TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Arizona Wildcats (12-7, 2-1), owners of the second-highest-scoring offense in the country, will play host to the nation's top scoring team, the New Mexico State Aggies (15-4), on Tuesday night at Hi Corbett Field. First pitch is set for 7:00 p.m. MST, with the game programed to be broadcast on Pac-12 Network.

The Wildcats currently ranks among the nation's elite at the plate, placing in the top 10 in nearly every offensive category. They are led by juniors Cameron Cannon and Matt Fraizer, who pace the Pac-12 and are tied for third in the NCAA with 35 base hits. 

A complete game preview is below.
 

Date	Time (MST)/Results	TV/Stats	Wildcats Pitcher	Aggies Pitcher
Tuesday, March 19	7:00 PM	TV | Live Stats	TBA	TBA

TV: Pac-12 Network with Daron Sutton (play-by-play) and Andy Lopez (analyst) on the call
Radio: None

All-Time Series: Arizona leads, 54-7
Last Meeting: Arizona beat New Mexico State, 14-0, in a midweek contest on March 20, 2018 in Tucson, AZ

Leading Off...

• The Wildcats welcome the New Mexico State Aggies to Hi Corbett Field for a midweek matchup. The game will be televised on Pac-12 Network with Daron Sutton and Andy Lopez on the call.
• Arizona and New Mexico State have played 61 games in program history, with the Wildcats holding a 54-7 edge in the all-time series. Arizona won the most recent matchup, 14-0, on March 20, 2018 in Tucson, AZ.
• The Wildcats prolific offense enters Tuesday's game ranked among the nation's top 10 teams in batting average (4th, .327), doubles per game (7th, 2.58), triples per game (4th, 0.63), slugging percentage (6th, .501), on-base percentage (2nd, .444), and runs per game (2nd, 10.4).
• Through games played on March 17, Wildcats infielder Cameron Cannon is tied for first among all NCAA Division I baseball players with 12 doubles in just 19 games (also: Oliver Dunn, Utah; Nate Fassnacht, George Washington). 
• Wildcats infielder Cameron Cannon and outfielder Matt Fraizer currently lead the Pac-12 and are tied for 3rd nationally with 35 hits. Cannon has logged 11 multi-hit games this year, while Fraizer has posted 10 games with multiple hits.
• Arizona has logged 57 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 (114 games).

SERIES THEMES: Arizona enters Tuesday's game riding a two-game win streak, having beaten the Utah Utes 8-0 on Saturday night and 18-7 on Sunday afternoon...New Mexico State has a one-game win streak, covering their 6-4 victory over the Xavier Musketeers on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz....The Wildcats have won eight straight games against the Aggies by a combined score of 71-26...Arizona last lost to New Mexico State on March 21, 2012 when the Aggies collected a 13-8 victory in Tucson...This will be the first televised game for the Wildcats in 2019; the game will be aired on Pac-12 Network...The Aggies provide the Wildcats with a brief break from conference games, Arizona opened Pac-12 play last weekend and earned a series victory over Utah...Arizona currently sits in fourth place in the Pac-12 standings.

KNOW YOUR FOE: New Mexico State currently sports a record of 15-4 and sits in first place in the Western Athletic Conference...The Aggies lead the WAC in nearly every offensive category, including batting average (.386), on-base percentage (.494), slugging percentage (.668), runs (246), hits (266), doubles (45), triples (15), home runs (40), RBI (224), walks (113), and stolen bases (25)...Infielder/outfielder Nick Gonzales leads the Aggies, and the nation, with a .529 batting average and 45 hits...New Mexico State's home/road splits on offense are drastic - the Aggies are hitting .414 (249x602) with 98 extra-base hits in home games this year, while posting a .193 (17x88) batting average with two extra-base hits while on the road...New Mexico State's pitching staff sits squarely in the middle of the WAC, having posted a 4.10 ERA this year...As a staff, Aggies pitchers have posted an 8.78 K/9 rate and a 4.31 BB/9 rate through 19 games.

LET'S GET OFFENSIVE: Tuesday's matchup pits two of the nation's top offensive teams against each other...New Mexico State leads the country's Division I teams with a .386 team batting average, while Arizona is close behind in fourth place hitting .327 as a team...New Mexico State and Arizona are first and second in the country, respectively, in total runs scored (246, NMSU | 197, ARIZ), runs per game (12.9, NMSU | 10.4, ARIZ), and on-base percentage (.494, NMSU | .444, ARIZ)...The Aggies and Wildcats are the only two teams in the nation currently averaging double-digit run totals per game...Arizona has scored in the double digits nine times, while New Mexico state has reached the double-digit mark 12 times...Arizona outfielder Matt Fraizer (10th, 28) and New Mexico State's Nick Gonzales (1st, 44), Tristen Carranza (T-4th, 30), and Joey Ortiz (T-8th, 29) all rank among the nation's top 10 players in RBI...The Wildcats prolific offense enters Tuesday's game ranked among the nation's top 10 teams in batting average (4th, .327), doubles per game (7th, 2.58), triples per game (4th, 0.63), slugging percentage (6th, .501), on-base percentage (2nd, .444), and runs per game (2nd, 10.4).

CATCH US IF YOU CAN: The Wildcats have excelled at scoring early and often in games this season...Through the first 19 games, Arizona has out-scored their opponents 34-14 in the first inning and 58-22 across the first two frames...The Cats have scored at least one run in the first inning 13 times this year and have posted multiple runs in the opening frame eight times...Arizona's season-best mark in the first inning was a 10-run outburst against UMass Lowell in the second game of the season on February 16...The Wildcats have a record of 9-4 when scoring in the first inning...Arizona as a team has posted a .393 (35x89) batting average, a .764 slugging percentage, and a .491 on-base percentage in the first inning while tallying 11 doubles, two triples, and six of the club's 15 home runs...Five Cats players are hitting over .400 in the first inning, with Donta Williams (.600/3x5) and Austin Wells (.545/6x11) leading the way.

FLAVA FRAZ: Something has clicked for junior outfielder Matt Fraizer, who through 19 games is off to the hottest start to a season of his career...Fraizer has logged at least one hit in 18-of-19 games this year and is currently second on the team with 10 multi-hit games (first: Cameron Cannon, 11)...The left-handed hitting center fielder has posted five two-hit games, three three-hit outings, and two four-hit performances...With 28 RBI on the year, Fraizer has already matched his 2018 season toal in RBI...His 28 RBI are second-most in the Pac-12 and the 10th most nationally...Fraizer's 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 35 hits; their 29 base knocks are tied for third most in the country through games played March 17.

STREAKONOMICS: Outfielder Matt Fraizer currently leads the team with an active 13-game hitting streak, the longest posted by a Wildcats player this year...Fraizer's 13-game streak is the longest posted by an Arizona player since Mitchell Morimoto collected a hit in 15 straight games from Feb. 17 - Mar. 12, 2017...During his streak, dating back to Feb. 23 at Houston, Fraizer has hit .448 (26x58) with 12 runs scored, four doubles, one triple, one home run, 18 RBI, and two walks...He leads the Wildcats in hits and RBI over that stretch while placing second in total bases (35)...In addition to Fraizer's extended hit streak, there are four more Wildcats players with on-base streaks reaching into the double digits...Austin Wells (13 games), Nick Quintana (12 games), Donta Williams (11 games), and Ryan Holgate (10 games) have all reached base safely for 10+ straight games.

Longest Wildcats Hitting Streaks (StatCrew era)

Rank	PLAYER	STREAK	YEAR
1	Jason Donald	26 games	2006
	Brian Anderson	26 games	2003
3	Ernie Durazo	25 games	2001
4	Dillon Baird	22 games	2009
5	Seth Mejias-Brean	21 games	2012
	Jeff Van Houten	21 games	2005
6	C.J. Ziegler	18 games	2008

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Infielder Cameron Cannon has smacked 12 doubles through the first 19 games of the season...As of games played March 17, Cannon's 12 two-baggers are tied for first among all NCAA Division I baseball players (also: Nate Fassnacht, George Washington; Oliver Dunn, Utah)...Cannon has registered multiple doubles in a game twice this year, and has swatted at least one double in 9-of-19 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...Cannon is currently on pace for 35 doubles through the remainder of the regular season...He is 16 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

TATER HOT: Outfielder Tate Soderstrom has excelled in limited action this year for the Wildcats...In just 32 at-bats, Soderstrom has driven in 16 RBI, tied for the fourth-most on the team this year...The two players he's tied with at 16 RBI (Austin Wells, Matthew Dyer) both have logged over double the at-bats that Soderstrom has seen in his 15 games (five starts)...Soderstrom's seven multi-RBI games are tied with Nick Quintana and Matt Fraizer for the most on the team...Tate has at least one base hit in 10-of-15 games this year and has collected an RBI in 9-of-15 contests...Among players on the team with at least 10 at-bats with runners in scoring position, Soderstrom's .500 (7x14) batting average is the second-best mark on the squad...He has also collected the second-most bases-loaded hits this year, going 3-for-5 with the bases juiced (first: Matt Fraizer, 5-for-8).

QUINNSTANT IMPACT: Freshman right-hander Quinn Flanagan has been a big boost to the Wildcats pitching staff this season...In five games (four starts), Flanagan has posted a team-best 1.12 ERA (3ERx24.0IP) while registering a perfect 3-0 record...Flanagan's March 9 start against College of Charleston 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...He followed that up with a complete-game shutout effort against Utah on March 16 in which he scattered six hits and struck out four in an 8-0 victory...Flanagan has limited opponents to one or fewer earned runs in each of his five appearances this year...Opposing batters have combined to hit just .218 off Flanagan in 24.0 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.

ON THE BOARD: The Wildcats have scored at least one run in 57 straight games, with their last shutout loss coming all the way back on March 17, 2018 at Washington...The Cats 57-game scoring streak is the longest active streak among Pac-12 teams (next: Oregon, 27 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 114 straight home games without being kept off the scoreboard...During that 114 game stretch the Wildcats have been held to just one run twice, while posting 5+ runs 80 times...The Cats haven't been limited to just one run at home since May 15, 2016 against Arizona State.

Pac-12 Active Scoring Streaks

SCHOOL	SCORING STREAK	LAST SHUTOUT LOSS (Score)
Arizona	57 games	March 17, 2018 at Washington (0-1)
Oregon	27 games	May 8, 2018 vs. Oregon St. (0-10)
USC	24 games	May 18, 2018 vs. Oregon St. (0-4)
UCLA	24 games	May 24, 2018 at Oregon St. (0-2)
Arizona St.	19 games	May 26, 2018 vs. California (0-3)
Stanford	3 games	March 7, 2019 vs. Texas (0-4)
Washington St.	2 games	March 15, 2019 at Arizona St. (0-6)
Oregon St.	2 games	March 15, 2019 at UCLA (0-8)
California	1 game	March 16, 2019 vs. USC (0-1)
Utah	1 game	March 16, 2019 at Arizona (0-8)
Washington	0 games	March 17, 2019 at Oregon (0-1)

ONE-TWO PUNCH: Infielder Cameron Cannon and outfield Matt Fraizer, have provided prodigious offense up top in the Wildcats lineup this year...The duo has combined to hit .429 (70x163) with 49 runs scored, 18 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 49 RBI, 107 total bases, 17 walks, and a .492 on-base percentage...Fraizer and Cannon have combined to reached base 19 times in 42 chances as the leadoff hitter in an inning, setting up the Wildcats with a leadoff runner on base 45.2% of the times they've had the chance...But it's not just setting up the scoring that they've excelled at; Cannon (.538) and Fraizer (.474) have both posted batting averages north of .400 with runners in scoring position, collecting 32 RISP hits between the two of them...When it's all said and done, Fraizer and Cannon have accounted for nearly 25% of the Wildcats runs and over 27% 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