Friday, March 8
Tucson, AZ
6:00 PM
University of Arizona
vs
College of Charleston
Photo by: Chris Hook for Arizona Athletics
03/07/2019 | Baseball
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Arizona Wildcats (10-5) wrap up a three-game home series against the College of Charleston Cougars (9-5) on Sunday at Hi Corbett Field.
The Cats took game one, 7-5, with the help of lockdown pitching from Avery Weems and Bryce Collins and yet another strong offensive performance.
Another strong pitching performance by a pair of freshmen and a 3-for-4 outing from infielder Cameron Cannon led the Wildcats to another 7-5 victory on Saturday night, sealing a series win for Arizona.
The series will wrap up with a Sunday afternoon matchup slated to begin at 1:00 PM MST as the Wildcats go for the sweep.
A complete series preview is below.
All-Time Series: Arizona leads, 4-1
Last Meeting: Arizona defeated Charleston, 7-5, on March 9, 2019
KNOW YOUR FOE: College of Charleston enters this weekend's series with a record of 9-3 and in second place in the Colonial Athletic Association...The Cougars are led by head coach Chad Holbrook, who steered Charleston to a 36-19 record in his first season in 2018...The Cougars are powered by their offense, which as a unit leads the CAA in slugging percentage (.448), hits (112), home runs (10), total bases (175), and stolen bases (30)...Charleston has played all 12 of their games so far this year at home, with this weekend serving as their first road test; the Cougars went 10-12 away from home last season.
ON THE BOARD: The Wildcats have scored at least one run in 51 straight games, with their last shutout loss coming all the way back on March 17, 2018 at Washington...The Cats 51-game scoring streak is the second-longest active streak among Pac-12 teams (first: California, 69 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 108 straight home games without being kept off the scoreboard...During that 108 game stretch the Wildcats have been held to just one run twice, while posting 5+ runs 74 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 (1056x3295) batting average at home and averaged 8.3 runs/game.
Pac-12 Active Scoring Streaks
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 13 games in a Wildcat uniform, Dyer has excelled at the plate and provided crucial flexibility on defense...He has logged a batting average of .362 (17x47) - the fourth-best mark on the team - while also collecting 14 runs scored, 12 RBI, one triple, one home run, and nine walks...Dyer has reached base safely in 10-of-13 games, and tallied six multi-hit performances already this year...On defense, he has seen time behind the plate at catcher, at first base, and in left field and committed just one error while bouncing between three 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 .412 (14x34) batting average in nine 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 in19 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 .296 in 27 at-bats; both Soderstrom and first baseman Ryan Archibald have collected multiple pinch-hit base knocks this year.
STREAKONOMICS: Outfielder Matt Fraizer and infielder Nick Quintana sport the longest currently active hitting streaks on the team - Fraizer has hit safely in his last seven games, while Quintana has registered a base knock in six straight contests...During Fraizer's streak, dating back to February 23 at Houston, he has hit .424 (14x33) with 10 runs scored, six RBI, two doubles, and one home run...Fraizer's seven-game hit streak is tied for the longest on the team this season (also: Cameron Cannon)...For Quintana, since his streak began on February 24 at Houston, he has hit .318 (7x22) with seven runs scored, seven RBI, three doubles, and six walks.
FLAVA FRAZ: Something has clicked for junior outfielder Matt Fraizer, who through 13 games is off to the hottest start to a season of his career...Fraizer has logged at least one hit in 12-of-13 games this year and is currently tied with Cameron Cannon for the team lead in multi-hit games (7)...The left-handed hitting center fielder has posted four two-hit games, two three-hit outings, and one four-hit performance...With 16 RBI already on the year, Fraizer is already over halfway 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 currently leads the team and the Pac-12 with 23 hits and is second on the team with 16 RBI...He also ranks second on the squad in runs scored (18) and total bases (32).
ONE-TWO PUNCH: Infielder Cameron Cannon and outfield Matt Fraizer have provided prodigious offense out of the first two spots in the Wildcats lineup this year...The duo up top in the order have combined to hit .402 (45x112) with 38 runs scored, 12 doubles, one triple, three home runs, 29 RBI, 68 total bases, 14 walks, and a .481 on-base percentage...Fraizer and Cannon have combined to reached base 14 times in 35 chances as the leadoff hitter in an inning, setting up the Wildcats with a leadoff runner on base 40% of the times they've had the chance...But it's not just setting up the scoring that they've excelled at; Cannon (.588) and Fraizer (.417) have both posted batting averages north of .400 with runners in scoring position, collecting 20 RISP hits between the two of them...When it's all said and done, Fraizer and Cannon have accounted for nearly 27% of the Wildcats runs and nearly 23% 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
MILESTONE MAN: Infielder Nick Quintana collected his 100th career RBI in a Wildcats uniform last Friday night against Wisconsin-Milwaukee...After gathering 38 as a freshman in 2017, Quintana led the team with 55 RBI during the 2018 campaign...Quintana's 55 RBI in 2018 ranked as the eighth-most collected by a single player in the Pac-12 last year...Of his now 104 career RBI, 65 (62.5%) of them have come while playing at home at Hi Corbett Field...Quintana's single-game career high mark in RBI is five, done twice: vs. Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 18, 2017 and vs. Grand Canyon, May 8, 2018...He has started and played in 127 games with the Wildcats and driven in multiple RBI in 26 of them...While Quintana has always been a strong presence at the plate for Arizona with a career batting average of .303, he has always dialed his game up to 11 with runners in scoring position...Throughout his three-year career with the Wildcats, Quintana has combined to hit .322 (56x174) with RISP.
BULLPEN BULLY: Through his first five collegiate appearances, reliever George Arias Jr. has allowed just one earned run on five hits while striking out four...Arias Jr. has limited opposing batters to a .227 batting average and stranded six-of-eight inherited baserunners...In his collegiate debut on Feb. 17 against UMass Lowell he worked 1.0 inning, allowing no hits and notching a strikeout...He has fanned at least one batter in three of his five outings this season.
SUPERMAN DOES GOOD, AUSTIN DOES WELLS: Freshman catcher/first baseman Austin Wells has enjoyed a spectacular start to his collegiate career...Wells has started in all of the Wildcats 13 games this year, and currently ranks second on the team with a .391 batting average...He has hit safely in 10-of-13 contests this season, with five multi-hit performances to his name...Wells currently ranks among the Pac-12's top players in runs scored (T-5th, 15), hits (T-5th, 18) and RBI (T-8th, 14)...In addition to those big numbers, Wells has showed patience at the plate - he is currently second on the Wildcats with 10 walks, and has posted a .475 on-base percentage.
HOME COOKIN': Since 2016, the Wildcats have posted a record of 76-23 (.768) in home games at Hi Corbett Field...During that three-year stretch, Arizona has a record of 21-4-1 in home series going two or more games...The Wildcats last dropped a home series April 20-22, 2018 against Stanford (0-3)...Arizona has not lost a non-conference home series while Jay Johnson has been head coach...During Johnson's tenure, the Wildcats have combined to hit .319 (1051x3295) while posting a 3.35 ERA (332x892.0) in home contests.
The Cats took game one, 7-5, with the help of lockdown pitching from Avery Weems and Bryce Collins and yet another strong offensive performance.
Another strong pitching performance by a pair of freshmen and a 3-for-4 outing from infielder Cameron Cannon led the Wildcats to another 7-5 victory on Saturday night, sealing a series win for Arizona.
The series will wrap up with a Sunday afternoon matchup slated to begin at 1:00 PM MST as the Wildcats go for the sweep.
A complete series preview is below.
| Date | Time (MST)/Results | Stats/Stream | Wildcats Pitcher | Cougars Pitcher |
| Friday, March 8 | W, 7-5 | |||
| Saturday, March 9 | W, 7-5 | |||
| Sunday, March 10 | 1:00 PM | Live Stats | Live Stream | TBA | TBA |
All-Time Series: Arizona leads, 4-1
Last Meeting: Arizona defeated Charleston, 7-5, on March 9, 2019
Leading Off...
- The Wildcats play host to the College of Charleston Cougars for a three-game weekend series at Hi Corbett Field.
- Arizona and Charleston have a brief but recent history, having squared off just three times in history - a three-game series in Charleston, S.C. in May 2017. The Wildcats won that series, two games to one, on a 6-0 shutout victory in the rubber match.
- Charleston enters the weekend with a record of 9-3 and sits in second place in the Colonial Athletic Association, behind 9-1 William & Mary. The Cougars are led by second-year head coach Chad Holbrook, who steered Charleston to a 36-19 record in his first season in 2018.
- Arizona's victory over Milwaukee last Friday night 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 201-114 (.638).
- The Wildcats have won or split every home non-conference series (2+ games) played under head coach Jay Johnson, a stretch that includes 12 such series.
- Arizona has logged 51 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: College of Charleston enters this weekend's series with a record of 9-3 and in second place in the Colonial Athletic Association...The Cougars are led by head coach Chad Holbrook, who steered Charleston to a 36-19 record in his first season in 2018...The Cougars are powered by their offense, which as a unit leads the CAA in slugging percentage (.448), hits (112), home runs (10), total bases (175), and stolen bases (30)...Charleston has played all 12 of their games so far this year at home, with this weekend serving as their first road test; the Cougars went 10-12 away from home last season.
ON THE BOARD: The Wildcats have scored at least one run in 51 straight games, with their last shutout loss coming all the way back on March 17, 2018 at Washington...The Cats 51-game scoring streak is the second-longest active streak among Pac-12 teams (first: California, 69 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 108 straight home games without being kept off the scoreboard...During that 108 game stretch the Wildcats have been held to just one run twice, while posting 5+ runs 74 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 (1056x3295) batting average at home and averaged 8.3 runs/game.
Pac-12 Active Scoring Streaks
| SCHOOL | SCORING STREAK | LAST SHUTOUT LOSS (Score) |
| California | 69 games | May 18, 2017 vs. TCU (0-3) |
| Arizona | 51 games | March 17, 2018 at Washington (0-1) |
| Utah | 42 games | March 27, 2018 vs. UNLV (0-3) |
| Washington St. | 39 games | March 31, 2018 vs. Arizona St. (0-7) |
| Oregon | 19 games | May 8, 2018 vs. Oregon St. (0-10) |
| USC | 17 games | May 18, 2018 vs. Oregon St. (0-4) |
| UCLA | 17 games | May 24, 2018 at Oregon St. (0-2) |
| Stanford | 17 games | May 24, 2018 at Washington (0-7) |
| Arizona St. | 12 games | May 26, 2018 vs. California (0-3) |
| Washington | 11 games | June 16, 2018 vs. Mississippi St. (0-1) |
| Oregon St. | 0 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 13 games in a Wildcat uniform, Dyer has excelled at the plate and provided crucial flexibility on defense...He has logged a batting average of .362 (17x47) - the fourth-best mark on the team - while also collecting 14 runs scored, 12 RBI, one triple, one home run, and nine walks...Dyer has reached base safely in 10-of-13 games, and tallied six multi-hit performances already this year...On defense, he has seen time behind the plate at catcher, at first base, and in left field and committed just one error while bouncing between three 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 .412 (14x34) batting average in nine 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 in19 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 .296 in 27 at-bats; both Soderstrom and first baseman Ryan Archibald have collected multiple pinch-hit base knocks this year.
STREAKONOMICS: Outfielder Matt Fraizer and infielder Nick Quintana sport the longest currently active hitting streaks on the team - Fraizer has hit safely in his last seven games, while Quintana has registered a base knock in six straight contests...During Fraizer's streak, dating back to February 23 at Houston, he has hit .424 (14x33) with 10 runs scored, six RBI, two doubles, and one home run...Fraizer's seven-game hit streak is tied for the longest on the team this season (also: Cameron Cannon)...For Quintana, since his streak began on February 24 at Houston, he has hit .318 (7x22) with seven runs scored, seven RBI, three doubles, and six walks.
FLAVA FRAZ: Something has clicked for junior outfielder Matt Fraizer, who through 13 games is off to the hottest start to a season of his career...Fraizer has logged at least one hit in 12-of-13 games this year and is currently tied with Cameron Cannon for the team lead in multi-hit games (7)...The left-handed hitting center fielder has posted four two-hit games, two three-hit outings, and one four-hit performance...With 16 RBI already on the year, Fraizer is already over halfway 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 currently leads the team and the Pac-12 with 23 hits and is second on the team with 16 RBI...He also ranks second on the squad in runs scored (18) and total bases (32).
ONE-TWO PUNCH: Infielder Cameron Cannon and outfield Matt Fraizer have provided prodigious offense out of the first two spots in the Wildcats lineup this year...The duo up top in the order have combined to hit .402 (45x112) with 38 runs scored, 12 doubles, one triple, three home runs, 29 RBI, 68 total bases, 14 walks, and a .481 on-base percentage...Fraizer and Cannon have combined to reached base 14 times in 35 chances as the leadoff hitter in an inning, setting up the Wildcats with a leadoff runner on base 40% of the times they've had the chance...But it's not just setting up the scoring that they've excelled at; Cannon (.588) and Fraizer (.417) have both posted batting averages north of .400 with runners in scoring position, collecting 20 RISP hits between the two of them...When it's all said and done, Fraizer and Cannon have accounted for nearly 27% of the Wildcats runs and nearly 23% 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 |
MILESTONE MAN: Infielder Nick Quintana collected his 100th career RBI in a Wildcats uniform last Friday night against Wisconsin-Milwaukee...After gathering 38 as a freshman in 2017, Quintana led the team with 55 RBI during the 2018 campaign...Quintana's 55 RBI in 2018 ranked as the eighth-most collected by a single player in the Pac-12 last year...Of his now 104 career RBI, 65 (62.5%) of them have come while playing at home at Hi Corbett Field...Quintana's single-game career high mark in RBI is five, done twice: vs. Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 18, 2017 and vs. Grand Canyon, May 8, 2018...He has started and played in 127 games with the Wildcats and driven in multiple RBI in 26 of them...While Quintana has always been a strong presence at the plate for Arizona with a career batting average of .303, he has always dialed his game up to 11 with runners in scoring position...Throughout his three-year career with the Wildcats, Quintana has combined to hit .322 (56x174) with RISP.
BULLPEN BULLY: Through his first five collegiate appearances, reliever George Arias Jr. has allowed just one earned run on five hits while striking out four...Arias Jr. has limited opposing batters to a .227 batting average and stranded six-of-eight inherited baserunners...In his collegiate debut on Feb. 17 against UMass Lowell he worked 1.0 inning, allowing no hits and notching a strikeout...He has fanned at least one batter in three of his five outings this season.
SUPERMAN DOES GOOD, AUSTIN DOES WELLS: Freshman catcher/first baseman Austin Wells has enjoyed a spectacular start to his collegiate career...Wells has started in all of the Wildcats 13 games this year, and currently ranks second on the team with a .391 batting average...He has hit safely in 10-of-13 contests this season, with five multi-hit performances to his name...Wells currently ranks among the Pac-12's top players in runs scored (T-5th, 15), hits (T-5th, 18) and RBI (T-8th, 14)...In addition to those big numbers, Wells has showed patience at the plate - he is currently second on the Wildcats with 10 walks, and has posted a .475 on-base percentage.
HOME COOKIN': Since 2016, the Wildcats have posted a record of 76-23 (.768) in home games at Hi Corbett Field...During that three-year stretch, Arizona has a record of 21-4-1 in home series going two or more games...The Wildcats last dropped a home series April 20-22, 2018 against Stanford (0-3)...Arizona has not lost a non-conference home series while Jay Johnson has been head coach...During Johnson's tenure, the Wildcats have combined to hit .319 (1051x3295) while posting a 3.35 ERA (332x892.0) in home contests.
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