TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Arizona Wildcats, fresh off their first home sweep of UCLA since 1991, will stay at home Tuesday night to host Grand Canyon at 6 p.m. It'll be the second and final meeting between the two in-state foes this season. 

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Date              Time (MST)          Location (Ballpark)                                  Probable Starters
Tue. May 8    6 p.m.                  Tucson, Ariz. (Hi Corbett Field)                TBA vs. TBA

Live Stream: Available Through ArizonaWildcats.com
Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network with Brian Jeffries on the call
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All-Time Series: Arizona leads 62-22
Last Meeting: Arizona topped Grand Canyon 16-1 earlier this season in Phoenix.

Leading Off...
•    The Arizona Wildcats are set to host Grand Canyon on Tuesday night in the second and final matchup between the two schools this season.
•    The Wildcats have won five in a row to get to 28-17 on the season and are 20-5 at home this year. After sweeping No. 7 UCLA this past weekend, Arizona saw its RPI rise from 60 to 37.
•    The Wildcats pitching staff held UCLA to jjust four runs in three games last weekend. UCLA hitters batted just .198 against Arizona pitchers and struck out 35 times in 27 innings. All three starters, Cody Deason, Michael Flynn and Juan Aguilera earned wins over the weekend.
•    Cody Deason, who tossed a five-hit shutout against UCLA on Thursday, was named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week on Monday, as well as a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week. Deason struck out a career best 11 and tossed the first complete game of his career.
•    Senior pitcher Zach Stone had 17 strikeouts and zero walks in April for the Wildcats. He tossed two shutout innings Saturday against UCLA to earn the first save of his Arizona career.
• Alfonso Rivas is batting .423 over his last 20 games and has four multi-hit games in his last seven contests.
• Arizona is hitting .318 as a team at Hi Corbett Field and is 20-5 at home this season.

Some Game Themes: Riding a five-game winning streak, the Arizona Wildcats will host in-state foe Grand Canyon on Tuesday…It will be the second and final meeting this season between the two teams…Arizona won the first matchup earlier this season on April 10 in Phoenix, 16-1…The Cats ambushed the Antelopes, scoring 10 runs in the first three innings to lead 10-0 through three…In that game, Alfonso Rivas, Nick Quintana and Cesar Salazar all had three-hit games, while Cal Stevenson and Matt Fraizer each had two hits apiece…Quintana was 3 for 5 with four RBI and three runs scored, blating two home runs and a double…For their careers, Quintana, Rivas, Salazar and Stevenson are all batting .385 or better against the Lopez…Quintana is 5 for 11 lifetime against Grand Canyon with four extra base hits in three games…Salazar is 4 for 9 against the Lopez with three runs scored and four RBI…All-time, Arizona leads the series 62-22 and is 3-0 with Coach Jay Johnson in charge…The Wildcats are coming off a three-game sweep of No. 7 UCLA and saw their RPI improve from 60 to 37 with the big weekend at Hi Corbett Field…The Cats have been tough to top on their home field, compiling a 20-5 record…Alfonso Rivas is batting .406 in 25 home games this season with three home runs and 22 RBI…Nick Quintana is hitting .326 at home with six of his nine home runs…Cameron Cannon has also been stellar at home with a .394 average and 11 of his 14 doubles coming at Hi Corbett Field…As a team, Arizona is hitting .318 at home, while holding opponents to a .233 batting average against…Cesar Salazar, Cal Stevenson and Jacob Blas are all hitting .346 or better at home this season…After its game with Grand Canyon, Arizona will head to Northern California for three games against Cal and one against Sacramento State…Grand Canyon enters with a 27-20 overall record and 14-4 in WAC play…Quin Cotton leads the team with a .381 batting average with 15 doubles, four home runs and 38 RBI…Pikai Winchester is hitting .335 on the season with 13 doubles…The Lopes have won three of four and just took a weekend series from Cal-State Bakersfield.
 
What a Weekend: Arizona had its finest weekend on the mound this season last week against No. 7 UCLA. Arizona pitchers combined to just give up four runs in 27 innings. Coach Dave Lawn's staff gave up just 19 hits and seven walks, while striking out 35 and holding UCLA batters to a .198 average. The Bruins, who entered the series on an eight-game winning streak, averaging more than 10 runs per game in that span, had just four extra-base hits on the weekend. The starters set the tone throughout the weekend for Arizona. Cody Deason tossed his first career shutout Thursday in the opener, holding UCLA to five hits, while walking just one and striking out a career-high 11. Michael Flynn was next on Friday and one-upped Deason, striking out 12. He went 6 2/3 innings, giving up one run on six hits and two walks. Senior righty Juan Aguilera started on Saturday and improved to 6-0 on the season. He went 6 1/3 innings, giving up two runs on six hits, while striking out five. Out of the bullpen, Zach Stone earned the save Friday with two shutout innings. Zach Sherman closed things out Saturday with 2 2/3 innings, giving up one run on two hits, while striking out five and not issuing any walks. The weekend lowered Arizona's staff ERA to 3.36, which is the 23^rd-best mark in the country and third-best in the Pac-12.
 
First Up: Junior Alfonso Rivas manned left field as a freshman, before mainly handling the designated hitter role last year as a sophomore. This year, Rivas has moved to first base to take over for JJ Matijevic. Rivas was named first-team preseason All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and a second-team pick by D1Baseball and a third-team selection by Baseball America. Rivas is living up to the preseason expectations and having a banner season as a junior. Rivas leads the team in batting average (.362), hits (64), RBI (44), slugging percentage (.554) and on-base percentage (.440) and is second in triples (three). Rivas has picked it up even more so lately. In his last 20 games, Rivas is batting .423 with 22 RBI. He also has 11 extra-base hits in that span, including four home runs and on-base percentage of .484. Over his last 10, Rivas has 10 RBI, 16 hits and seven extra-base hits. He also has four multi-hit games in his last seven contests and a modest five-game hitting streak. Rivas had three multi-hit games in four contests on the Utah swing. He went 2 for 4 in the opener against the Utes with an RBI. He then went 0 for 4 in the Saturday game to break an 11-game hitting streak, but bounced back in a big way in the series finale. He went 2 for 4 with a pair of home runs. He drove in five and scored three times to lift Arizona to a critical 18-12 win over Utah. Then on Monday against Utah Valley, he went 2 for 4 with an RBI, a triple and a run scored. Rivas went 5 for 11 against UCLA and is now 17 for 35 against the Bruins for his career. Rivas has been a pain for left-handed pitchers, batting .397 in 73 at-bats. He's batting .411 with runners in scoring position to lead the team and has 20 two-out RBI, which also leads the squad.

Player (Class)	Year	RBI
Jeff Van Houten (Sophomore)	2003	72
Alfonso Rivas (Sophomore)	2017	63
Brad Glenn (Sophomore)	2007	62
Jordan Brown (Sophomore)	2004	57
Robert Refsnyder (Sophomore)	2011	55
Bobby Dalbec (Sophomore)	2015	53
Steve Selsky (Sophomore)	2010	52

 
Dominant Deason: Junior right-hander Cody Deason is having one of the best seasons by a Pac-12 pitcher this season for the Wildcats. Through 11 starts, Deason is 5-4 with a 2.36 ERA. In 72 1/3 innings, he's given up just 50 hits and 29 walks, while striking out 72 and holding opponents to a .197 batting average against. He's allowed just one home run on the season. Deason turned it up a notch last week against No. 7 UCLA in the series opener. Deason, who earned Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors along with being named a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week, tossed a five-hit shutout against the Bruins. He allowed just one walk and struck out a career best 11 in Arizona's 2-0 series-opening win. He allowed just one runner to reach third base and tossed Arizona's first shutout since JC Cloney blanked Coastal Carolina in Game 1 of the 2016 College World Series finals. It was Arizona's first shutout of a conference opponent since blanking Cal on April 22, 2016. Deason's complete game was the first by an Arizona pitcher this year and first since Cameron Ming went all nine against Arizona State last year in Phoenix. Deason is fourth in the Pac-12 in ERA, third in opposing batting average and tied for third in strikeouts with 72. He's also seventh in innings pitched at 72 1/3. Deason has gone at least 5 1/3 innings in each start this year and has never had an ERA higher of 2.70 on the season.
 
Praise for Fraiz: No Wildcat enjoyed Arizona's four-game road trip to Utah more than sophomore right fielder Matt Fraizer. Fraizer went 8 for 17 on the trip with seven RBI, three extra-base hits, three runs scored and his first-career home run. The spurt helped raise his batting 28 points from .252 to .280. In the series opener at Utah, Fraizer was 1 for 4 with his first-career triple and two RBI. After another 1 for 4 game in the second game of the series, Fraizer went 4 for 5 in the series finale with two RBI and a double. It marked the first time he had four hits in a game and just the second time in his career he had more than two hits in a contest. He then went 2 for 3 against Utah Valley and blasted a three-run home run in the eighth inning with his team trailing 5-4. The homer was the first of his career. Over his last 20 games, Fraizer is hitting .300 with 12 RBI and 13 runs scored. The Fresno native is in his first year as a full-time starter for the Wildcats. He's appeared in all 45 games this year with 44 starts. On the season, Fraizer is hitting .272 with 23 runs scored, 20 RBI, eight doubles and 11 sacrifice bunts, which is second in the Pac-12 behind Oregon State's Andy Armstrong.
 
Stoning Hitters: Senior Zach Stone has proven to be a critical piece of the Arizona pitching staff; especially over the past month. The graduate transfer, who played at UC-Davis before transferring to Arizona, didn't appear in a game until Arizona's 13^th game of the season on March 9 against North Dakota State. His role has increased as the season has gone on, as he's also earned three starts. On the season, Stone has a 2.38 ERA in 22 2/3 innings. He has a 27-4 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He didn't allow a walk in April, and struck out 17 in 14 innings. He's proven to be versatile as well. He's appeared at the end of games, he's drawn starting assignments and he's shined in middle relief. In Monday's 7-6 win at Utah Valley, Stone came in the third inning and tossed three scoreless innings, allowing four hits and striking out on a season-high 52 pitches. His effort allowed Arizona to come back from a 5-0 deficit and earn a critical road midweek win over the Wolverines. On Friday against UCLA, Stone tossed the final two innings to earn the first save of his Arizona career. He didn't give up any hits and struck out two. Stone was an All-Big-West second-team selection in 2015, compiling 13 saves to finish second on the school's single-season list. His 22 saves at UC-Davis are the most ever by an Aggie.
 
Digging Deeper: Coach Dave Lawn's pitching staff has done several things very well early in the season. First, right-handed starters Cody Deason and Michael Flynn have been especially tough on lefties, allowing them to go just 51 for 247 for a .206 average. Another area where Arizona pitchers have excelled is with two outs. Opposing batters are just 98 for 467 (.210) 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. Earlier this month, Grand Canyon was 0 for 10 with two outs. The pitchers have also done a good job limiting baserunners. Opponents are just 192-800 (.240) with the bases empty. The Arizona pitching staff is allowing just 3.81 runs per game, 3.36 earned runs per game. The pitching staff and catchers Cesar Salazar and Ryan Haug have also allowed just 12 stolen bases in 28 attempts this season.
 
Arizona Pitching By the Numbers

• 3.36 – Staff ERA, 3^rd best in Pac-12
• .243 -- Batting Average Against, fourth-best in Pac-12
• 15 – Home Runs Allowed, fewest in Pac-12
• .210 – Batting Average Against with 2 outs
• .240 – Batting Average Against by right-handed hitting
• .256 – Batting Average Against with runners in scoring position
• 8.13 hits allowed per nine innings

 
Blas Blossoming: Jacob Blas has wasted no time in his Arizona career making an impact on the diamond for the Wildcats. Blas took over the starting shortstop role in Mid-March when the Wildcats were in Washington, and has been an offensive threat ever since, while playing stellar defense at short. On the season, Blas is hitting .279 in 86 at-bats. He has 24 hits, 21 RBI, 19 runs scored, four doubles and two home runs. Blas has been one of Arizona's best hitters with runners in scoring position, going 11 for 31 to post a .355 average. He's hitting .347 (17 for 49) with runners on base. The shortstop from Carlsbad, California has been a run-producing machine, and has primarily hit out of the nine spot. He has 18 RBI in his last 17 games, including six multi-RBI games. Against Stanford, Blas showed how clutch he is with a three-run inside-the-park home run in the eighth inning with the game tied at three apiece. He went 4 for 10 total against the Cardinal. Since taking over as a regular on March 18, Blas has seen his season batting average rise from .176 to .280. In the Sunday series finale versus Utah, Blas reached base five times. He went 3 for 4 with a pair of walks. He drove in one run and scored twice.
 
Power Surge: Arizona entered the late-March Nicholls State series with just four home runs on the season through 23 games. In the 22 games since, Arizona has hit 22 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. Arizona then got two home runs over the weekend against Stanford with Alfonso Rivas connecting on his third of the season and Jacob Blas hitting an inside-the-park home run for his second homer of the season. Against Utah, Arizona got a home run from Cannon in the second game and then tied a season high with three long balls in the finale with Rivas hitting two and Quintana hitting one. The next night against Utah Valley, Matt Fraizer hit his first homer of the season. Rivas and Quintana each went deep against UCLA, as well. The Cats now have 26 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, 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 eight home runs after not having any in his first 22 games of the season.
 
The Cambino: Sophomore second baseman Cameron Cannon is having a strong sophomore season for Arizona. Cannon is hitting .322 through 45 games, having started every game this season. He started the first 42 at second base, but moved to shortstop for the UCLA series and started all three games there. He is second on the team in RBI with 40, is second on the team in doubles with 14 and is third on the squad in slugging percentage at .532 He also leads the team in walks with 27. Cannon, who had just 84 at-bats last season, has already surpassed his freshman season total in every offensive category this year. In the Pac-12 Conference, Cannon is fourth in runs scored (45) and 11th in RBI. The sophomore from Glendale has 14 multi-hit games on the season and nine multi-RBI contests. The nine multi-RBI games are second on the team to Alfonso Rivas and the 14 multi-hit games are third behind Nick Quintana and Rivas. Cannon had a pair of multi-hit games at Utah. He went 2 for 5 in the opener with a double and a run scored. In the series finale, He was 2 for 5 again with a double, an RBI and two runs scored. He had reached base in 10 straight prior to the series finale against UCLA.
 
All Hail, Cesar: Junior catcher Cesar Salazar is enjoying his best season as a Wildcat this year. Salazar is second on the team with a .336 batting average and is also second in on-base percentage at .435. 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 fourth on the team in multiple-hit games with 13 and has seven multiple-RBI games. Known for his defense, Salazar has backed up that reputation as well. He's thrown out 10 of 20 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 two errors this season for a .994 fielding percentage and has also been the primary backstop for a pitching staff that has the third-best ERA in the conference at 3.36. Salazar missed the finale of the Stanford series after taking two foul balls off his helmet. He returned for the Utah series and went 5 for 12. Salazar went 2 for 4 in the series opener and then again in the series finale. He had a double in the finale, and then had another one Monday against Utah Valley. The double against Utah Valley started a five-run eighth inning that helped the Wildcats come back and win 7-6 after trailing 5-0. The catcher also made his first career appearance at third base against the Wolverines. He had one hit each in all three games against UCLA and his current seven-game hitting streak is the longest by a Wildcat.
 
He's Been Juanderful: Spanning back to last season, senior right-handed pitcher Juan Aguilera has given up just 10 earned runs over his last 49 innings pitched. This season, Aguilera is 6-0 with a 2.01 ERA in 44 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. Aguilera again drew the starting assignment against BYU on April 17, and tossed seven shutout innings on 86 pitches. He drew the starting assignment against Stanford, and went three innings, allowing just one run, while striking out five. Aguilera then went 6 1/3 innings against UCLA in the series finale, earning his first Pac-12 win of his career. He gave up two runs and struck out five. Aguilera has struck out 37 this season in 44 2/3 innings and opposing batters are hitting just .245 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 22 for 103 for a .214 average. Batters are also just 11 for 72 against him with runners on base and 4 for 45 (.088) 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. 
 
Flynn The Day: Junior right-hander Michael Flynn has bounced back in a big way since a tough luck start against USC on April 14. Against the Trojans, Flynn went just two innings and gave up five runs. Since, he's faced Stanford, Utah and UCLA and had three strong outings, getting better each time. Against the Cardinal, Flynn went 5 2/3 innings, giving up four hits and one run, while striking out eight and walking two. His eight strikeouts tied a career high set earlier this season. He then went 6 1/3 innings at Utah to tie a career high. He gave up three runs on five hits and struck out four on 86 pitches. The junior had arguably the best outing of his career against UCLA. He went a career-high 6 2/3 innings and struck out a career-high 12. He earned the win to improve to 6-3 on the season. Flynn, who is 12-3 in his career, is 6-3 on the year in 57 innings. He has a 3.95 ERA and has struck out 57 batters to 23 walks. He's allowing batters to hit just .236 against him. The eight strikeouts against Stanford tied the mark he set earlier this season against Washington State, which stood as his career high before UCLA.  Flynn, who will start Saturday this weekend, behind Cody Deason, has made 16 career starts and 32 relief appearances.