Andy Lopez and the Wildcats face ASU with the Pac-12 title – and more – on the line.
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The final weekend of college baseball’s regular season is upon us.

In the Pac-12, every team faces its bitterest rival with five schools still having a chance to finish on top of the standings. In additional to the conference championship the Arizona Wildcats have a big goal that requires paying special attention to one other series outside the Pac-12.

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Robert Refsnyder and the BatCats will try to avoid getting tagged with a loss in Los Angeles.
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The Arizona Wildcats went undefeated last week but got no help in trying to catch Oregon in the Pac-12 baseball standings. This week the Ducks play outside the conference which means the UA needs no assistance to get back where it wants to be.

The only thing required is perfection.

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James Farris and the Cats will be wary of those treacherous pickoff throws.
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The Arizona Wildcats baseball team was hoping this week would start the home stretch toward a Pac-12 championship. The UA instead has to play catch-up and Oregon is the team looking to pad its lead in the standings.

There are just three weeks left in the regular season with nine teams holding onto tournament dreams and five schools hoping to host a regional. They don’t call it hardball for nothing.

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The standings say it all. First Place vs. Second Place. It’s the final time any of the four Pac-12 baseball contenders will meet this year and the winner of the series will be all alone in 1st.

And it all starts in Tucson tonight at 6.

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The Ducks and Bruins hope to race back to the top of the standings.
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The three-way tie at the top of the Pac-12 baseball standings has been broken, at least for the time being.

The UCLA Bruins and Oregon Ducks look to close the gap on Arizona while holding off challenges from Stanford and Oregon State. The 1st-place Wildcats step out of conference and hope to find answers for their bullpen woes.

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