TUCSON, Ariz. -- The final conference home series of the year is upon the Arizona Wildcats (22-24, 10-14) as the host the USC Trojans (20-24-1, 9-11-1) this weekend at Hi Corbett Field.

Arizona took the series opener, 12-4, behind a dominant outing from starting pitcher Randy Labaut and another explosive effort from the Wildcats offense. Labaut struck out seven over 7.0 innings of work, while shortstop Cameron Cannon and third baseman Nick Quintana combined for seven runs and seven RBI.

Game two on Saturday night was halted in the bottom of the second inning. It will begin at 12:05 p.m. MST on the Pac-12 Networks, with game three to follow 45 minutes following the conclusion of game two.

A complete series preview is below.
 

Date	Time (MST)/Results	Live Stats	Wildcats Pitcher	Trojans Pitcher
Friday, May 10	W, 12-4
Sunday, May 12	12:05 PM	Live Stats	TBA	TBA
Sunday, May 12	TBA	Live Stats	TBA	TBA

TV: Pac-12 Network with Thad Anderson (play-by-play) and Andy Lopez (analyst) on the call
Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network with Brian Jeffries on the call - 1290 AM KCUB | TuneIn

All-Time Series: USC leads Arizona, 122-113-1
Last Meeting: Arizona won 2-of-3 games against USC last season April 13-15 in Los Angeles, Calif.

Leading Off...

• The Wildcats and Trojans square off for a three-game conference series at Hi Corbett Field this Friday-Sunday. Games one and three will be televised on Pac-12 Network.
• Arizona and USC have played each other 236 times in program history, with the Trojans currently holding a slight lead of 122-113-1 in the all-time series. Most recently, the Wildcats took two-of-three games from USC in their series last year April 13-15 in Los Angeles, Calif.
• Freshman catcher/first baseman Austin Wells' batting average of .346 is the best mark by an Arizona freshman (min. 100 AB) since Nick Hundley hit .361 during the 2003 season.
• The Cats offense collected 13 doubles in Sunday's 28-7 win over Oregon, setting the program and Pac-12 single-game record. The previous record for both the program and conference was 10 doubles.
• Wildcats catcher Matthew Dyer, who is day-to-day with a bruised hand, currently sports a 20-game hit streak, the fifth-longest streak posted by an Arizona player since 1998. During the streak, Dyer has hit .461 (41-for-89) with 12 multi-hit games and 12 extra-base hits.
• Arizona has logged 84 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, over 415 days ago.

NOW TRENDING: Arizona has won three of their last four games, including a series sweep of the Oregon Ducks last weekend...The Wildcats have won each of their last four home conference games...USC won their most recent game, their series finale against No. 2 Stanford, after dropping the first two games of the series against the Cardinal...Arizona and USC have played each other 236 times in program history, with the Trojans currently holding a slight lead of 122-113-1 in the all-time series...Most recently, the Wildcats took two-of-three games from USC in their series last year April 13-15 in Los Angeles, Calif...The Jay Johnson led Wildcats have gone 6-3 against the Trojans, and have won each of the last two series against USC including a series sweep in 2017...Arizona has not lost at home to the Trojans since 2015...The Wildcats offense has been hot as ever over the last nine games, with eight double-digit hit performances in that stretch...Since April 23, Arizona has combined to hit .364 (128x352) while averaging 10.8 runs per game.

KNOW YOUR FOE: The Trojans enter the weekend with an overall record of 20-24 and a conference mark of 9-11-1, placing them sixth in the Pac-12...USC is led by seventh-year head coach Dan Hubbs, who has directed the Trojans to a record of 183-195-1 (.483) during his time in Los Angeles...USC has just three players hitting above the .300 mark on the season: outfielder Brady Shockey (.312/34x109), catcher CJ Stubbs (.304/49x161), and outfielder Matthew Acosta (.303/46x152)...Right-hander Connor Lunn (6-2, 2.70 ERA) leads the way for the Trojans in the starting rotation, while righty Chris Clarke (4-2, 1.22 ERA, 6 SV) has led the charge out of USC's bullpen...The Trojans have gone 14-14-1 while at home and posted a 6-9 record on the road.

SINCE LAST TIME: Since the last set of game notes, the Wildcats dropped a home midweek contest to the Arizona State Sun Devils, 10-7...Four different players posted multi-hit performances on the night, led by shortstop Cameron Cannon who went 2-for-5 with a triple and two RBI...Center fielder Donta Williams (2x5, R, RBI), second baseman Dayton Dooney (2x5, R), and left fielder Justin Wylie (2x3, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB) all joined Cannon with multiple hits...Southpaw Avery Weems got the start for the Cats and struck out five batters over 2.2 innings of work...Gil Luna (0.1 IP) and Jonathan Guardado (1.0 IP) both notched scoreless relief outings, while George Arias Jr. limited ASU to two unearned runs on just two hits over 2.2 frames.

FRESHMAN FRENZY: Freshman catcher/first baseman Austin Wells has put together one of the best freshman campaigns by a Wildcats player in recent history...Wells' .346 batting average is the best mark posted by an Arizona freshman (min. 100 AB) since Nick Hundley hit .361 in 2003...He has scored 55 runs this season, the second-most in the Pac-12, the third-most among all Division I freshmen in the country, and the most logged by an Arizona freshman since infielder Jason Donald scored 58 runs in 64 games in 2004...His 45 RBI are tied for seventh most in the Pac-12, tied for 10th most among all Division I freshmen, and are the most by a Wildcat freshman since Joey Rickard collected 51 RBI in 2010...Finally, his five triples are tied for second most in the Pac-12 and are tied for the second most legged out by an Arizona freshman since Brad Boyer hit eight triples in 2003 (also with five triples: Johnny Field, 2011; T.J. Steele, 2006).

WHAT A WEEK!: After a standout stretch at the plate last week, Arizona Wildcats infielder Nick Quintana was named Pac-12 Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday...Across four games, Quintana posted a .476 batting average (10-for-21) with nine runs scored, four doubles, one home run, 11 RBI, and more walks (3) than strikeouts (2)...Additionally, he registered an on-base percentage of .520 and a .810 slugging percentage as the Wildcats went 3-1 including a weekend sweep of the Oregon Ducks at Hi Corbett Field...Quintana is the first Arizona position player to be tabbed as the Pac-12 Player of the Week since Cal Stevenson earned the recognition in May 2017.

STREAKONOMICS: Catcher Matthew Dyer — who is day-to-day with a bruised hand — currently sports a 20-game hit streak, which stands as the longest logged by a Wildcats player this season and the longest since Seth Mejias-Brean (2012) and Jeff Van Houten (2005) notched 21-game hit streaks...Over the course of Dyer's current streak — which began on March 25 at San Diego State — he has hit .461 (41x89) with 23 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 .393...During the streak, Dyer has logged multiple hits 12 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

WIN CITY: Nick Quintana, Austin Wells, and Donta Williams — the three Wildcats players that call Las Vegas their hometown — combined to go 9-for-11 with nine runs scored, three doubles, and 11 RBI in Arizona's 28-7 win over Oregon on Sunday...The trio from the 702 have combined to hit .310 (163x526) with 146 runs scored, 61 extra-base hits, and 131 RBI this season...They have accounted for 31.7% of the team's hits, 35.0% of the program's runs, 31.9% of the club's extra-base hits, and 34.4% of the Cats RBI this season...Wells and Williams have combined to hit nine triples this year, which is more than five entire Pac-12 teams have hit all season...Between them, the Win City squad has logged 46 multi-hit games and 40 multi-RBI games this year.

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 Saturday against Oregon gave him 31 career home runs with the Wildcats, pushing him into a tie for eighth most in program history...Quintana has hit 19-of-31 career HR at home at Hi Corbett Field, while 22-of-31 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		Nick Quintana	31	2017-2019
5.	Les Pearsey	33	1975-1978	10.	Robert Woodside	30	1975-1978
	C.J. Ziegler	33	2007-2008		Jeff Van Houten	30	2002-2005
					Jordan Brown	30	2003-2005

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Infielder Cameron Cannon has smacked 24 doubles through 46 games this season...As of games played May 8, Cannon's 24 two-baggers are the most among all NCAA Division I baseball players...He is one of just 12 players nationally with over 20 doubles this season...Cannon alone has accounted for over 1/6th of the Wildcats nation-leading 121 doubles — without his contribution, Arizona would rank tied for 32nd...Cannon has registered multiple doubles in a game five times this year, and has swatted at least one double in 17-of-46 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 four 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.	Trevor Crowe	25	2005
7.	Cameron Cannon	24	2019

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 (1st, 121), scoring (2nd, 9.1 runs/game), on-base percentage (2nd, .423), doubles per game (2nd, 2.63), triples (4th, 25), triples per game (4th, 0.54), walks (7th, 288), slugging percentage (8th, .500), batting average (9th, .314), and hits (T-15th, 515).