PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The Arizona Wildcats (19-21, 7-13) face a rubber match against the No. 3 ranked Stanford Cardinal (30-7, 14-3) this Sunday afternoon at Sunken Diamond.

The Wildcats won the series opener, 6-3, on Friday night after getting stellar pitching from Randy Labaut and a trio of bullpen arms. Nick Quintana blasted his 30th career home run, while Matthew Dyer extended his hit streak to 16 games.

Stanford took the second game of the series on Saturday night on a 13-3 final tally. Dyer quickly extended his hit streak again with a double in the top of the first inning.

Arizona will go for the series win in game three on Sunday afternoon - first pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. MST.

A complete series preview is below.
 

Date	Time (MST/Results	Live Stats	Wildcats Pitcher	Cardinal Pitcher
Friday, April 26	W, 6-3
Saturday, April 27	L, 3-13
Sunday, April 28	1:05 PM	Live Stats	LHP Avery Weems (3-4, 5.83)	LHP Erik Miller (5-0, 2.12)

Live Stream: Available through GoStanford.com
Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network with Brian Jeffries on the call - 1290 AM KCUB | TuneIn

All-Time Series: Stanford leads, 112-77
Last Meeting: Stanford won 3-of-3 against Arizona April 20-22, 2018 in Tucson, Ariz.

Leading Off...

• The Wildcats return to the road to take on the No. 3 ranked Stanford Cardinal for a three-game series in Stanford, Calif.
• Arizona and Stanford have played each other 188 times in program history, with the Cardinal currently holding a 112-76 all-time series lead. Most recently, Stanford swept a three-game series from Arizona April 20-22, 2018 in Tucson, Ariz. The Wildcats last road series victory over the Cardinal came in the form of a three-game sweep in March 2015
• Wildcats catcher Matthew Dyer currently sports a 15-game hit streak, tied for the longest on the team this season and the longest posted by an Arizona player since Cody Ramer  posted a 17-game hit streak in 2016.
• Arizona ranks first in the Pac-12 and eighth nationally with 89 doubles this season (1st: Mississippi State, 101). Infielder Cameron Cannon leads the team and the Pac-12, and ranks tied for first nationally, with 21 doubles.
• Arizona is one of just six Power Five conference programs with two qualified batters hitting over .360 on the season (also: Arizona State, Baylor, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest).
• Arizona has logged 76 consecutive games scoring at least one run, giving the Cats the longest active scoring streak in the Pac-12. The Wildcats were last shut out March 17, 2018 at Washington.

NOW TRENDING: Arizona has dropped their last four games, taking a sweep in Corvallis against Oregon State and falling in a midweek contest to Grand Canyon on Tuesday night at Hi Corbett Field...Stanford are winners of their last five contests, having swept Oregon on the road last weekend and taking midweek contests against Gonzaga (Mon.) and San Jose State (Tue.) at home...The Wildcats and Cardinal have played 188 times in program history, with Stanford holding a 112-76 all-time series lead over Arizona...Most recently, the Cardinal swept a three-game series against the Wildcats in Tucson April 20-22 of last season on final scores of 2-8, 7-8, and 2-7...Arizona has gone 1-2 in series against Stanford since Jay Johnson took over as head coach...The Wildcats last road series victory over the Cardinal came in the form of a three-game sweep March 20-22, 2015 on final scores of 6-5, 6-4, and 6-0...Arizona has lost.

KNOW YOUR FOE: Stanford currently boasts an overall record of 29-6 with a conference mark of 13-2...The Cardinal sit in first place in the Pac-12 conference...Stanford ranks as one of the top teams in the nation in every major poll: Baseball America (2nd), National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (2nd), Collegiate Baseball (2nd), D1Baseball.com (3rd), and USA Today Coach's Poll (3rd)...The Cardinal are led by second-year head coach David Esquer, who since taking over in Stanford has led the program to a record of 75-18...Will Matthiessen leads the team and ranks seventh in the Pac-12 with a .368 (46x125) batting average this year...Matthiessen (35) and Brandon Wulff (31) have both driven in 30+ RBI this season to pace the Cardinal...Erik Miller has started nine games for Stanford and gone 5-0 with a team-best ERA of 2.12 (11ERx46.2IP)...Miller also has 57 strikeouts in just 46.2 innings of work...Stanford closer Jack Little has eight saves on the year, the second most in the conference, and has posted a 1.80 ERA (5ERx25.0IP) in 15 relief appearances.

SINCE LAST TIME: Since the last set of game notes, the Wildcats dropped a midweek contest at home to the Grand Canyon Antelopes on Tuesday night...Nick Quintana led the offense, going 2-for-5 with one run scored, one double, one home run, and four RBI...Quintana extended his team leading marks in home runs (9) and RBI (43)...Matthew Dyer (2x5, R, RBI, BB), Austin Wells (2x3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB), Cameron Cannon (3x5, 3 R, 2 2B), Ryan Holgate (1x5, 2B, 2 RBI), and Donta Williams (1x4, R, RBI, 2 BB) all had strong nights at the plate as well.

STREAKONOMICS: Catcher Matthew Dyer currently sports a 15-game hit streak, which stands as the longest logged by a Wildcats player this season and tied for the longest since Mitchell Morimoto notched a 15-game hit streak in 2017...The longest hit streak of the Jay Johnson era (since 2016) was registered by Cody Ramer, who hit safely in 17 straight games during the 2016 season — Ramer is now the Wildcats Director of Player Development - Position Players...Over the course of Dyer's current streak — which began on March 25 at San Diego State — he has hit .492 (32x65) with 17 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples, two home runs, and seven RBI...The streak has raised his season batting average from .316 to his current team-best mark of .396...During the streak, Dyer has logged multiple hits nine times, including two four-hit games and four three-hit performances.

Longest UA Hit Streaks - StatCrew Era (1998-current)

Player	Streak	Year	Player	Streak	Year
Brian Anderson	26 gms	2003	Bill Rhinehart	16 games	2007
Jason Donald	26 gms	2006	Trevor Crowe	16 games	2005
Ernie Durazo	25 gms	2001	Rafell Jones	16 games	1999
Dillon Baird	22 gms	2009	Troy Gingrich	16 games	2000
Seth Mejias-Brean	21 gms	2012	Greg Clark	16 games	1998
Jeff Van Houten	21 gms	2005	Matthew Dyer	15 games	2019
C.J. Ziegler	18 gms	2008	Mitchell Morimoto	15 games	2017
Steve Selsky	18 gms	2010	Bobby Dalbec	15 games	2015
Jordan Brown	18 gms	2005	Rob Refsnyder	15 games	2012
Ernie Durazo	17 gms	2000	Johnny Field	15 games	2012
Brad Glenn	17 gms	2008	Joey Rickard	15 games	2011
Cody Ramer	17 gms	2016	Bryce Ortega	15 games	2010
Pat Reilly	17 gms	2003	Erik Mattern	15 games	1998
Scott Kingery	16 games	2014

ONE-TWO PUNCH: Arizona's Matthew Dyer and Cameron Cannon are swinging two of the hottest bats in the Pac-12 and the country this season...Dyer, hitting .396 (57x144), currently ranks second in the Pac-12 and 19th among Division I players in batting average...Cannon, now hitting .364 (56x154), ranks ninth in the Pac-12 and 26th nationally in batting average...Arizona is one of just six Power Five conference programs with two qualified batters (min 3.0 PA/G, played in 75% of team games) hitting over .360 on the season (also: Arizona State, Baylor, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest)...The Wildcats are also just one of 23 Division I programs with two players hitting above the .360 mark.

WALK IT OUT: The Wildcats currently rank first in the Pac-12 and sixth among all Division I programs with 239 walks on the year...All five teams ranked above Arizona have played more games than the Wildcats...Arizona's batters have drawn over four miles worth of walks (21,510) this year...The Cats have averaged 6.3 walks per game and are currently on pace for 352 free passes this season, which would rank as the fourth most in a single season in program history...Infielder Nick Quintana leads the team and ranks tied for fifth in the Pac-12 with 33 walks drawn...Quintana's 33 walks are tied for the most he's drawn in a single season in his Wildcats career (also, 2017, freshman)...The Cats exceptional eye for the strike zone, combined with their hitting prowess, has led to a .416 team on-base percentage that currently leads the Pac-12 and ranks sixth nationally (first: New Mexico State, .478).

FACE THE NATION: The Arizona offense has steadily produced at a high level this season and ranks among the top Division I offenses in the nation in multiple categories including: scoring/runs per game (7th, 8.7), on-base percentage (6th, .416), total runs (11th, 329), triples (6th, 20), triples per game (6th, 0.53), walks (T-6th, 239), doubles per game (7th, 2.34), doubles (T-13th, 89), slugging percentage (11th, .484), and batting average (21st, .301).

TWO'S COMPANY: The Wildcats currently lead the Pac-12 and rank eighth nationally with 89 doubles this season (first: Mississippi State, 101)...Arizona's 89 two baggers are good for sixth most among Power Five conference teams...The Cats are currently on pace for 131 doubles this season, which would be the best single-season mark posted by the program since the 2005 team belted 153 doubles...Cameron Cannon leads the team this season with 21 doubles, while Austin Wells ranks second on the squad with 11 doubles.

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Infielder Cameron Cannon has smacked 21 doubles through the first 38 games of the season...As of games played April 24, Cannon's 21 two-baggers are tied for the most among all NCAA Division I baseball players (also: Jared Ming, New Mexico)...Cannon has registered multiple doubles in a game four times this year, and has swatted at least one double in 16-of-38 games...He has already matched his output in doubles from last year, as Cannon smacked a team-best 21 doubles in 56 games in 2018...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 31 doubles through the remainder of the regular season...He is seven doubles shy of breaking into the Top 10 of Arizona's career doubles leaderboard.

BUSTER POSEY AWARD: Wildcats catcher Matthew Dyer was recently 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 second in the Pac-12 with a .396 (57x144) batting average...He also ranks among the top players in the conference in hits (4th, 57), on-base percentage (5th, .483), runs scored (7th, 40), total bases (7th, 86), slugging percentage (8th, .597), and triples (T-2nd, 4)...His .396 batting average is the fifth best mark among all Division I catchers, and second among all Power Five conference catchers behind only Oregon State's Adley Rutschmann...Dyer has hit safely in all but eight games this year, with 18 multi-hit performances, and has logged a .988 fielding percentage in 250 chances.

ON THE BOARD: The Wildcats have scored at least one run in 76 straight games, with their last shutout loss coming all the way back on March 17, 2018 at Washington...The Cats 76-game scoring streak is the longest active streak among Pac-12 teams (next: USC, 45 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 122 straight home games without being kept off the scoreboard...During that 122 game stretch the Wildcats have been held to just one run twice, while posting 5+ runs 85 times.

FAMILIAR FACES: Four Wildcats players - Austin Wells, Cameron Cannon, Donta Williams, and Nick Quintana - have played in all 38 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 97 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 94 straight games for Arizona, dating back to the first game of 2018 (February 17 vs. Bryant, GM1).

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 147 extra-base hits on the year (first: Arizona State, 161)...Only four other teams have reached triple digits, with the next closest team after the Wildcats being Stanford with 125...Arizona's offense has hammered out a league-leading 89 doubles and 20 triples to go with 38 home runs, which stands as the fourth-best mark on the circuit...Infielder Cameron Cannon leads the Wildcats in doubles (21), and extra-base hits (26) - the next closest players on the team are catcher Austin Wells (17), catcher Matthew Dyer (17), and third baseman Nick Quintana (17)...Donta Williams and Matthew Dyer both have four triples, tied for the second most in the Pac-12.