TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Arizona Wildcats (10-7, 0-1) wrap up their series against the Utah Utes (7-6, 1-0) on Sunday afternoon at Hi Corbett Field. A win would give the Wildcats a series victory to open Pac-12 Conference play. 

The Wildcats offense collected 14 hits and brought in double-digit runs for the eighth time this year in game one, but ultimately fell to the Utes on a final score of 21-10. Arizona will look to even the series on Saturday night.

Arizona took game two, 8-0, on a complete-game effort from Quinn Flanagan and three total home runs from Cameron Cannon and Nick Quintana.

A complete series preview is below.
 

Date	Time (MST)/Results	Stream/Stats	Wildcats Pitcher	Utes Pitcher
Friday, March 15	L, 10-21
Saturday, March 16	W, 8-0
Sunday, March 17	1:00 PM	Live Stream | Live Stats	TBA	TBA

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All-Time Series: Arizona leads, 58-18
Last Meeting: Utah won 2-of-3 games last season at Smith's Ballpark in Salt Lake City, UT

Leading Off...

• Arizona kicks off Pac-12 Conference play with a three-game series against the Utah Utes at Hi Corbett Field.
• The Wildcats and Utes have played 74 times in program history, with Arizona holding a 57-17 all-time series lead. In the last meeting between the two schools, Utah won 2-of-3 games last season at Smith's Ballpark in Salt Lake City, UT.
• Utah enters the series with a season record of 6-6, sitting in ninth place in the Pac-12. The Utes are led by 16th-year head coach Bill Kinneberg, who has steered the program to a 349-468-1 record during his time in SLC.
• Through games played on March 13, Wildcats infielder Cameron Cannon is tied for first among all NCAA Division I baseball players with 11 doubles in just 16 games (also: Nate Fassnacht, George Washington; Zavier Warren, Central Michigan). He has slugged multiple doubles in a game twice this year, and has at least one double in 8-of-16 games.
• Arizona's victory over Milwaukee on Friday, March 1 gave Wildcats head coach Jay Johnson 200 career wins as an NCAA Division I head coach.
• Arizona has logged 54 consecutive games scoring at least one run, the Wildcats were last shut out March 17, 2018 at Washington. The Cats have not been shut out at home since April 25, 2015 vs. California (111 games).

SERIES THEMES: The Wildcats and Utes have played 74 times in program history, with Arizona holding a 57-17 all-time series lead...In the last meeting between the two schools, Utah won 2-of-3 games last season at Smith's Ballpark in Salt Lake City, UT...Under head coach Jay Johnson, the Wildcats have struggled against Utah, posting a record of just 1-8 against the Utes since 2016...After dropping 10 straight games against Utah (dating back to 2015), the Wildcats snapped the skid with an 18-12 victory over the Utes in last year's series finale...Cameron Cannon (2x5), Nick Quintana (3x5), Matt Fraizer (4x5), and Jacob Blas (3x4) all recorded multiple hits in that win while combining for seven runs scored and seven RBI...The Cats have not won a series against the Utes since taking 2-of-3 games in Salt Lake City in 2014...Since 2016, the Wildcats have won each of their first conference home series of the season, beating Washington State 2-1 in 2018, sweeping USC 3-0 in 2017, and cruising past UCLA 2-1 in 2016...Outfielder Matt Fraizer has always hit well against Utah, posting a career batting average of .500 (7x14) with three runs scored, one double, one triple, and four RBI against the Utes.

KNOW YOUR FOE: The Utah Utes enter Pac-12 play with a .500 record of 6-6, sitting in ninth place in the conference...Utah is led by 16th-year head coach, Bill Kinneberg, who has steered the Utes to a record of 349-468-1 during his time in Salt Lake City...The Utes rank among the upper-half of Pac-12 teams this year in batting average (5th, .283), slugging percentage (4th, .407), and on-base percentage (4th, .391)...However, Utah's pitching performance ranks near the bottom of the circuit in ERA (9th, 4.91) and opponent batting average (11th, .319)...Outfielder Erik Migueles leads the Utes and ranks ninth in the Pac-12 with a .391 batting average this year while collecting seven runs scored, three doubles, one home run, and 12 RBI...Infielder Oliver Dunn ranks among the conference leaders in runs scored (T-7th, 17), doubles (2nd, 8), walks (5th, 14), slugging percentage (8th, .651), and on-base percentage (6th, .525)...Riley Pierce has been the Utes most effective starting pitcher this year, posting a 3.60 ERA (6ERx15.0IP) across four appearances (three starts).

CONFERENCE CALL: This weekend's three-game series against the Utah Utes marks the beginning of Pac-12 Conference play for Arizona in 2019...The Wildcats will again play 30 conference games this year...Since 2016, under the leadership of head coach Jay Johnson, the Wildcats have posted a record of 46-44 (.511) in conference play...During that stretch they have excelled at home in conference play, posting a 28-17 (.622) record in Pac-12 games played at Hi Corbett Field...During the 2018 season, Arizona went 14-16 in conference play with a 9-6 record at home...Last year, the Wildcats hit .272 with a .402 slugging percentage and a .375 on-base percentage through 30 conference games, while the pitching staff logged a 5.26 ERA (154ERx263.1IP)...Infielder Nick Quintana collected half of his 14 home runs and 30-of-55 RBI during conference play in 2018...Arizona closed out their 2018 conference slate winning four of their final six Pac-12 contests, winning series against Arizona State and at Oregon...Offense was key for the Wildcats during conference play in 2018, with the team going 13-7 in games where they scored three or more runs.

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Infielder Cameron Cannon has smacked 11 doubles through the first 16 games of the season...As of games played March 13, Cannon's 11 two-baggers are tied for first among all NCAA Division I baseball players (also: Nate Fassnacht, George Washington; Zavier Warren, Central Michigan)...The next-closest Pac-12 player is Utah's Oliver Dunn, who has logged eight doubles this year...Cannon has registered multiple doubles in a game twice this year, and has swatted at least one double in 8-of-16 games...Cannon smacked a team-best 21 doubles in 56 games last season...The Arizona single-season record for doubles is 30, set by Dave Stegman in 1976 and tied by JJ Matijevic in 2017...He is currently on pace for 38 doubles through the remainder of the regular season...Cannon is 17 doubles shy of breaking into the Top 10 of Arizona's career doubles leaderboard.

Arizona Single-Season Doubles Leaders

(Rank) PLAYER	DOUBLES	YEAR
T-1. Dave Stegman	30	1976
T-1. JJ Matijevic	30	2017
3. Todd Trafton	27	1986
T-4. Terry Francona	26	1980
T-4. Willie Morales	26	1993
6. Trevor Crowe	25	2005

QUINNSTANT IMPACT: Freshman right-hander Quinn Flanagan has been a big boost to the Wildcats pitching staff this season...In four games (three starts), Flanagan has posted a team-best 1.80 ERA (3ERx15.0IP) while registering a 2-0 record...Flanagan's March 9 start against College of Charleston was particularly strong, and resulted in his first collegiate quality start (6.0+ IP, three or fewer earned runs allowed) - in that outing he worked 6.0 innings, allowed just three runs (one earned) on five hits, and struck out four batters...Flanagan has limited opponents to one or fewer earned runs in each of his four appearances this year...Opposing batters have combined to hit just .232 off Flanagan in 15.0 innings this season...Flanagan missed both his junior and senior seasons of high school ball with an arm injury, and sat out his first year at Arizona under a redshirt...His start against Feb. 17 against UMass Lowell (4.0, 4, 2, 1, 0, 4, W) was his first game action in nearly three years.

STREAKONOMICS: Outfielder Matt Fraizer currently leads the team with an active 10-game hitting streak, the longest posted by a Wildcats player this year...During his streak, dating back to Feb. 23 at Houston, Fraizer has hit .435 (20x46) with 11 runs scored, three doubles, one triple, one home run, 12 RBI, and one walk...He leads the Wildcats in hits, RBI, and total bases over that stretch while tying for second on the club in runs scored (also: Donta Williams)...Just behind Fraizer are infielder Cameron Cannon and catcher/first baseman Austin Wells, who both sport seven-game hit streaks...Cannon has hit .467 (14x30) with seven runs scored, four doubles, one home run, five RBI, and three walks during his streak...Wells has logged a .458 (11x24) batting average with six runs scored, six RBI, and five walks over the course of his hitting streak.

ON THE BOARD: The Wildcats have scored at least one run in 54 straight games, with their last shutout loss coming all the way back on March 17, 2018 at Washington...The Cats 54-game scoring streak is the second-longest active streak among Pac-12 teams (first: California, 72 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 111 straight home games without being kept off the scoreboard...During that 111 game stretch the Wildcats have been held to just one run twice, while posting 5+ runs 77 times...The Cats haven't been limited to just one run at home since May 15, 2016 against Arizona State...Under the direction of head coach Jay Johnson, Arizona has posted a .320 (1088x3396) batting average at home and averaged 8.3 runs/game.

Pac-12 Active Scoring Streaks

SCHOOL	SCORING STREAK	LAST SHUTOUT LOSS (Score)
California	73 games	May 18, 2017 vs. TCU (0-3)
Arizona	54 games	March 17, 2018 at Washington (0-1)
Washington St.	44 games	March 31, 2018 vs. Arizona St. (0-7)
Utah	44 games	March 27, 2018 vs. UNLV (0-3)
Oregon	24 games	May 8, 2018 vs. Oregon St. (0-10)
USC	21 games	May 18, 2018 vs. Oregon St. (0-4)
UCLA	21 games	May 24, 2018 at Oregon St. (0-2)
Arizona St.	16 games	May 26, 2018 vs. California (0-3)
Washington	14 games	June 16, 2018 vs. Mississippi St. (0-1)
Oregon St.	4 games	March 3, 2019 vs. West Virginia (0-2)
Stanford	3 games	March 7, 2019 vs. Texas (0-4)

DYER ON FIRE: Catcher/utility Matthew Dyer has proved to be a huge addition to the Wildcats after transferring into the program from the University of Oregon...Through his first 15 games in a Wildcat uniform, Dyer has excelled at the plate and provided crucial flexibility on defense...He has logged a batting average of .365 (19x52) - the fourth-best mark on the team - while also collecting 15 runs scored, 13 RBI, one double, one triple, one home run, and 11 walks...Dyer has reached base safely in 12-of-15 games, and tallied seven multi-hit performances already this year...On defense, he has seen time behind the plate at catcher, at first base, and in left and right field, committed just one error while bouncing between four positions...Dyer has always excelled while playing at Hi Corbett Field; while playing for Oregon in 2017, Dyer hit .462 (6x13) with three runs scored and a triple in a three-game series at Hi Corbett, and this season has posted a .410 (16x39) batting average in 11 home contests.

FLAVA FRAZ: Something has clicked for junior outfielder Matt Fraizer, who through 16 games is off to the hottest start to a season of his career...Fraizer has logged at least one hit in 15-of-16 games this year and is currently tied with Cameron Cannon for the team lead in multi-hit games (9)...The left-handed hitting center fielder has posted five two-hit games, three three-hit outings, and one four-hit performance...With 22 RBI already on the year, Fraizer is already nearly 80% of the way to his 2018 total of 28 RBI...His six-RBI outburst on February 17 against UMass Lowell was the best single-game RBI total of his career, tied for the Wildcats third-best best single-game individual mark during the StatCrew era (since 1998), and the best single-game mark by an Arizona player since JJ Matijevic drove in seven RBI against Arizona State on April 28, 2015...Fraizer is tied for the team and conference lead with teammate Cameron Cannon at 29 hits; their 29 base knocks are tied for sixth most in the country through games played March 13.

ONE-TWO PUNCH: Infielder Cameron Cannon and outfield Matt Fraizer, who have occupied the first two spots in the Wildcats lineup the majority of the season, have provided prodigious offense up top in the lineup this year...The duo up top in the order have combined to hit .417 (58x139) with 42 runs scored, 16 doubles, two triples, three home runs, 37 RBI, 87 total bases, 14 walks, and a .481 on-base percentage...Fraizer and Cannon have combined to reached base 17 times in 39 chances as the leadoff hitter in an inning, setting up the Wildcats with a leadoff runner on base 43.5% of the times they've had the chance...But it's not just setting up the scoring that they've excelled at; Cannon (.522) and Fraizer (.438) have both posted batting averages north of .400 with runners in scoring position, collecting 26 RISP hits between the two of them...When it's all said and done, Fraizer and Cannon have accounted for over 26% of the Wildcats runs and over 25% of their RBI this season.

MR. 200: The Wildcats victory over Milwaukee on March 1 gave head coach Jay Johnson his 200th career win as an NCAA Division I head coach...Across time with Nevada (2014-15) and Arizona (2016-current) he has amassed a record of 201-114 (.638)...Johnson is the second-fastest coach to tally 200 career Division I wins among the current Pac-12 head coaches (first: George Horton, 287 games) after achieving the feat in just 312 games...During his first three seasons leading the Wildcats, Johnson averaged 40 wins per year...In addition to his 201 Division I wins, Johnson racked up a record of 37-16 in his one season as the head coach at Point Loma Nazarene in 2005.

Quickest to 200 Div. I Wins - Current Pac-12 Head Coaches

COACH	200th WIN	GAMES TO WIN 200	WIN % AT 200
George Horton	April 17, 2001	287	.697
Jay Johnson	March 1, 2019	312	.641
Tracy Smith	May 23, 2004	356	.562
David Esquer	May 10, 2006	386	.518
John Savage	May 24, 2008	403	.496
Lindsey Meggs	April 12, 2014	407	.491