CORVALLIS, Ore. -- The Arizona Wildcats carry on with their three-game series against the No. 2 ranked Oregon State Beavers on Saturday at Goss Stadium in Corvallis. 

The Beavers took game one of the series, 8-4, despite trailing most of the game. Nick Quintana and Tony Bullard both hit home runs for the Wildcats, driving in all of Arizona's runs. It was the first career home run for Bullard, who also smacked a double in the game.

With Friday night's game postponed due to weather, the two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday to complete the series. Game one will begin at 2:05 p.m. MST, while first pitch for game two is slated for 7:02 p.m. MST. Game two will be televised on ESPNU. 

A complete series preview is below.
 

Date	Time (MST)/Results	Live Stats	Wildcats Pitcher	Beavers Pitcher
Thursday, April 18	L, 4-8
Friday, April 19	POSTPONED
Saturday, April 20 GM1	2:05 PM	Stats	RHP Quinn Flanagan (4-2, 4.50)	RHP Bryce Fehmel (5-0, 3.54)
Saturday, April 20 GM2	7:02 PM	Stats	LHP Andrew Nardi (3-3, 6.63)	RHP Grant Gambrell (2-1, 3.27)

TV (Thur/Fri): Pac-12 Network with Jim Watson (play-by-play) and Eric Byrnes (analyst) on the call
TV (Sat): ESPNU with Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play) and Wes Clements (analyst) on the call
Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network with Brian Jeffries on the call - 1290 AM KCUB | TuneIn

All-Time Series: Arizona leads 38-37
Last Meeting: Arizona won 2-of-3 games against No. 4 Oregon State April 6-8, 2018 in Tucson, Ariz.

Leading Off...

• Arizona hits the road for a three-game series against the Oregon State Beavers running Thursday through Saturday. The first two games will be televised on Pac-12 Network, with the finale slated to be aired on ESPNU.
• The Wildcats and Beavers have played eached other 74 times in program history, with Arizona holding a slight 38-36 lead in the all-time series. The last time they met, April 6-8 of last year, the Wildcats took two-of-three games from the No. 4 ranked Beavers in Tucson, Ariz.
• Austin Wells has reached base safely in 28 straight games, tying him with Nick Quintana (2017) for the ninth longest on-base streak by a Wildcats player this decade.
• The Wildcats currently lead the Pac-12 and rank seventh nationally with 212 walks drawn - every team above Arizona has played more games than the Cats. Nick Quintana leads the team with 28 walks, while 10 different players have drawn double digit walk totals.
• Arizona ranks top three in the Pac-12 in 14 different offensive categories, including batting average (2nd, .307), slugging percentage (2nd, .493), and on-base percentage (1st, .420).
• Arizona has logged 72 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 won four of their last seven games coming into the series in Corvallis, and took the series finale against the California Golden Bears on Sunday afternoon...The Beavers are winners of each of their last two games, and have swept or won all but one of their conference series this year...Prior to their current two-game win streak, Oregon State dropped back-to-back games to Oregon (8-12) and Arizona State (1-4)...The Wildcats roll into the series sitting in seventh place in the Pac-12 with a conference record of 6-9, while the Beavers currently reside in third place with an 11-4 conference mark...Arizona and Oregon State have played each other 74 times in program history, with Arizona holding a slight 38-36 lead in the all-time series...The last time they met, April 6-8 of last year, the Wildcats took two-of-three games from the No. 4 ranked Beavers in Tucson, Ariz...During the Jay Johnson era, the Wildcats have won 2-of-3 series against the Beavers on a record of 5-4...Arizona has not won a series in Corvallis since going 2-1 against Oregon State in 2012...This series will be a battle between an unstoppable force (Arizona's offense) and an immovable object (Oregon State's pitching)...Arizona ranks among the top three teams in the Pac-12 in batting average (2nd, .307), slugging percentage (2nd, .493), on-base percentage (1st, .420), runs scored (1st, 310), hits (2nd, 366), RBI (2nd, 282), doubles (1st, 81), triples (1st, 20), home runs (3rd, 34), total bases (2nd, 589), and walks (1st, 212)...Oregon State places in the top three in the Pac-12 in ERA (3rd, 2.83), opponent batting average (2nd, .212), strikeouts (2nd, 317), fewest hits allowed (3rd, 237), and fewest runs allowed (3rd, 115).

KNOW YOUR FOE: Oregon State currently sports an overall record of 25-8-1 with a conference mark of 11-4...The Beavers are ranked among the top five teams in the nation by every major poll: D1Baseball.com (2nd), Baseball America (5th), National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (4th), USA Today Coach's Poll (4th), and Collegiate Baseball (4th)...Oregon State is led by first year interim head coach Pat Bailey, who has been with the Beavers baseball program for 11 years — he joined the program as an assistant coach in 2008, was promoted to associate head coach in 2013, and bumped up to interim head coach in September 2018...Beavers catcher Adley Rutschman leads the offense, hitting .413 with 36 runs scored, 12 home runs, and 40 RBI...Rutschman ranks top three in the Pac-12 in batting average (2nd, .413), slugging percentage (2nd, .798), and on-base percentage (1st, .577)...Among the pitchers, Bryce Fehmel (9 GS) and Bryce Campbell (8 GS) lead in starts and have posted ERAs of 3.54 and 3.27, respectively...Reliever Jake Mulholland has made 17 appearances with a 1.08 ERA and five saves.

SINCE LAST TIME: Since the last set of game notes, the Wildcats dropped two of three games to the California Golden Bears during a weekend conference series...Arizona won the series finale, 4-2, on Sunday afternoon to avoid being swept...The Sunday win was their first win of the year when scoring six or fewer runs...Starting pitcher Andrew Nardi spun six scoreless innings in Sunday's win while striking out six...Catcher Austin Wells reached base safely in all three games to extend his on-base streak to 28 games...Outfielder Branden Boissiere saw extended playing time and went 7-for-10 with three runs scored, one RBI, and one walk during the weekend to raise his season batting average to .303.

FACE THE NATION: The Arizona offense has steadily produced at a high level this season and ranks among the top Division I offenses in the nation in multiple categories including: scoring/runs per game (T-3rd, 9.1), on-base percentage (T-4th, .420), total runs (4th, 310), triples (4th, 20), triples per game (4th, 0.59), walks (7th, 212), doubles per game (7th, 2.38), doubles (8th, 81), slugging percentage (9th, .493), and batting average (13th, .307)...Under the direction of Jay Johnson (since 2016), the Wildcats have posted best batting average in the Pac-12 at .295 (next: Oregon State, .292).

CAN'T BE CONTAINED: Austin Wells has reached base safely in each of his last 28 games played, dating all the way back to the Wildcats February 23 game at Houston...During that stretch, Wells has hit .371 (39x105) with 33 runs scored, eight doubles, three triples, two home runs, 23 RBI, 22 walks, a .562 slugging percentage, and a .474 on-base percentage...His 28-game streak is tied for the longest on-base streak posted by an Arizona player since current teammate Niclk Quintana reached base in 28 consecutive contests during the 2017 campaign...His streak is also tied for the ninth longest on-base streak of the current decade (since 2010)...Over the course of the streak Wells has two separate extended hitting streaks, an eight-game stretch from March 1-15, and a current 10-game hit streak that began March 29 at Arizona State...Overall, Wells has reached base safely via hit or walk in all but two games this year (Feb. 16 vs. UMass Lowell GM1, Feb. 22 at Houston).

Longest Arizona On-Base Streaks Since 2010

Player	Streak	Year
Zach Gibbons	48 games	2016
Bobby Dalbec	39 games	2015
Rob Refsnyder	39 games	2012
Cole Frenzel	38 games	2011
Ryan Aguilar	33 games	2016
Steve Selsky	32 games	2010
Johnny Field	30 games	2013
Joey Rickard	29 games	2012
Seth Mejias-Brean	29 games	2012
Austin Wells	28 games	2019
Nick Quintana	28 games	2017

TWO'S COMPANY: The Wildcats currently lead the Pac-12 and rank eighth nationally with 81 doubles this season (first: Mississippi State, 98)...Arizona's 81 two baggers are good for fourth most among Power Five conference teams...The Cats are currently on pace for 133 doubles this season, which would be the best single-season mark posted by the program since the 2005 team belted 153 doubles...Of Arizona's 81 doubles this year, 18 have come as the leadoff hit in the inning — Donta Williams leads this category with seven leadoff doubles this year.

FRESH PRINCE OF WELLS-AIR: Arizona catcher Austin Wells is putting together one of the best freshman seasons in Wildcats history...Through 34 games, Wells has hit .372 with 43 runs scored, 17 extra-base hits, 33 RBI, and nearly as many walks (25) as strikeouts (26)...His .372 batting average is currently ranked first among all Power Five conference freshmen, fifth among all Division I freshmen (first: C Ryan Hampe, UIC, .443 in 79 at-bats), and 15th among all Division I catchers...Wells' 43 runs scored are second most among all Division I freshmen, tied for 23rd most in the nation, and fourth most in the Pac-12...His 48 base hits are tied for 10th most among all Division I freshmen...His .466 on-base percentage is tied for third most among Division I freshmen with at least 100 at-bats this year...The Arizona freshman record for batting average was set at .374 by Dave Page in 1981...Wells' success has continued well into Pac-12 play as well, with his conference batting average currently sitting at .390, the eighth best conference mark in the Pac-12...Arizona's freshman conference record for batting average was set at .418 by T.J. Steele in 2006...Wells has hit safely in 28-of-34 games this year, with 14 multi-hit games.

BACKSTOP BASHERS: Arizona's catching tandem of Matthew Dyer and Austin Wells are currently first and second on the team in batting average at .397 and .372, respectively...Among all Division I catchers, Dyer and Wells rank eighth and 15th in batting average, respectively, and those rankings jump up to 3rd and 4th when just looking at Power Five conference catchers...Combined, Dyer and Wells have accounted for 26.1% of the Wildcats runs, 20.2% of the club's RBI, 20.9% of the extra-base hits, and 24.4% of the hits this season.

BUSTER POSEY AWARD: Wildcats catcher Matthew Dyer was named to the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award watch list...This award was formerly known as the Johnny Bench Award, and is presented annually to the nation's top division one collegiate catcher...Dyer is currently first on the team and 3rd in the Pac-12 with a .397 (50x126) batting average, while his 50 hits are tied for fourth most in the conference and his 76 total bases rank sixth on the circuit...Dyer has hit safely in all but eight games this year, with 16 multi-hit performances, and has logged a .987 fielding percentage in 229 chances.

RUN, FOREST, RUN!: The Wildcats currently rank second in the Pac-12 and seventh nationally with 310 runs scored this season...Arizona's average output of 9.1 runs per game is tied for the third best mark in the country, behind New Mexio State (11.5), and Penn (10.0)...The Wildcats have scored at least three runs in all but two games this year, and have plated 10+ runs 14 times, including once against UCLA and their pitching staff that had the best team ERA in the conference at the time...When Arizona scores more than five runs in a game this year they have posted a winning record of 17-6 (.739)...The Wildcats are currently on pace to score 511 runs this year, which would be the most in a single-season since the 1998 squad scored 546 runs...The Wildcats have out-scored their opponents in 7-of-9 innings this season (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th).

STREAKONOMICS: In addition to Austin Wells' 28-game on-base streak, two other Wildcats players currently sport on-base streaks that have reached into the double digits: Matthew Dyer (11 games) and Cameron Cannon (11 games)...Dyer and Wells also sport the two longest active hit streaks on the team, at 11 game and 10 games, respectively...Cameron Cannon is right behind them with his own nine-game hit streak...During Dyer's hit streak, dating back to March 25 at San Diego State, he is hitting .532 (25x47) with 15 runs scored, four RBI, seven doubles, two triples, and one home run...Across the length of Well's hit streak, stretching back to March 29 at Arizona State, he is hitting .381 (16x42) with 16 runs scored, 13 RBI, four doubles, two triples, and two home runs.

EXTRA EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT: The Wildcats have excelled at hitting to the gaps this year, and as a result are currently second in the Pac-12 with 135 extra-base hits on the year (first: Arizona State, 146)...Only one other team has reached triple digits, with the next closest team after the Wildcats being UCLA with 105...Arizona's offense has hammered out a league-leading 81 doubles and 20 triples to go with 34 home runs, which stands as the third-best mark on the circuit...Infielder Cameron Cannon leads the Wildcats in doubles (18), and extra-base hits (23) - the next closest players on the team are catcher Austin Wells (17) and catcher Matthew Dyer (16)...Donta Williams and Matthew Dyer both have four triples, tied for the second most in the Pac-12.

ON THE BOARD: The Wildcats have scored at least one run in 72 straight games, with their last shutout loss coming all the way back on March 17, 2018 at Washington...The Cats 72-game scoring streak is the longest active streak among Pac-12 teams (next: Oregon, 43 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 121 straight home games without being kept off the scoreboard...During that 121 game stretch the Wildcats have been held to just one run twice, while posting 5+ runs 84 times.

Pac-12 Active Scoring Streaks

School	Scoring Streak	Last Shutout Loss (Score)
Arizona	72 games	March 17, 2018 at Washington (0-1)
Oregon	43 games	May 8, 2018 vs. Oregon St. (0-10)
USC	41 games	May 18, 2018 vs. Oregon St. (0-4)
UCLA	40 games	May 24, 2018 at Oregon St. (0-2)
Arizona St.	35 games	May 26, 2018 vs. California (0-3)
Oregon St.	18 games	March 15, 2019 at UCLA (0-8)
Stanford	17 games	March 7, 2019 vs. Texas (0-4)
Washington	10 games	March 29, 2019 vs. Oregon State (0-1)
California	9 games	March 26, 2019 at Sacramento State (0-6)
Washington St.	5 games	April 5, 2019 at California (0-6)
Utah	3 games	April 11, 2019 vs. USC (0-6)

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 210-125 (.627)...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.

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