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Wildcats Wrap Home Slate with Doubleheader against Sam Houston State

TUCSON, Ariz. – The Arizona Wildcats (24-24, 12-14) and Sam Houston State Bearkats (29-20, 18-9) will wrap up the regular season slate at Hi Corbett Field with a doubleheader tonight, Monday, May 13. Game one will begin at 5:00 p.m. MST and go a full nine innings, while game two will begin 45 minutes following the conclusion of game one and go seven innings.
 
The doubleheader will bring the Wildcats schedule back to a complete 56 games after today's series finale was cancelled due to inclement weather.
 
Gates to Hi Corbett will open at 4:00 p.m. MST and fans holding tickets to the originally scheduled game for Monday, May 13 against Sam Houston State will be granted access to both games in tomorrow's doubleheader.
 

Stream: Available on ArizonaWildcats.com
Live Stats: Available through ArizonaStats.com

All-Time Series: Tied, 2-2
Last Meeting: Sam Houston State beat Arizona twice in the Lubbock NCAA Regional in 2017

Leading Off...

  • The Wildcats and Bearkats play a doubleheader on Monday night to wrap up the 2019 regular season schedule at Hi Corbett Field.
  • Arizona and Sam Houston State have played each other four times in program history, with the all-time series currently tied at 2-2. Most recently, the Bearkats won two games against the Wildcats in the Lubbock Regional of the 2017 NCAA tournament. Arizona took two games from Sam Houston State in the Lafayette Regional of the 2016 NCAA tournament.
  • Arizona has logged 86 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, 422 days ago.
GO WITH THE FLOW: With his two-run home run on April 26 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's three-run home run on Friday against USC gave him 32 career home runs with the Wildcats, pushing him into a tie for seventh most in program history...Quintana has hit 20-of-32 career HR at home at Hi Corbett Field, while 23-of-32 HR have come off right-handed pitchers.

Arizona Individual Career HR Leaders
Player HR Years Player HR Years
1. Shelley Duncan 55 1999-2001 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. Robert Woodside 30 1975-1978
5. Les Pearsey 33 1975-1978 Jeff Van Houten 30 2002-2005
C.J. Ziegler 33 2007-2008 Jordan Brown 30 2003-2005
7. Nick Quintana 32 2017-2019

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Infielder Cameron Cannon has smacked 25 doubles through 48 games this season...As of games played May 12, Cannon's 25 two-baggers are tied for the most among all NCAA Division I baseball players (also: Troy Johnston, Gonzaga)...He is one of just 12 players nationally with over 20 doubles this season...Cannon alone has accounted for nearly 1/5th of the Wildcats 128 doubles, which ranks second in the nation — without his contribution, Arizona would rank tied for 29th...Cannon has registered multiple doubles in a game five times this year, and has swatted at least one double in 18-of-48 games...He has surpassed 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 29 doubles through the remainder of the regular season...He is three doubles shy of breaking into the Top 10 of Arizona's career doubles leaderboard.

Arizona Single-Season Doubles Leaders
Rank Player Doubles Year
1. Dave Stegman 30 1976
JJ Matijevic 30 2017
3. Todd Trafton 27 1986
4. Terry Francona 26 1980
Willie Morales 26 1993
6. Cameron Cannon 25 2019
Trevor Crowe 25 2005

FACE THE NATION: The Arizona offense has steadily produced at a high level this season and ranks among the top 20 Division I offenses in the nation in multiple categories including: doubles per game (1st, 2.67) doubles (2nd, 128), scoring (2nd, 9.1 runs/game), on-base percentage (2nd, .425), triples (4th, 26), triples per game (4th, 0.54), walks (7th, 301), slugging percentage (7th, .506), batting average (T-8th, .315), and hits (T-13th, 541).
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Players Mentioned

JJ Matijevic

#24 JJ Matijevic

INF
6' 0"
Junior
Cameron Cannon

#35 Cameron Cannon

INF
5' 10"
Junior
Nick Quintana

#13 Nick Quintana

INF
5' 10"
Junior

Players Mentioned

JJ Matijevic

#24 JJ Matijevic

6' 0"
Junior
INF
Cameron Cannon

#35 Cameron Cannon

5' 10"
Junior
INF
Nick Quintana

#13 Nick Quintana

5' 10"
Junior
INF
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