TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Arizona Wildcats (10-6) will match up against the Xavier Musketeers (5-8) for the first time in program history on Tuesday, March 12 at Hi Corbett Field with a 6:00 PM MST first pitch time. This will be the final test for the Wildcats before entering Pac-12 Conference play later this week.

A complete game preview is below:
 

Date	Time (MST)	Stats/Stream	Wildcats Pitcher	Musketeers Pitcher
Tuesday, March 12	CANCELLED	Live Stats | Live Stream	TBA	LHP Marko Boricich (0-1, 11.57)

All-Time Series: First meeting
Last Meeting: First meeting

Leading Off...

• Arizona welcomes the Xavier Musketeers to Hi Corbett Field for a midweek matchup prior to the start of Pac-12 play. The Wildcats and Musketeers have never played before in program history.
• Xavier enters the Tuesday matchup with Arizona sporting a record of 5-8, currently sitting in third place in the Big East Conference. The Musketeers are led by second-year head coach Billy O'Conner, who played for two seasons at Xavier during his collegiate career.
• Through games played on March 10, Wildcats infielder Cameron Cannon leads all NCAA Division I baseball players with 11 doubles in just 16 games this year. He has slugged multiple doubles in a game twice this year, and has at least one double in 8-of-16 games. He is 17 two-baggers shy of breaking into the Top 10 of Arizona's career doubles leaderboard.
• Arizona's victory over Milwaukee on Friday, March 1 gave Wildcats head coach Jay Johnson 200 career wins as an NCAA Division I head coach. Across time with Nevada (2014-15) and Arizona (2016-current), Johnson has steered his teams to a record of 203-115 (.638).
• Arizona has logged 54 consecutive games scoring at least one run, the Wildcats were last shut out March 17, 2018 at Washington. The Cats have not been shut out at home since April 25, 2015 vs. California (108 games).

KNOW YOUR FOE: The Xavier Musketeers currently sport a record of 5-8 and sit in third place in the Big East Conference...They are led by second-year head coach Billy O'Conner, who has led the Musketeers to a record of 25-43 during his time steering the program...O'Conner played two seasons at Xavier during his collegiate career...Xavier as a team has combined to hit .259 (117x451) this season, the fourth-best mark in the Big East...The Musketeers team ERA of 7.40 (91ERx110.2IP) is the second-worst mark in their conference, while their .981 fielding percentage (9 errors) is the second-best mark on the circuit...Infielder Ryan Altenberger leads the Xavier offense, hitting .381 (16x42) with 12 runs scored, five doubles, two home runs, nine RBI, and 12 walks drawn...No Musketeers pitcher who has recorded a start this season has an ERA lower than 5.40.

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Infielder Cameron Cannon has smacked 11 doubles through the first 16 games of the season...As of games played March 10, Cannon's 11 two-baggers lead all NCAA Division I baseball players (next: Nate Fassnacht, 10, George Washington)...The next-closest Pac-12 player is Utah's Oliver Dunn, who has logged seven doubles this year...Cannon has registered multiple doubles in a game twice this year, and has swatted at least one double in 8-of-16 games...Cannon smacked a team-best 21 doubles in 56 games last season...The Arizona single-season record for doubles is 30, set by Dave Stegman in 1976 and tied by JJ Matijevic in 2017...He is currently on pace for 38 doubles through the remainder of the regular season...Cannon is 17 doubles shy of breaking into the Top 10 of Arizona's career doubles leaderboard.

Arizona Single-Season Doubles Leaders

(Rank) PLAYER	DOUBLES	YEAR
T-1. Dave Stegman	30	1976
T-1. JJ Matijevic	30	2017
3. Todd Trafton	27	1986
T-4. Terry Francona	26	1980
T-4. Willie Morales	26	1993
6. Trevor Crowe	25	2005

QUINNSTANT IMPACT: Freshman right-hander Quinn Flanagan has been a big boost to the Wildcats pitching staff this season...In four games (three starts), Flanagan has posted a team-best 1.80 ERA (3ERx15.0IP) while registering a 2-0 record...Flanagan's March 9 start against College of Charleston was particularly strong, and resulted in his first collegiate quality start (6.0+ IP, three or fewer earned runs allowed) - in that outing he worked 6.0 innings, allowed just three runs (one earned) on five hits, and struck out four batters...Flanagan has limited opponents to one or fewer earned runs in each of his four appearances this year...Opposing batters have combined to hit just .232 off Flanagan in 15.0 innings this season...Flanagan missed both his junior and senior seasons of high school ball with an arm injury, and sat out his first year at Arizona under a redshirt...His start against Feb. 17 against UMass Lowell (4.0, 4, 2, 1, 0, 4, W) was his first game action in nearly three years.

STREAKONOMICS: Outfielder Matt Fraizer currently leads the team with an active 10-game hitting streak, the longest posted by a Wildcats player this year...During his streak, dating back to Feb. 23 at Houston, Fraizer has hit .435 (20x46) with 11 runs scored, three doubles, one triple, one home run, 12 RBI, and one walk...He leads the Wildcats in hits, RBI, and total bases over that stretch while tying for second on the club in runs scored (also: Donta Williams)...Just behind Fraizer are infielder Cameron Cannon and catcher/first baseman Austin Wells, who both sport seven-game hit streaks...Cannon has hit .467 (14x30) with seven runs scored, four doubles, one home run, five RBI, and three walks during his streak...Wells has logged a .458 (11x24) batting average with six runs scored, six RBI, and five walks over the course of his hitting streak.

ON THE BOARD: The Wildcats have scored at least one run in 54 straight games, with their last shutout loss coming all the way back on March 17, 2018 at Washington...The Cats 54-game scoring streak is the second-longest active streak among Pac-12 teams (first: California, 72 games)...Even more impressive is the club's ability to avoid being shut out at home, with the Cats last blanking at Hi Corbett coming on April 25, 2015 against Cal - they have registered 111 straight home games without being kept off the scoreboard...During that 111 game stretch the Wildcats have been held to just one run twice, while posting 5+ runs 77 times...The Cats haven't been limited to just one run at home since May 15, 2016 against Arizona State...Under the direction of head coach Jay Johnson, Arizona has posted a .320 (1088x3396) batting average at home and averaged 8.3 runs/game.

Pac-12 Active Scoring Streaks

SCHOOL	SCORING STREAK	LAST SHUTOUT LOSS (Score)
California	72 games	May 18, 2017 vs. TCU (0-3)
Arizona	54 games	March 17, 2018 at Washington (0-1)
Utah	43 games	March 27, 2018 vs. UNLV (0-3)
Washington St.	42 games	March 31, 2018 vs. Arizona St. (0-7)
Oregon	23 games	May 8, 2018 vs. Oregon St. (0-10)
USC	20 games	May 18, 2018 vs. Oregon St. (0-4)
UCLA	20 games	May 24, 2018 at Oregon St. (0-2)
Arizona St.	15 games	May 26, 2018 vs. California (0-3)
Washington	14 games	June 16, 2018 vs. Mississippi St. (0-1)
Stanford	3 games	March 7, 2019 vs. Texas (0-4)
Oregon St.	3 games	March 3, 2019 vs. West Virginia (0-2)

DYER ON FIRE: Catcher/utility Matthew Dyer has proved to be a huge addition to the Wildcats after transferring into the program from the University of Oregon...Through his first 15 games in a Wildcat uniform, Dyer has excelled at the plate and provided crucial flexibility on defense...He has logged a batting average of .365 (19x52) - the fourth-best mark on the team - while also collecting 15 runs scored, 13 RBI, one double, one triple, one home run, and 11 walks...Dyer has reached base safely in 12-of-15 games, and tallied seven multi-hit performances already this year...On defense, he has seen time behind the plate at catcher, at first base, and in left and right field, committed just one error while bouncing between four positions...Dyer has always excelled while playing at Hi Corbett Field; while playing for Oregon in 2017, Dyer hit .462 (6x13) with three runs scored and a triple in a three-game series at Hi Corbett, and this season has posted a .410 (16x39) batting average in 11 home contests.

NEEDED IN A PINCH: Outfielder Tate Soderstrom has excelled in pinch-hit scenarios this season and throughout his career with the Wildcats...In six pinch-hit at-bats this year, Soderstrom has collected a pair of hits, and in 19 PH at-bats during the 2018 season, he posted a .316 (6x19) batting average...Overall this season, Wildcat pinch hitters have produced a batting average of .286 in 28 at-bats; both Soderstrom and first baseman Ryan Archibald have collected multiple pinch-hit base knocks this year.

FLAVA FRAZ: Something has clicked for junior outfielder Matt Fraizer, who through 16 games is off to the hottest start to a season of his career...Fraizer has logged at least one hit in 15-of-16 games this year and is currently tied with Cameron Cannon for the team lead in multi-hit games (9)...The left-handed hitting center fielder has posted five two-hit games, three three-hit outings, and one four-hit performance...With 22 RBI already on the year, Fraizer is already nearly 80% of the way to his 2018 total of 28 RBI...His six-RBI outburst on February 17 against UMass Lowell was the best single-game RBI total of his career, tied for the Wildcats third-best best single-game individual mark during the StatCrew era (since 1998), and the best single-game mark by an Arizona player since JJ Matijevic drove in seven RBI against Arizona State on April 28, 2015...Fraizer is tied for the team and conference lead with teammate Cameron Cannon at 29 hits; their 29 base knocks are tied for third most in the country through games played March 10.

ONE-TWO PUNCH: Infielder Cameron Cannon and outfield Matt Fraizer, who have occupied the first two spots in the Wildcats lineup the majority of the season, have provided prodigious offense up top in the lineup this year...The duo up top in the order have combined to hit .417 (58x139) with 42 runs scored, 16 doubles, two triples, three home runs, 37 RBI, 87 total bases, 14 walks, and a .481 on-base percentage...Fraizer and Cannon have combined to reached base 17 times in 39 chances as the leadoff hitter in an inning, setting up the Wildcats with a leadoff runner on base 43.5% of the times they've had the chance...But it's not just setting up the scoring that they've excelled at; Cannon (.522) and Fraizer (.438) have both posted batting averages north of .400 with runners in scoring position, collecting 26 RISP hits between the two of them...When it's all said and done, Fraizer and Cannon have accounted for over 26% of the Wildcats runs and over 25% of their RBI this season.

MR. 200: The Wildcats victory over Milwaukee on March 1 gave head coach Jay Johnson his 200th career win as an NCAA Division I head coach...Across time with Nevada (2014-15) and Arizona (2016-current) he has amassed a record of 201-114 (.638)...Johnson is the second-fastest coach to tally 200 career Division I wins among the current Pac-12 head coaches (first: George Horton, 287 games) after achieving the feat in just 312 games...During his first three seasons leading the Wildcats, Johnson averaged 40 wins per year...In addition to his 201 Division I wins, Johnson racked up a record of 37-16 in his one season as the head coach at Point Loma Nazarene in 2005.

Quickest to 200 Div. I Wins - Current Pac-12 Head Coaches

COACH	200th WIN	GAMES TO WIN 200	WIN % AT 200
George Horton	April 17, 2001	287	.697
Jay Johnson	March 1, 2019	312	.641
Tracy Smith	May 23, 2004	356	.562
David Esquer	May 10, 2006	386	.518
John Savage	May 24, 2008	403	.496
Lindsey Meggs	April 12, 2014	407	.491