2020 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

The 2020 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games for the 9th season at Hi Corbett Field. The team was coached by Jay Johnson in his 5th season at Arizona. This also marked the program's first season with Nate Yeskie as associate head coach. Yeskie was hired away from Oregon State during the offseason to replace Sergio Brown who departed to assume the role of associate head coach at Cal State Fullerton.[1] The season was cancelled on March 12, due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus.[2]

2020 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
2020 record10-5 (0-0 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nate Yeskie (1st season)
  • Dave Lawn (5th season)
  • Marc Wanaka (5th season)
Home stadiumHi Corbett Field

Personnel

Roster
2020 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  13–2 .867
No. 9 Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  13–4 .765
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  10–5 .667
USC  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  10–5 .667
Washington  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  9–6 .600
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  9–7 .563
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  8–7 .533
Utah  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  6–7 .462
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  5–9 .357
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  5–11 .313
California  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  5–11 .313
† – Conference champion
As of March 12, 2020[3]; Rankings from D1Baseball
2020 Arizona Wildcats roster[4]
  Pitchers

• 4 - Gil Luna - Junior

• 6 - Randy Abshier - Sophomore

• 11 - Wesley Scott - Freshman

• 12 - Garrett Irvin - Junior

• 14 - Jonathan Guardado - Junior

• 15 - Nate Brown - Senior

• 19 - Zach Sherman - Junior

• 20 - Bryce Collins - Freshman

• 22 - Chandler Murphy - Freshman

• 26 - Vince Vannelle - Senior

• 27 - Dawson Netz - Freshman

• 30 - Preston Price - Senior

• 34 - Ian Churchill - Junior

• 35 - Blake Peyton - Freshman

• 36 - George Arias Jr. - Sophomore

• 37 - German Fajardo - Freshman

• 38 - Tyler Smith - Sophomore

• 40 - Quinn Flanagan - Sophomore

• 44 - Davis Vainer - Senior

• 47 - Hunter Cope - Freshman

 Catchers

• 1 - Kobe Kato - Sophomore

• 5 - Matthew Dyer - Junior

• 16 - Austin Wells - Sophomore

• 31 - Kaden Hopson - Freshman

Infielders

• 3 - Tony Bullard - Sophomore

• 8 - Dayton Dooney - Sophomore

• 10 - Jacob Blas - Sophomore

• 18 - Blake Klassen - Freshman

• 24 - Bryce Begell - Freshman

• 29 - Kyson Donahue - Freshman

 Outfielders

• 7 - Mac Bingham - Freshman

• 13 - Tyler Casagrande - Sophomore

• 17 - Branden Boissiere - Sophomore

• 23 - Donta Williams - Junior

• 28 - Blake Paugh - Junior

• 33 - Tate Soderstrom - Junior

• 42 - Ryan Holgate - Sophomore

Utility

• 24 - Jacob Shaver - Freshman

Coaches
2020 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff[4]
  • Jay Johnson - Head Coach
  • Nate Yeskie - Assistant Coach
  • Dave Lawn - Assistant Coach
  • Marc Wanaka - Volunteer Assistant Coach

Schedule and results
2020 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log[5][6]
Regular Season
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall Record Pac-12 Record
Feb 14 vs Albany Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ W 12-7 Irvin (1-0) Weber (0-1) None 1-0
Feb 15 vs Albany Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ W 15-0 Flanagan (1-0) Scherrer (0-1) None 2-0
Feb 16 vs Albany Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ W 11-3 Murphy (1-0) Germinerio (0-1) None 3-0
Feb 17 vs Minnesota Tempe Diablo Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 2-5 Davis (1-0) Netz (0-1) Horton (1) 3-1
Feb 21 vs Southern Illinois Fowler Park • San Diego, CA W 6-5 Irvin (2-0) Back (1-1) Luna (1) 4-1
Feb 22 vs Iowa Fowler Park • San Diego, CA L 1-4 Judkins (2-0) Flanagan (0-2) Leonard (2) 4-2
Feb 23 vs Nebraska Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA W 3-2 Murphy (2-0) Povich (0-2) Vannelle (1) 5-2
Feb 26 vs Central Michigan Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ L 2-4 Frazer (1-1) Luna (0-1) None 5-3
Feb 28 vs Central Michigan Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ W 5-1 Irvin (3-0) Miller (2-1) Vannelle (2) 6-3
Feb 29 vs Rhode Island Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ W 19-10 Peyton (1-0) Cherry (0-2) None 7-3
Mar 1 vs Rhode Island Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ L 11-15 Brosius (1-0) Brown (0-1) None 7-4
Mar 3 at Texas UFCU Disch-Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8-6 Vanelle (1-0) Meaney (0-1) None 8-4
Mar 6 vs Houston Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ W 7-1 Irvin (4-0) Lockhart (1-2) None 9-4
Mar 7 vs Houston Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ L 1-3 Aguilar (2-0) Flanagan (1-2) Cherry (2) 9-5
Mar 8 vs Houston Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ W 10-6 Price (1-0) Henry (0-2) None 10-5
Mar 13 vs Oregon State Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
Mar 14 vs Oregon State Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
Mar 15 vs Oregon State Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
Mar 17 at Arizona State Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ Cancelled - - - -
Mar 20 at Washington Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA Cancelled - - - - -
Mar 21 at Washington Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA Cancelled - - - - -
Mar 22 at Washington Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA Cancelled - - - - -
Mar 24 vs New Mexico State Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - -
Mar 27 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA Cancelled - - - - -
Mar 28 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA Cancelled - - - - -
Mar 29 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA Cancelled - - - - -
Mar 31 at San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA Cancelled - - - -
Apr 3 vs Stanford Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
Apr 4 vs Stanford Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
Apr 5 vs Stanford Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
Apr 9 vs Washington State Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
Apr 10 vs Washington State Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
Apr 11 vs Washington State Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
Apr 14 vs Grand Canyon Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - -
Apr 17 at Oregon PK Park • Eugene, OR Cancelled - - - - -
Apr 18 at Oregon PK Park • Eugene, OR Cancelled - - - - -
Apr 19 at Oregon PK Park • Eugene, OR Cancelled - - - - -
Apr 21 vs New Mexico Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - -
Apr 24 vs Arizona State Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
Apr 25 vs Arizona State Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
Apr 26 vs Arizona State Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
Apr 27 vs Utah Valley Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - -
May 1 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA Cancelled - - - - -
May 2 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA Cancelled - - - - -
May 3 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA Cancelled - - - - -
May 4 at Sacramento State John Smith Field • Sacramento, CA Cancelled - - - -
May 8 vs UCLA Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
May 9 vs UCLA Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
May 10 vs UCLA Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
May 12 at Grand Canyon GCU Ballpark • Phoenix, AZ Cancelled - - - -
May 14 vs Penn State Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - -
May 15 vs Penn State Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - -
May 16 vs Penn State Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - -
May 21 at Utah Smith's Ballpark • Salt Lake City, UT Cancelled - - - - -
May 22 at Utah Smith's Ballpark • Salt Lake City, UT Cancelled - - - - -
May 23 at Utah Smith's Ballpark • Salt Lake City, UT Cancelled - - - - -

References
  1. Star, Arizona Daily. "'A huge day for our program': Wildcats make Nate Yeskie's hire official, shuffle baseball staff". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  2. smeyers@ncaa.org (2020-03-12). "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  3. "2020 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  4. "2020 Baseball Roster". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. "Baseball Schedule". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved Jan 31, 2020.
  6. "Schedule". Pac-12. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
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