| 2017 Arizona Wildcats baseball | |
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| Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
| CB | No. 24 |
| Record | 38–21 (16–14 Pac-12) |
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| Home stadium | Hi Corbett Field |
The 2017 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games for the 6th season at Hi Corbett Field. The team was coached by Jay Johnson in his 2nd season at Arizona.
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| No. 3 Oregon State †y | 27 | – | 3 | .900 | 56 | – | 6 | .903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Stanford y | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | 42 | – | 16 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA y | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | 30 | – | 27 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Arizona y | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | 38 | – | 21 | .644 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 25 | – | 29 | .463 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 27 | – | 24 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | 28 | – | 26 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | 30 | – | 25 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | 24 | – | 29 | .453 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | 23 | – | 32 | .418 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | 21 | – | 34 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 Arizona Wildcats roster [1] | |||||||
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| Opening Day Starters [2] | |
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| Name | Position |
| Mitchell Morimoto | Left fielder |
| Cal Stevenson | Right fielder |
| Jared Oliva | Center fielder |
| J.J. Matijevic | First baseman |
| Nick Quintana | Third baseman |
| Kyle Lewis | Second baseman |
| Cory Voss | Designated hitter |
| Cesar Salazar | Catcher |
| Louis Boyd | Shortstop |
| J.C. Cloney | Starting pitcher |
| 2017 Arizona Wildcats baseball game log [3] | |||||||||
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Overall Record | Pac-12 Record |
| Feb 17 | vs Eastern Kentucky | #15 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 6–0 | Cloney (1–0) | Piekos (0–1) | None | 1–0 | |
| Feb 18 | vs Eastern Kentucky | #15 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 16–13 | Faulkner (1–0) | Mroz (0–1) | Ming (1) | 2–0 | |
| Feb 19 | vs Eastern Kentucky | #15 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 18–4 | Gomez (1–0) | Ochsenbein (0–1) | None | 3–0 | |
| Feb 20 | vs Eastern Kentucky | #15 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 9–8 | Ming (1–0) | Mroz (0–2) | None | 4–0 | |
| Feb 23 | vs McNeese State | #15 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 9–3 | Cloney (2–0) | King (1–1) | None | 5–0 | |
| Feb 24 | vs McNeese State | #15 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 8–3 | Flynn (1–0) | Anderson (0–1) | None | 6–0 | |
| Feb 25 | vs McNeese State | #15 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 12–3 | Gomez (2–0) | Sanders (1–1) | None | 7–0 | |
| Feb 26 | vs McNeese State | #15 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 12–5 | Ming (2–0) | Kober (1–1) | None | 8–0 | |
| Mar 3 | vs #20 Arkansas | #9 | Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TX | W 3–0 | Cloney (3–0) | Knight (1–1) | Ming (2) | 9–0 | |
| Mar 4 | vs Oklahoma State | #9 | Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TX | W 10–9 | Ming (3–0) | Heasley (1–2) | None | 10–0 | |
| Mar 5 | vs Nebraska | #9 | Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TX | L 0–1 | Meyers (1–1) | Gomez (2–1) | Luensmann (2) | 10–1 | |
| Mar 7 | at #14 Texas Tech | #11 | Dan Law Field • Lubbock, TX | L 1–13 | Patterson (3–0) | Megill (0–1) | None | 10–2 | |
| Mar 10 | vs Hartford | #11 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 21–5 | Cloney (4–0) | Devito (1–1) | Soroko (1) | 11–2 | |
| Mar 11 | vs Hartford | #11 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 25–3 | Flynn (2–0) | Drouin (0–2) | None | 12–2 | |
| Mar 12 | vs Hartford | #11 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 17–13 | Faulkner (2–0) | LaRossa (0–1) | None | 13–2 | |
| Mar 15 | at #7 Cal State Fullerton | #12 | Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA | L 0–4 | Brown (1–1) | Gomez (2–2) | None | 13–3 | |
| Mar 17 | at UCLA | #12 | Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | W 19–4 | Cloney (5–0) | Canning (0–1) | None | 14–3 | 1–0 |
| Mar 18 | at UCLA | #12 | Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | W 4–3 | Ming (4–0) | Burke (0–2) | None | 15–3 | 2–0 |
| Mar 19 | at UCLA | #12 | Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | L 7–8 | Walker (1–0) | Rivas (0–1) | None | 15–4 | 2–1 |
| Mar 21 | vs New Mexico State | #6 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 6–3 | Deason (1–0) | Groff (2–3) | Flynn (1) | 16–4 | |
| Mar 24 | at #2 Oregon State | #6 | Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR | L 3–4 | Mulholland (2–0) | Megill (0–2) | None | 16–5 | 2–2 |
| Mar 25 | at #2 Oregon State | #6 | Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR | L 4–5 | Engelbrekt (1–0) | Deason (1–1) | None | 16–6 | 2–3 |
| Mar 26 | at #2 Oregon State | #6 | Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR | L 7–11 | Eisert (1–0) | Gomez (2–3) | None | 16–7 | 2–4 |
| Mar 29 | vs Grand Canyon | #13 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 3–2 | Romo (1–0) | Andrews (0–1) | Faulkner (1) | 17–7 | |
| Mar 31 | vs Southern California | #13 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 9–4 | Cloney (6–0) | Clarke (2–1) | None | 18–7 | 3–4 |
| Apr 1 | vs Southern California | #13 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 5–1 | Labaut (1–0) | Stubbs (0–1) | Deason (1) | 19–7 | 4–4 |
| Apr 2 | vs Southern California | #13 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 8–1 | Gomez (3–3) | Crouse (2–3) | None | 20–7 | 5–4 |
| Apr 4 | vs Arizona State | #8 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 11–2 | Megill (1–2) | Godfrey (2–2) | None | 21–7 | |
| Apr 7 | at Washington State | #8 | Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WA | W 19–5 | Deason (2–1) | Jones (2–3) | Soroko (2) | 22–7 | 6–4 |
| Apr 8 | at Washington State | #8 | Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WA | L 3–9 | Walker (3–3) | Labaut (1–1) | None | 22–8 | 6–5 |
| Apr 9 | at Washington State | #8 | Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WA | W 6–5 | Ming (5–0) | Rosenstein (0–1) | Megill (1) | 23–8 | 7–5 |
| Apr 11 | at Grand Canyon | #7 | Brazell Stadium • Phoenix, AZ | W 7–3 | Romo (2–0) | Hansen (0–3) | None | 24–8 | |
| Apr 13 | vs Oregon | #7 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | L 4–8 | Peterson (7–1) | Labaut (1–2) | Yovan (12) | 24–9 | 7–6 |
| Apr 14 | vs Oregon | #7 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 5–4 | Cloney (7–0) | Mercer (5–2) | Deason (2) | 25–9 | 8–6 |
| Apr 15 | vs Oregon | #7 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 18–4 | Gomez (4–3) | Carranza (2–1) | None | 26–9 | 9–6 |
| Apr 20 | vs Utah | #7 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | L 5–12 | Rose (5–2) | Romo (2–1) | Rebar (1) | 26–10 | 9–7 |
| Apr 21 | vs Utah | #7 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | L 3–7 | Drachler (1–3) | Megill (1–3) | None | 26–11 | 9–8 |
| Apr 22 | vs Utah | #7 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | L 2–4 | Lapiana (3–4) | Gomez (4–4) | None | 26–12 | 9–9 |
| Apr 25 | vs New Mexico State | #13 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 11–2 | Deason (3–1) | Butts (0–3) | None | 27–12 | |
| Apr 27 | at #18 Stanford | #13 | Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | L 2–3 | Bubic (4–6) | Ming (5–1) | Hock (10) | 27–13 | 9–10 |
| Apr 28 | at #18 Stanford | #13 | Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | L 3–4 | Thorne (3–1) | Gomez (4–5) | Hock (11) | 27–14 | 9–11 |
| Apr 29 | at #18 Stanford | #13 | Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | L1–3 | Castellanos (7–1) | Deason (3–2) | Thorne (2) | 27–15 | 9–12 |
| May 1 | at Santa Clara | #19 | Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, CA | W 16–10 | Megill (2–3) | Barden (0–3) | None | 28–15 | |
| May 5 | vs Washington | #19 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 5–4 | Gomez (5–5) | Nierenberg (1–3) | None | 29–15 | 10–12 |
| May 6 | vs Washington | #19 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 3–1 | Ming (6–1) | Jones (4–7) | None | 30–15 | 11–12 |
| May 7 | vs Washington | #19 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 12–11 | Faulkner (3–0) | Nierenberg (1–4) | None | 31–15 | 12–12 |
| May 9 | vs Arizona State | #18 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | L 13–14 | Erives (1–3) | Medel (0–1) | None | 31–16 | |
| May 12 | at College of Charleston | #18 | Patriots Point • Mount Pleasant, SC | L 0–1 | Ober (6–1) | Cloney (7–1) | None | 31–17 | |
| May 13 | at College of Charleston | #18 | Patriots Point • Mount Pleasant, SC | W 4–3 | Flynn (3–0) | Love (2–3) | None | 32–17 | |
| May 14 | at College of Charleston | #18 | Patriots Point • Mount Pleasant, SC | W 6–0 | Deason (4–2) | Frishmuth (3–5) | Megill (2) | 33–17 | |
| May 18 | at Arizona State | #18 | Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ | W 6–5 | Flynn (4–0) | Erives (1–4) | Megill (3) | 34–17 | 13–12 |
| May 19 | at Arizona State | #18 | Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ | W 3–1 | Ming (7–1) | Lingos (6–6) | None | 35–17 | 14–12 |
| May 20 | at Arizona State | #18 | Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ | W 9–5 | Deason (5–2) | Montoya (4–4) | None | 36–17 | 15–12 |
| May 26 | vs California | #14 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 10–3 | Flynn (5–0) | Dodson (2–6) | None | 37–17 | 16–12 |
| May 27 | vs California | #14 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | L 6–9 | Martinez (5–4) | Ming (7–2) | Dodson (2) | 37–18 | 16–13 |
| May 28 | vs California | #14 | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | L 4–7 | Shortridge (1–0) | Gomez (5–6) | Lutz (1) | 37–19 | 16–14 |
| NCAA Lubbock Regional | |||||||||
| May 28 | vs (3) Sam Houston State | #15 | Dan Law Field • Lubbock, TX | L 4–5 | Cooper (2–3) | Cloney (7–2) | Mikolajchak (11) | 37–20 | |
| May 28 | vs (4) Delaware | #15 | Dan Law Field • Lubbock, TX | W 6–5 | Aguilera (1–0) | FitzPatrick (2–1) | None | 38–20 | |
| May 28 | vs (3) Sam Houston State | #15 | Dan Law Field • Lubbock, TX | L 3–9 | Wesneski (10–2) | Deason (5–3) | None | 38–21 | |
| Lubbock Regional Teams | |||
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| (1) Texas Tech Red Raiders | (4) Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | (2) Arizona Wildcats | (3) Sam Houston State Bearkats |
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
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| J. J. Matijevic | 2B | 2 | 75 | Houston Astros |
| Jared Oliva | CF | 7 | 208 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| J.C. Cloney | LHP | 9 | 270 | Kansas City Royals |
| Cameron Ming | LHP | 14 | 428 | Baltimore Orioles |
| Louis Boyd | SS | 24 | 723 | Seattle Mariners |
| Rio Gomez | LHP | 36 | 1091 | Boston Red Sox |
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