Arizona Faces Oregon in Pac-12 Tournament Championship Game

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Wildcats (33-23) have advanced to the Pac-12 Tournament Championship Game, where they will face the Oregon Ducks (36-20) on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. MST. The two clubs square off with the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on the line.

Saturday's tournament finale will be televised nationally on ESPN2 and broadcast live on Wildcats Radio 1290 AM.

The Wildcats earned their way into the championship matchup with a decisive 12-3 victory over their in-state rival Arizona State, a 13-12 walk-off win over Oregon State to wrap up pool play, and a 14-4 run-rule victory over the regular season conference champion Stanford in the semifinals on Friday night.

Arizona, sporting on of the nation's most potent offenses, has scored 39 runs in just three games in Scottsdale.

More notes and information on Saturday's championship game can be found below.

Date	Opponent	Time (MST)	Arizona Pitcher	Opponent Pitcher
Saturday, May 27	Oregon	7:00 PM	RHP Aiden May (5-2, 6.62)	TBA

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The Wildcats have advanced to the Championship Game at the 2023 Pac-12 Baseball Tournament where they will face the Oregon Ducks on Saturday night. The game will be televised on ESPN2 with Roxy Bernstein (PxP) and Wes Clements (Analyst) on the call.
All games at the Pac-12 Tournament will also be broadcast live on Wildcats Radio 1290 AM with play-by-play from Brian Jeffries.
Arizona and Oregon have played 53 times in program history, with the Wildcats holding a 28-24-1 lead in the all-time series.
Oregon swept the regular season series between the two clubs, earning three wins on final scores of 15-3, 13-11, and 8-5 in Tucson. The Wildcats and Ducks met in the 2022 Pac-12 Tournament, with Arizona earning an 8-6 victory.
Outfielder Chase Davis hit his 21st home run of the season on Friday against Stanford, giving him 39 career home runs. He is currently third on the Arizona career HR leaderboard and four shy of second place. His 21 homers this year are the third-most in a single season in program history.
Infielder Kiko Romero currently leads the Pac-12 with 85 RBI. His mark stands as the second-best single-season mark in program history and is one RBI shy of the single-season record of 86 (Ron Hassey, 1974).
Arizona's lineup has combined to produce 91 home runs this year, the second most in a season in program history. The Wildcats are 24 HR away from first place (115, 1993). The Wildcats have five players with 10+ home runs for the first time since that record setting 1993 club.