, needing just 64 pitches to churn through one of the top offenses in the country. He then came back against Washington State and threw five scoreless innings in relief of starter Avery Weems. The senior started again against Grand Canyon, and went five innings, allowing just one run and picking up his fourth win of the season. On Tuesday, Aguilera again drew the starting assignment against BYU, and tossed seven shutout innings on 86 pitches. Aguilera has struck out 24 this season in 30 2/3 innings and opposing batters are hitting just .225 against him. Over his final four appearances last year, Aguilera didn't give up a run over 5 2/3 innings, giving up just one hit, three walks and four strikeouts. He earned the win in Arizona's win over Delaware in the NCAA Tournament. He's been especially tough against right-handed hitters this year, forcing them to go just 12 for 70 for a .171 average. Batters are also just 7 for 50 against him with runners on base and 1 for 30 with two outs. A product of nearby Sierra Vista, Aguilera has had a long journey to this point, spending the first two years of his college career at Cochise College.