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.
Personnel
Roster
2017 Arizona Wildcats roster 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 – JuniorCatchers 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 – FreshmanOutfielders 3 – Cal Stevenson – Junior 16 – Mitchell Morimoto – Junior 22 – Matt Fraizer – Freshman 25 – Alfonso Rivas III – Junior 42 – Jared Oliva – Junior
Coaches 2017 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staffJay Johnson – Head coach Sergio Brown – Assistant coach Dave Lawn – Assistant coach Marc Wanaka – Volunteer assistant coach
Opening day +Opening Day StartersName PositionMitchell Morimoto Left fielderCal Stevenson Right fielderJared Oliva Center fielderJ.J. Matijevic First basemanNick Quintana Third basemanKyle Lewis Second basemanCory Voss Designated hitterCesar Salazar CatcherLouis Boyd ShortstopJ.C. Cloney Starting pitcher
Schedule and results +2017 Arizona Wildcats baseball game logRegular seasonDateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveOverall RecordPac-12 RecordFeb 17vs Eastern Kentucky#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 6–0Cloney (1–0)Piekos (0–1)None1–0Feb 18vs Eastern Kentucky#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 16–13Faulkner (1–0)Mroz (0–1)Ming (1)2–0Feb 19vs Eastern Kentucky#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 18–4Gomez (1–0)Ochsenbein (0–1)None3–0Feb 20vs Eastern Kentucky#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 9–8Ming (1–0)Mroz (0–2)None4–0Feb 23vs McNeese State#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 9–3Cloney (2–0)King (1–1)None5–0Feb 24vs McNeese State#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 8–3Flynn (1–0)Anderson (0–1)None6–0Feb 25vs McNeese State#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 12–3Gomez (2–0)Sanders (1–1)None7–0Feb 26vs McNeese State#15Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 12–5Ming (2–0)Kober (1–1)None8–0Mar 3vs #20 Arkansas#9Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TXW 3–0Cloney (3–0)Knight (1–1)Ming (2)9–0Mar 4vs Oklahoma State#9Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TXW 10–9Ming (3–0)Heasley (1–2)None10–0Mar 5vs Nebraska#9Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TXL 0–1Meyers (1–1)Gomez (2–1)Luensmann (2)10–1Mar 7at #14 Texas Tech#11Dan Law Field • Lubbock, TXL 1–13Patterson (3–0)Megill (0–1)None10–2Mar 10vs Hartford#11Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 21–5Cloney (4–0)Devito (1–1)Soroko (1)11–2Mar 11vs Hartford#11Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 25–3Flynn (2–0)Drouin (0–2)None12–2Mar 12vs Hartford#11Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 17–13Faulkner (2–0)LaRossa (0–1)None13–2Mar 15at #7 Cal State Fullerton#12Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CAL 0–4Brown (1–1)Gomez (2–2)None13–3Mar 17at UCLA#12Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAW 19–4Cloney (5–0) Canning (0–1)None 14–31–0Mar 18at UCLA#12Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAW 4–3Ming (4–0)Burke (0–2)None15–32–0Mar 19at UCLA#12Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAL 7–8Walker (1–0)Rivas (0–1)None15–42–1Mar 21vs New Mexico State#6Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 6–3Deason (1–0)Groff (2–3)Flynn (1)16–4Mar 24at #2 Oregon State#6Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORL 3–4Mulholland (2–0)Megill (0–2)None16–52–2Mar 25at #2 Oregon State#6Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORL 4–5Engelbrekt (1–0)Deason (1–1)None16–62–3Mar 26at #2 Oregon State#6Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORL 7–11Eisert (1–0)Gomez (2–3)None16–72–4Mar 29vs Grand Canyon#13Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 3–2Romo (1–0)Andrews (0–1)Faulkner (1)17–7Mar 31vs Southern California#13Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 9–4Cloney (6–0)Clarke (2–1)None18–73–4Apr 1vs Southern California#13Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 5–1Labaut (1–0)Stubbs (0–1)Deason (1)19–74–4Apr 2vs Southern California#13Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 8–1Gomez (3–3)Crouse (2–3)None20–75–4Apr 4vs Arizona State#8Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 11–2Megill (1–2)Godfrey (2–2)None21–7Apr 7at Washington State#8Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WAW 19–5Deason (2–1)Jones (2–3)Soroko (2)22–76–4Apr 8at Washington State#8Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WAL 3–9Walker (3–3)Labaut (1–1)None22–86–5Apr 9at Washington State#8Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WAW 6–5Ming (5–0)Rosenstein (0–1)Megill (1)23–87–5Apr 11at Grand Canyon#7Brazell Stadium • Phoenix, AZW 7–3Romo (2–0)Hansen (0–3)None24–8Apr 13vs Oregon#7Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 4–8Peterson (7–1)Labaut (1–2)Yovan (12)24–97–6Apr 14vs Oregon#7Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 5–4Cloney (7–0)Mercer (5–2)Deason (2)25–98–6Apr 15vs Oregon#7Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 18–4Gomez (4–3)Carranza (2–1)None26–99–6Apr 20vs Utah#7Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 5–12Rose (5–2)Romo (2–1)Rebar (1)26–109–7Apr 21vs Utah#7Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 3–7Drachler (1–3)Megill (1–3)None26–119–8Apr 22vs Utah#7Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 2–4Lapiana (3–4)Gomez (4–4)None26–129–9Apr 25vs New Mexico State#13Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 11–2Deason (3–1)Butts (0–3)None27–12Apr 27at #18 Stanford#13Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAL 2–3Bubic (4–6)Ming (5–1)Hock (10)27–139–10Apr 28at #18 Stanford#13Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAL 3–4Thorne (3–1)Gomez (4–5)Hock (11)27–149–11Apr 29at #18 Stanford#13Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAL1–3Castellanos (7–1)Deason (3–2)Thorne (2)27–159–12May 1at Santa Clara#19Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, CAW 16–10Megill (2–3)Barden (0–3)None28–15May 5vs Washington#19Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 5–4Gomez (5–5)Nierenberg (1–3)None29–1510–12May 6vs Washington#19Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 3–1Ming (6–1)Jones (4–7)None30–1511–12May 7vs Washington#19Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 12–11Faulkner (3–0)Nierenberg (1–4)None31–1512–12May 9vs Arizona State#18Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 13–14Erives (1–3)Medel (0–1)None31–16May 12at College of Charleston#18Patriots Point • Mount Pleasant, SCL 0–1Ober (6–1)Cloney (7–1)None31–17May 13at College of Charleston#18Patriots Point • Mount Pleasant, SCW 4–3Flynn (3–0)Love (2–3)None32–17May 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)34–1713–12May 19at Arizona State#18Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZW 3–1Ming (7–1)Lingos (6–6)None35–1714–12May 20at Arizona State#18Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZW 9–5Deason (5–2)Montoya (4–4)None36–1715–12May 26vs California#14Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZW 10–3Flynn (5–0)Dodson (2–6)None37–1716–12May 27vs California#14Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 6–9Martinez (5–4)Ming (7–2)Dodson (2)37–1816–13May 28vs California#14Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZL 4–7Shortridge (1–0)Gomez (5–6)Lutz (1)37–1916–14May 28vs (3) Sam Houston State#15Dan Law Field • Lubbock, TXL 4–5Cooper (2–3)Cloney (7–2)Mikolajchak (11)37–20May 28vs (4) Delaware#15Dan Law Field • Lubbock, TXW 6–5Aguilera (1–0)FitzPatrick (2–1)None38–20May 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
Player Position Round Overall MLB team 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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