TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Arizona Wildcats (17-16, 5-9) and California Golden Bears (19-11, 7-4) complete their three-game series on Sunday afternoon at Hi Corbett Field with a first pitch slated for 1:00 p.m. MST.

The Wildcats dropped the series opener on Friday night, 10-7. Matthew Dyer collected three hits in game one, raising his season batting average to .407, while outfielder Justin Wylie collected his first home run of the year.

The Golden Bears took game two, 7-3, on Saturday night. With the series victory in Cal's hands, the Wildcats will be looking to avoid the sweep with a win in the series finale on Sunday. 

A complete series preview is below.
 

Date	Time (MST)/Results	Live Stats & Stream	Wildcats Pitcher	Golden Bears Pitcher
Friday, April 12	L, 7-10
Saturday, April 13	L, 3-7
Sunday, April 14	1:00 PM	Stats | Stream	TBA	RHP Grant Holman (2-0, 3.32)

Live Stream: Available on ArizonaWildcats.com
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All-Time Series: Arizona leads 108-81
Last Meeting: California swept Arizona, 3-0, in a three-game series May 11-13, 2018 in Berkeley, Calif.

Leading Off...

• The Wildcats return home to Hi Corbett Field this weekend for a three-game conference series against the California Golden Bears.
• Arizona and California have played each other 188 times in program history, with the Wildcats currently holding a 108-80 all-time series advantage. In their last meeting, California swept Arizona, 3-0, in a three-game series May 11-13 of last season in Berkeley, Calif.
• Wildcats second baseman Cameron Cannon has swatted six doubles in his last five games, and currently leads the nation with 18 doubles. He now has 43 career doubles with Arizona, leaving him just 10 shy of breaking onto the program's top 10 doubles leaderboard.
• Austin Wells has reached base safely in 25 straight games, while Donta Williams has gotten on base in each of his last 23 games. Arizona's longest on-base streak in 2018 was 25 games, set by Cesar Salazar.
• Arizona ranks top three in the Pac-12 in 14 different offensive categories, including batting average (2nd, .312), slugging percentage (2nd, .505), and on-base percentage (1st, .427).
• Wildcats catcher Austin Wells current batting average of .381 is the fourth-best mark among Division I freshmen, and the best mark posted by any freshman in a Power Five conference. It's also the fourth best mark among Power Five catchers (3rd, teammate Matthew Dyer, .395).

NOW TRENDING: Arizona rolls into the weekend series the winners of four straight after sweeping the Washington Huskies last weekend and capturing a thrilling road victory at Grand Canyon on Tuesday night...During the current winning streak, the Wildcats have out-scored their opponents by a combined margin of 44-22...California has won each of their last six games, giving them the longest active win streak in the Pac-12...The Golden Bears six-game streak was accomplished by sweeping three-game series against Long Beach State and Washington State at home in Berkeley...Arizona enters the weekend sitting in eighth place in the Pac-12 with a conference record of 5-7, while California sits in sixth place with a conference record of 5-4...Arizona and California have played each other 188 times in program history, with the Wildcats currently holding a 108-80 all-time series advantage...In their last meeting, California swept Arizona, 3-0, in a three-game series May 11-13 of last season in Berkeley, Calif...The Golden Bears have won each of the last two series between the two schools, with Arizona's last series win being a three-game sweep of California in head coach Jay Johnson's first season in 2016...Continuing a season-long trend, the Wildcats have been consistently dangerous at the plate, ranking among the top three teams in the Pac-12 in batting average (2nd, .312), slugging percentage (2nd, .505), on-base percentage (1st, .427), runs scored (2nd, 296), hits (2nd, 343), RBI (2nd, 270), doubles (1st, 77), triples (1st, 20), home runs (3rd, 32), total bases (2nd, 556), and walks (1st, 200).

KNOW YOUR FOE: California comes to Hi Corbett Field with an overall record of 17-11 and a Pac-12 conference record of 5-4...The Golden Bears are led by second-year head coach Mike Neu, who has led Cal to a record of 49-33 during his time in Berkeley...Infielders Andrew Vaughn and Cameron Eden lead the Golden Bears on offense, both hitting .344 through the club's first 28 games...Vaughn, who leads the team and ranks third in the Pac-12 with 10 home runs, was selected as the 2018 Golden Spikes Award winner, giving annually to the top amateur baseball player in the country...California lands squarely in the middle of the conference in most offensive and pitching categories — their 177 runs scored 3.95 team ERA both rank fifth on the circuit...The Golden Bears rotation for the weekend, consisting of LHP Arman Sabouri, RHP Jared Horn, and RHP Grant Holman have combined to go 5-3 with a 2.68 ERA this season...Sabouri's current 2.76 ERA (9ERx29.1IP) is the ninth-best mark in the conference among qualified pitchers (1.0 IP/game).

SINCE LAST TIME: Since the last set of games notes, the Wildcats secured a wild 14-13 road victory over the Grand Canyon Antelopes...Arizona scored six runs over the final two innings to walk away victorious — the difference in the game was Cameron Cannon's go-ahead RBI double in the top of the ninth...Nick Quintana led Arizona on offense, going 4-for-5 with four runs scored, one double, two RBI, and his team-leading seventh home run of the year...Dayton Dooney collected three hits, giving him multiple base knocks in three of his last four games...Austin Wells (25 games) and Donta Williams (23 games) both extended their on-base streaks.

TWO'S COMPANY: The Wildcats currently lead the Pac-12 and rank sixth nationally with 77 doubles this season (first: Mississippi State, 87)...Arizona's 77 two baggers are good for third most among Power Five conference teams...The Cats are currently on pace for 139 doubles this season, which would be the best single-season mark posted by the program since the 2005 team belted 153 doubles...Of Arizona's 77 doubles this year, 18 have come as the leadoff hit in the inning — Donta Williams leads this category with seven leadoff doubles this year.

CLEANUP, AISLE Q: Arizona infielder Nick Quintana has occupied the cleanup spot in the Wildcats lineup 44 times during his collegiate career...In those 44 games in which he hit cleanup, Arizona has posted a record of 28-16 (.636)...As a cleanup hitter this season (17 games), Quintana has hit .328 (20x61) with 21 runs scored, four doubles, four home runs, 17 RBI, 17 walks, a .494 on-base percentage, and a .590 slugging percentage...Quintana has six multi-hit games and seven multi-hit performances while hitting cleanup this season.

DOONEY DINGERS: Freshman infielder Dayton Dooney has hit four home runs in his last seven games, two against Arizona State and two against Washington...He has hit five dingers this year, four of which have come in Pac-12 play; the Wildcats program record for conference home runs from a freshman was set at 8 by Shelley Duncan in 1999...All five of Dooney's home runs have come in games televised on Pac-12 Network...Dooney, a switch hitter, has swatted all five of his home runs from the left side of the plate...As a prep player at Poway High School, Dooney hit just five home runs in four seasons.

FRESH PRINCE OF WELLS-AIR: Arizona catcher Austin Wells is putting together one of the best freshman seasons in Wildcats history...Through 31 games, Wells has hit .381 with 40 runs scored, 15 extra-base hits, 31 RBI, and nearly as many walks (23) as strikeouts (24)...His .381 batting average is currently ranked first among all Power Five conference freshmen, third among all Division I freshmen (first: INF Craig Larsen, Penn, .398), and 14th among all Division I catchers...Wells' 40 runs scored are second most among all Division I freshmen, tied for 16th most in the nation, and third most in the Pac-12...His 45 base hits are tied for fourth most among all Division I freshman...His .473 on-base percentage is the eighth most among Division I freshmen with at least 80 at-bats this year...His 31 RBI are 11th most among all Division I freshmen...The Arizona freshman record for batting average was set at .374 by Dave Page in 1981...Wells' success has continued well into Pac-12 play as well, with his conference batting average currently sitting at .417, the sixth best conference mark in the Pac-12...Arizona's freshman conference record for batting average was set at .418 by T.J. Steele in 2006...Wells has hit safely in 25-of-31 games this year, with 14 multi-hit games...Across the last five contests, Wells has logged four multi-hit games and a .429 batting average (12x28) to go with 12 runs scored, 10 RBI, and four walks.

Austin Wells on the Leaderboards

CATEGORY	STAT	Pac-12 Rank	Div. I Fr. Rank	Div. I C Rank
AVG	.381	6th	3rd	14th
Runs scored	40	3rd	2nd	T-1st
Hits	45	T-5th	T-4th	T-8th
OBP	.473	8th	8th	19th
RBI	31	T-9th	T-11th	T-19th

BACKSTOP BASHERS: Arizona's catching tandem of Matthew Dyer and Austin Wells are currently first and second on the team in batting average at .395 and .381, respectively...Dyer and Wells hit back-to-back in the Wildcats lineup all last weekend against Washington and combined to hit a combined .593 (16x27) with 14 runs scored, three doubles, three triples, one home run, and eight RBI...Among all Division I catchers, Dyer and Wells rank 11th and 14th in batting average, respectively, and those rankings jump up to 3rd and 4th when looking at Power Five conference catchers...Combined, Dyer and Wells have accounted for 25.0% of the Wildcats runs, 20.0% of the club's RBI, 20.9% of the extra-base hits, and 26.2% of the hits this season.

BUSTER POSEY AWARD: Last week Wildcats catcher Matthew Dyer was named to the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award watch list...This award was formerly known as the Johnny Bench Award, and is presented annually to the nation's top division one collegiate catcher...Dyer is currently first on the team and 4th in the Pac-12 with a .395 (45x114) batting average, while his 45 hits are tied for fifth most in the conference and his 67 total bases rank eighth on the circuit...Dyer has hit safely in all but eight games this year, with 15 multi-hit performances, and has logged a .985 fielding percentage in 203 chances.

FAMILIAR FACES: Four Wildcats players - Austin Wells, Cameron Cannon, Donta Williams, and Nick Quintana - have played in all 31 of Arizona's games this season...Wells, Cannon, and Quintana are the only three to have started in every game...Both Quintana and Cannon played and started in every game (56) for the Wildcats in 2018 as well...Quintana has started in 90 consecutive games for Arizona, dating back to June 2, 2017 against Sam Houston State, and has missed just one game in his Arizona career (May 28, 2017 against California)...Cannon has started in 87 straight games for Arizona, dating back to the first game of 2018 (February 17 vs. Bryant, GM1).

RUN, FOREST, RUN!: The Wildcats currently rank second in the Pac-12 and fourth nationally with 296 runs scored this season...Arizona's average output of 9.5 runs per game is the fourth-best mark in the country, behind New Mexio State (11.6), Penn (10.6), and Arizona State (9.6)...The Wildcats have scored at least three runs in all but two games this year, and have plated 10+ runs 14 times, including once against UCLA and their pitching staff that had the best team ERA in the conference at the time...When Arizona scores more than five runs in a game this year they have posted a winning record of 17-5 (.773)...The Wildcats are currently on pace to score 535 runs this year, which would be the most in a single-season since the 1998 squad scored 546 runs...The Wildcats have out-scored their opponents in 7-of-9 innings this season (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th).

STREAKONOMICS: Catcher/first baseman Austin Wells and outfielder Donta Williams both have on-base streaks that have reached double digits...Wells has reached base safely in 25 games, while Williams has gotten on base in each of his last 23 games...During Wells' streak, dating back to February 23 at Houston, he has hit .383 (36x94) with 30 runs scored, six doubles, three triples, two home runs, 21 RBI, 20 walks, and a .483 on-base percentage...Over the course of Williams' streak, stretching back to February 27 against New Mexico, he has hit .292 (26x89) with 28 runs scored, seven doubles, three triples, one home run, 16 RBI, 14 walks, and a .413 on-base percentage...As far as hitting streaks go, catcher Matthew Dyer currently leads the team with an active eight-game hit streak...During Dyer's streak, going back to March 23 at San Diego State, he is hitting .571 (20x35) with 11 runs scored, six doubles, two triples, three RBI, and four walks.

SCHEDULE ADDITION: Arizona Wildcats baseball has scheduled an additional game to their 2019 regular season schedule, a Monday, May 13 matchup against the Sam Houston State Bearkats at Hi Corbett Field...This game was scheduled as a replacement for the Wildcats cancelled home game against Xavier on March 12, brings Arizona's regular season schedule back to 56 games, and will now serve as the final regular season home game at Hi Corbett Field in 2019...This will be the fifth matchup between the Wildcats and Bearkats in program history, with the all-time series currently even at two wins apiece...All four previous games between the two schools have come in the postseason, with Arizona winning two over Sam Houston State in the 2016 Lafayette NCAA Regional and the Bearkats taking two wins from the Wildcats in the 2017 Lubbock NCAA Regional...Sam Houston State has been selected to the NCAA Tournament and appeared in a Regional in five of the last seven seasons, and progressed to the Super Regionals in 2017...The Bearkats currently sport an RPI of 60, giving the Wildcats the opportunity to close out this year's home schedule with a quality win.

EXTRA EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT: The Wildcats have excelled at hitting to the gaps this year, and as a result are currently second in the Pac-12 with 129 extra-base hits on the year (first: Arizona State, 131)...No other team has reached triple digits, with the next closest team after the Wildcats being UCLA with 93...Arizona's offense has hammered out a league-leading 77 doubles and 20 triples to go with 32 home runs, which stands as the third-best mark on the circuit...Infielder Cameron Cannon leads the Wildcats in doubles (18), and extra-base hits (23) - the next closest players on the team are outfielder Donta Williams and catcher Austin Wells with 15 extra-base hits...Williams and Matthew Dyer both have four triples, tied for the most in the Pac-12.

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Infielder Cameron Cannon has smacked 18 doubles through the first 31 games of the season...As of games played April 10, Cannon's 18 two-baggers are the most among all NCAA Division I baseball players...Cannon has registered multiple doubles in a game three times this year, and has swatted at least one double in 14-of-31 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 33 doubles through the remainder of the regular season...He is 10 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

ON THE BOARD: The Wildcats have scored at least one run in 69 straight games, with their last shutout loss coming all the way back on March 17, 2018 at Washington...The Cats 69-game scoring streak is the longest active streak among Pac-12 teams (next: Oregon, 39 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 118 straight home games without being kept off the scoreboard...During that 118 game stretch the Wildcats have been held to just one run twice, while posting 5+ runs 84 times.

Pac-12 Active Scoring Streaks

SCHOOL	SCORING STREAK	LAST SHUTOUT LOSS (Score)
Arizona	69 games	March 17, 2018 at Washington (0-1)
Oregon	39 games	May 8, 2018 vs. Oregon St. (0-10)
USC	38 games	May 18, 2018 vs. Oregon St. (0-4)
UCLA	36 games	May 24, 2018 at Oregon St. (0-2)
Arizona St.	31 games	May 26, 2018 vs. California (0-3)
Oregon St.	15 games	March 15, 2019 at UCLA (0-8)
Stanford	14 games	March 7, 2019 vs. Texas (0-4)
California	6 games	March 26, 2019 at Sacramento State (0-6)
Washington	6 games	March 29, 2019 vs. Oregon State (0-1)
Washington St.	2 games	April 5, 2019 at California (0-6)
Utah	0 games	April 11, 2019 vs. USC (0-6)

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 209-123 (.630)...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.

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