2017 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

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2017 Arizona Wildcats baseball
Arizona Wildcats logo.svg
Conference Pac-12 Conference
CB No. 24
Record38–21 (16–14 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sergio Brown (2nd season)
  • Dave Lawn (2nd season)
  • Marc Wanaka (2nd season)
Home stadium Hi Corbett Field
Seasons
  2016
2018  

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.

Contents

Personnel

Roster

2017 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Oregon State  y273 .900566 .903
No. 18 Stanford  y219 .7004216 .724
UCLA  y1911 .6333027 .526
No. 24 Arizona  y1614 .5333821 .644
California  1515 .5002529 .463
Utah  1515 .5002724 .529
Washington  1416 .4672826 .519
Oregon  1218 .4003025 .545
Washington State  1020 .3332429 .453
Arizona State  822 .2672332 .418
USC  822 .2672134 .382
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
2017 Arizona Wildcats roster [1]
  Pitchers
  • 4 – Landon Faulkner – Junior
  • 15 – Cody Deason – Sophomore
  • 17 – Randy Labaut – Freshman
  • 18 – Ryan Gowens – Junior
  • 19 – Zach Sherman – Freshman
  • 21 – Seve Romo – Junior
  • 23 – Robby Medel – Junior
  • 26 – Michael Flynn – Sophomore
  • 27 – J.C. Cloney – Senior
  • 29 – Rio Gomez – Junior
  • 30 – Preston Price – Freshman
  • 33 – Austin Schnabel – Senior
  • 34 – Juan Aguilera – Junior
  • 36 – Tylor Megill – Junior
  • 40 – Luke Soroko – Senior
  • 43 – Jason Seever – Junior
  • 44 – Austin Nichols – Freshman
  • 47 – Cameron Ming – Junior
Catchers
  • 6 – Ryan Haug – Junior
  • 12 – Cesar Salazar – Sophomore
  • 20 – Cory Voss – Junior

Infielders

  • 1 – Sawyer Gieseke – Senior
  • 5 – Louis Boyd – Senior
  • 10 – Shane Martinez – Freshman
  • 13 – Nick Quintana – Freshman
  • 14 – Casey Bowman – Senior
  • 24 – J. J. Matijevic – Junior
  • 28 – Kyle Lewis – Senior
  • 35 – Cameron Cannon – Freshman
Outfielders

Coaches

2017 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff [1]
  • Jay Johnson – Head Coach
  • Sergio Brown – Assistant Coach
  • Dave Lawn – Assistant Coach
  • Marc Wanaka – Volunteer Assistant Coach

Opening day

Opening Day Starters [2]
NamePosition
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

Schedule and results

2017 Arizona Wildcats baseball game log [3]
Regular season
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveOverall

Record

Pac-12

Record

Feb 17vs Eastern Kentucky #15 Hi Corbett FieldTucson, AZ W 6–0Cloney (1–0)Piekos (0–1)None1–0
Feb 18vs Eastern Kentucky#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 16–13Faulkner (1–0)Mroz (0–1)Ming (1)2–0
Feb 19vs Eastern Kentucky#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 18–4Gomez (1–0)Ochsenbein (0–1)None3–0
Feb 20vs Eastern Kentucky#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 9–8Ming (1–0)Mroz (0–2)None4–0
Feb 23vs McNeese State #15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 9–3Cloney (2–0)King (1–1)None5–0
Feb 24vs McNeese State#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 8–3Flynn (1–0)Anderson (0–1)None6–0
Feb 25vs McNeese State#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 12–3Gomez (2–0)Sanders (1–1)None7–0
Feb 26vs McNeese State#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 12–5Ming (2–0)Kober (1–1)None8–0
Mar 3vs #20 Arkansas #9 Dr Pepper BallparkFrisco, TX W 3–0Cloney (3–0)Knight (1–1)Ming (2)9–0
Mar 4vs Oklahoma State #9Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TXW 10–9Ming (3–0)Heasley (1–2)None10–0
Mar 5vs Nebraska #9Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TXL 0–1Meyers (1–1)Gomez (2–1)Luensmann (2)10–1
Mar 7at #14 Texas Tech #11 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX L 1–13Patterson (3–0)Megill (0–1)None10–2
Mar 10vs Hartford #11Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 21–5Cloney (4–0)Devito (1–1)Soroko (1)11–2
Mar 11vs Hartford#11Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 25–3Flynn (2–0)Drouin (0–2)None12–2
Mar 12vs Hartford#11Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 17–13Faulkner (2–0)LaRossa (0–1)None13–2
Mar 15at #7 Cal State Fullerton #12 Goodwin FieldFullerton, CA L 0–4Brown (1–1)Gomez (2–2)None13–3
Mar 17at UCLA #12 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, CA W 19–4Cloney (5–0)Canning (0–1)None14–31–0
Mar 18at UCLA#12Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAW 4–3Ming (4–0)Burke (0–2)None15–32–0
Mar 19at UCLA#12Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAL 7–8Walker (1–0)Rivas (0–1)None15–42–1
Mar 21vs New Mexico State #6Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 6–3Deason (1–0)Groff (2–3)Flynn (1)16–4
Mar 24at #2 Oregon State #6 Goss StadiumCorvallis, OR L 3–4Mulholland (2–0)Megill (0–2)None16–52–2
Mar 25at #2 Oregon State#6Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORL 4–5Engelbrekt (1–0)Deason (1–1)None16–62–3
Mar 26at #2 Oregon State#6Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORL 7–11Eisert (1–0)Gomez (2–3)None16–72–4
Mar 29vs Grand Canyon #13Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 3–2Romo (1–0)Andrews (0–1)Faulkner (1)17–7
Mar 31vs Southern California #13Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 9–4Cloney (6–0)Clarke (2–1)None18–73–4
Apr 1vs Southern California#13Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 5–1Labaut (1–0)Stubbs (0–1)Deason (1)19–74–4
Apr 2vs Southern California#13Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 8–1Gomez (3–3)Crouse (2–3)None20–75–4
Apr 4vs Arizona State #8Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 11–2Megill (1–2)Godfrey (2–2)None21–7
Apr 7at Washington State #8 Bailey-Brayton FieldPullman, WA W 19–5Deason (2–1)Jones (2–3)Soroko (2)22–76–4
Apr 8at Washington State#8Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WAL 3–9Walker (3–3)Labaut (1–1)None22–86–5
Apr 9at Washington State#8Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WAW 6–5Ming (5–0)Rosenstein (0–1)Megill (1)23–87–5
Apr 11at Grand Canyon#7 Brazell Stadium • Phoenix, AZW 7–3Romo (2–0)Hansen (0–3)None24–8
Apr 13vs Oregon #7Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 4–8Peterson (7–1)Labaut (1–2)Yovan (12)24–97–6
Apr 14vs Oregon#7Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 5–4Cloney (7–0)Mercer (5–2)Deason (2)25–98–6
Apr 15vs Oregon#7Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 18–4Gomez (4–3)Carranza (2–1)None26–99–6
Apr 20vs Utah #7Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 5–12Rose (5–2)Romo (2–1)Rebar (1)26–109–7
Apr 21vs Utah#7Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 3–7Drachler (1–3)Megill (1–3)None26–119–8
Apr 22vs Utah#7Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 2–4Lapiana (3–4)Gomez (4–4)None26–129–9
Apr 25vs New Mexico State#13Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 11–2Deason (3–1)Butts (0–3)None27–12
Apr 27at #18 Stanford #13 Sunken DiamondStanford, CA L 2–3Bubic (4–6)Ming (5–1)Hock (10)27–139–10
Apr 28at #18 Stanford#13Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAL 3–4Thorne (3–1)Gomez (4–5)Hock (11)27–149–11
Apr 29at #18 Stanford#13Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAL1–3Castellanos (7–1)Deason (3–2)Thorne (2)27–159–12
May 1at Santa Clara #19 Schott StadiumSanta Clara, CA W 16–10Megill (2–3)Barden (0–3)None28–15
May 5vs Washington #19Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 5–4Gomez (5–5)Nierenberg (1–3)None29–1510–12
May 6vs Washington#19Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 3–1Ming (6–1)Jones (4–7)None30–1511–12
May 7vs Washington#19Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 12–11Faulkner (3–0)Nierenberg (1–4)None31–1512–12
May 9vs Arizona State#18Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 13–14Erives (1–3)Medel (0–1)None31–16
May 12at College of Charleston #18 Patriots PointMount Pleasant, SC L 0–1Ober (6–1)Cloney (7–1)None31–17
May 13at College of Charleston#18Patriots Point • Mount Pleasant, SCW 4–3Flynn (3–0)Love (2–3)None32–17
May 14at College of Charleston#18Patriots Point • Mount Pleasant, SCW 6–0Deason (4–2)Frishmuth (3–5)Megill (2)33–17
May 18at Arizona State#18Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZW 6–5Flynn (4–0)Erives (1–4)Megill (3)34–1713–12
May 19at Arizona State#18Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZW 3–1Ming (7–1)Lingos (6–6)None35–1714–12
May 20at Arizona State#18Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZW 9–5Deason (5–2)Montoya (4–4)None36–1715–12
May 26vs California #14Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 10–3Flynn (5–0)Dodson (2–6)None37–1716–12
May 27vs California#14Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 6–9Martinez (5–4)Ming (7–2)Dodson (2)37–1816–13
May 28vs California#14Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 4–7Shortridge (1–0)Gomez (5–6)Lutz (1)37–1916–14
NCAA Lubbock Regional
May 28vs (3) Sam Houston State #15Dan Law Field • Lubbock, TXL 4–5Cooper (2–3)Cloney (7–2)Mikolajchak (11)37–20
May 28vs (4) Delaware #15Dan Law Field • Lubbock, TXW 6–5Aguilera (1–0)FitzPatrick (2–1)None38–20
May 28vs (3) Sam Houston State#15Dan Law Field • Lubbock, TXL 3–9Wesneski (10–2)Deason (5–3)None38–21

Lubbock Regional

Lubbock Regional Teams
(1) Texas Tech Red Raiders(4) Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens(2) Arizona Wildcats(3) Sam Houston State Bearkats

2017 MLB Draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
J. J. Matijevic 2B275 Houston Astros
Jared Oliva CF7208 Pittsburgh Pirates
J.C. CloneyLHP9270 Kansas City Royals
Cameron MingLHP14428 Baltimore Orioles
Louis BoydSS24723 Seattle Mariners
Rio Gomez LHP361091 Boston Red Sox

References

  1. 1 2 "2017 Baseball Roster". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  2. "Baseball vs Eastern Kentucky on 2/17/2017 - Box Score". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  3. "Baseball Schedule". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved May 19, 2019.