TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Arizona Wildcats (19-22) kick off an extended homestand at Hi Corbett Field by hosting the New Mexico State Aggies (30-11) on Tuesday night.

It will be the second meeting of the season between the two teams with high-powered offenses. The last time the Cats and Aggies squared off, on March 19, Arizona outslugged New Mexico State for a 14-10 victory.

Catcher Matthew Dyer, the Cats hottest hitter, is currently riding an 18-game hit streak and has raised his season batting average to .399, the 24th best mark among all NCAA Division I players.

A complete game preview is below.
 

Date	Time (MST)	Live Stats	Wildcats Pitcher	Aggies Pitcher
Tuesday, April 30	6:00 PM	Live Stats	RHP Quinn Flanagan (4-3, 5.56)	RHP Chris Barraza (0-1, 4.91)

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

All-Time Series: Arizona leads, 55-7
Last Meeting: Arizona beat NM State, 14-10, earlier this year on Tuesday, March 19 in Tucson, Ariz.

Leading Off...

• Arizona returns home to Hi Corbett Field to kick off their final homestand of the season, beginning with a Tuesday night matchup against the New Mexico State Aggies.
• The Wildcats and Aggies have played each other 62 times in program history, with Arizona holding a commanding 55-7 lead in the all-time series. Most recently, the Wildcats beat New Mexico State, 14-10, earlier this year on March 19 in Tucson, Ariz.
• Wildcats catcher Matthew Dyer currently sports an 18-game hit streak, the longest posted by an Arizona player during head coach Jay Johnson's tenure and tied for the fifth longest hit streak by a Wildcat since 1998. During the streak, Dyer has hit .481 (38-for-79) with 11 multi-hit games and 12 extra-base hits (8 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR).
• With his home run on Friday night at Stanford, infielder Nick Quintana became the first Arizona player to hit 10+ home runs in back-to-back seasons since C.J. Ziegler and Brad Glenn in 2007-2008. Quintana's 30 career home runs in an Arizona uniform now rank tied for 10th most in program history.
• Arizona has logged 79 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: The Wildcats have lost back-to-back games after winning the series opener against No. 3 ranked Stanford over the weekend...The Aggies have won two straight, taking their series over Sacramento State after dropping the series opener...The Wildcats and Aggies have played each other 62 times in program history, with Arizona holding a commanding 55-7 lead in the all-time series...Most recently, the Wildcats beat New Mexico State, 14-10, earlier this year on March 19 in Tucson, Ariz...Arizona has won nine straight games against New Mexico State by a combined score of 85-36...The Wildcats last loss to the Aggies on March 21, 2012, dropping a 13-8 decision in Tucson...Arizona's defense has not committed an error in three straight games, and has just two errors over their last six contests.

KNOW YOUR FOE: New Mexico State currently sports a record of 30-11 (13-5 WAC), and sits in second place in the Western Athletic Conference...The Aggies lead all Division I teams in batting average (.356), slugging percentage (.593), on-base percentage (.469), and scoring (11.1 runs/game)...NMSU infielder Nick Gonzales ranks fourth in the nation with a .428 (71x166) batting average...The Aggies are led by fifth-year head coach Brian Green, who has led the program to a record of 150-116-1 (.562) during his time in Las Cruces.

STREAKONOMICS: Catcher Matthew Dyer currently sports an 18-game hit streak, which stands as the longest logged by a Wildcats player this season and tied for the longest since Steve Selsky notched an 18-game hit streak in 2010 (also: C.J. Ziegler, 2008 and Jordan Brown, 2005)...After collecting hits in all three games at No. 3 Stanford over the weekend, Dyer claimed the longest hit streak of the Jay Johnson era (since 2016), a record which was previously held 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 .481 (38x79) with 20 runs scored, eight doubles, two triples, two home runs, and eight RBI...The streak has raised his season batting average from .316 to his current team-best mark of .399...During the streak, Dyer has logged multiple hits 11 times, including two four-hit games and five three-hit performances.

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

Player	Streak	Year	Player	Streak	Year
Brian Anderson	26 gms	2003	C.J. Ziegler	18 gms	2008
Jason Donald	26 gms	2006	Steve Selsky	18 gms	2010
Ernie Durazo	25 gms	2001	Jordan Brown	18 gms	2005
Dillon Baird	22 gms	2009	Ernie Durazo	17 gms	2000
Seth Mejias-Brean	21 gms	2012	Brad Glenn	17 gms	2008
Jeff Van Houten	21 gms	2005	Cody Ramer	17 gms	2016
Matthew Dyer	18 gms	2019	Pat Reilly	17 gms	2003

GO WITH THE FLOW: With his two-run home run on Friday at No. 3 Stanford, Wildcats infielder Nick Quintana became the first Arizona player in over a decade to swat 10+ home runs in back-to-back seasons...Quintana hit 14 homers for the Cats as a sophomore in 2018...The last players to accomplish this feat were C.J. Ziegler and Brad Glenn, who both pulled it off in the 2007 and 2008 seasons...Ziegler hit 13 HR in 2007 and 20 HR in 2008, while Glenn hit 10 HR in 2007 and 14 HR in 2008...Quintana now has 30 career home runs with the Wildcats, tying him for 10th most in program history along with Robert Woodside (1975-78), Jeff Van Houten (2002-05), and Jordan Brown (2003-05)...Quintana has hit 18-of-30 career HR at home at Hi Corbett Field, while 21-of-30 HR have come off right-handed pitchers.

Arizona Individual Career HR Leaders

	Player	HR	Years		Player	HR	Years
1.	Shelley Duncan	55	1999-2001	7.	Moises Duran	32	2001-2004
2.	Brad Glenn	43	2006-2009	8.	Todd Trafton	31	1983-1986
3.	Kenny Corley	36	1995-1998		Bill Rhinehart	31	2004-2007
4.	David Shermet	34	1985-1988	10.	Nick Quintana	30	2017-2019
5.	Les Pearsey	33	1975-1978		Robert Woodside	30	1975-1978
	C.J. Ziegler	33	2007-2008		Jeff Van Houten	30	2002-2005
					Jordan Brown	30	2003-2005