2010 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

Summary

The 2010 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium. The team was coached by Andy Lopez in his 9th season at Arizona.

2010 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record34-24 (12-15 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mark Wasikowski (8th season)
  • Shaun Cole (1st season)
  • Brett Scyphers (1st season)
Home stadiumSancet Stadium
Seasons
← 2009
2011 →
2010 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 20 7   .741 52 10   .839
No. 2 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 18 9   .667 51 16   .761
Washington State  ‍‍‍y 15 12   .556 37 22   .627
Stanford  ‍‍‍y 14 13   .519 31 25   .554
Oregon  ‍‍‍y 13 14   .481 40 24   .625
California  ‍‍‍y 13 14   .481 29 25   .537
Arizona  ‍‍‍y 12 15   .444 34 24   .586
Oregon State  ‍‍‍y 12 15   .444 32 24   .571
Washington  ‍‍‍ 11 16   .407 28 28   .500
USC  ‍‍‍ 7 20   .259 28 32   .467
‡ – Pac-10 Conference champion
y – Invited to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of December 16, 2010
Rankings from Coaches' Poll[1]

Previous season edit

The Wildcats finished the 2009 season with a record of 30-25 (13-14 Conf.), missing the postseason for the first time since 2006 and only the 3rd time in Andy Lopez's tenure.

Personnel edit

Roster edit

2010 Arizona Wildcats roster[2][3]
  Pitchers

• 10 - Tyler Hale - Freshman

• 12 - Cory Bernard - RS

• 14 - Vincent Littleman - Freshman

• 15 - Daniel Workman - Senior

• 17 - Ryan Doyle - Junior

• 18 - Kyle Simon - Sophomore

• 19 - Joel Effertz - Freshman

• 23 - Bryce Bandilla - Sophomore

• 26 - Kurt Heyer - Freshman

• 31 - Stephen Manthei - Freshman

• 32 - Augey Bill - Freshman

• 34 - Jared Forestieri - Freshman

• 36 - Mark Hawkenson - Freshman

• 42 - Nick Cunningham - Freshman

• 45 - Michael Lopez - Freshman

• 46 - Matt Chaffee - Junior

• 49 - Joe Allison - Junior

• 50 - Grayson Adams - RS Senior

Catchers

• 27 - Jett Bandy - Sophomore

• 30 - Jake Meskin - Sophomore

Infielders

• 5 - Seth Mejias-Brean - Freshman

• 13 - Alex Mejia - Freshman

• 20 - Josh Garcia - Junior

• 21 - Rafael Valenzuela - Senior

• 24 - Cole Frenzel - Freshman

• 28 - David Lopez - Freshman

• 37 - Bobby Brown - Sophomore

• 38 - Bryce Ortega - Junior

Outfielders

• 1 - Ethan Chavez - Sophomore

• 4 - Bobby Rinard - Junior

• 6 - Steve Selsky - Sophomore

• 22 - Robert Refsnyder - Freshman

• 35 - Joey Rickard - Freshman

Coaches edit

2010 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff[4]
  • Andy Lopez - Head Coach
  • Mark Wasikowski - Assistant Coach
  • Shaun Cole - Assistant Coach
  • Brett Scyphers - Volunteer Assistant Coach

Opening day edit

Opening Day Starters[5]
Name Position
Bryce Ortega Second baseman
Rafael Valenzuela First baseman
Steve Selsky Right fielder
Josh Garcia Designated hitter
Jett Bandy Catcher
Bobby Brown Left fielder
Joey Rickard Center fielder
Seth Mejias-Brean Third baseman
Alex Mejia Shortstop
Kurt Heyer Starting pitcher

Schedule and results edit

2010 Arizona Wildcats baseball game log[6]
Regular season
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall

Record

Pac-10

Record

Feb 19 Utah Valley Sancet StadiumTucson, AZ W 8-1 Heyer (1-0) Beecher (0-1) None 1-0
Feb 21 Utah Valley Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8-7 Simon (1-0) Gray (0-1) None 2-0
Feb 21 Utah Valley Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 18-1 Bandilla (1-0) Brimhall (0-1) None 3-0
Feb 26 Long Beach State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 7-8 Brown (1-0) Bandilla (1-1) None 3-1
Feb 27 Long Beach State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 3-10 Gagnon (1-1) Simon (1-1) None 3-2
Feb 28 Long Beach State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ Cancelled - - - - -
Mar 2 UNLV Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 10-12 DeWeese (1-0) Hale (0-1) Hutchison (3) 3-3
Mar 3 UNLV Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5-4 Allison (1-0) Lee (2-2) None 4-3
Mar 5 #18 Cal State Fullerton Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8-7 Allison (2-0) Ramirez (0-1) None 5-3
Mar 6 #18 Cal State Fullerton Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 1-6 Ramirez (1-1) Simon (1-2) None 5-4
Mar 7 #18 Cal State Fullerton Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-1 Workman (1-0) Rath (1-1) None 6-4
Mar 10 Saint Joseph's Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 17-3 Littleman (1-0) Mullen (0-1) None 7-4
Mar 10 Saint Joseph's Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12-2 Bandilla (2-1) Mower (0-3) None 8-4
Mar 12 Northern Colorado Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-1 Heyer (2-0) Quisenberry (0-2) None 9-4
Mar 13 Northern Colorado Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 7-6 Cunningham (1-0) Scott (0-2) Hale (1) 10-4
Mar 14 Northern Colorado Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 18-4 Manthei (1-0) Willman (1-1) None 11-4
Mar 16 Wichita State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 13-5 Manthei (2-0) Smith (2-1) None 12-4
Mar 17 Wichita State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 19-0 Simon (2-2) Kelley (2-1) None 13-4
Mar 19 Sacramento State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5-0 Heyer (3-0) Todd (1-1) None 14-4
Mar 20 Sacramento State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8-7 Hale (1-1) Chamberlin (2-1) None 15-4
Mar 21 Sacramento State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-6 Simon (3-2) Ramirez (0-1) None 16-4
Mar 23 New Mexico Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10-4 Cunningham (2-0) Carl (3-1) None 17-4
Mar 24 New Mexico Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 11-7 Simon (4-2) House (1-1) None 18-4
Mar 26 Oregon Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-3 Heyer (4-0) Anderson (4-2) None 19-4 1-0
Mar 27 Oregon Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 8-4 Bandilla (3-1) LaTempa (2-2) Cunningham (1) 20-4 2-0
Mar 28 Oregon Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 8-9 Jones (1-1) Cunningham (2-1) McGough (2) 20-5 2-1
Apr 1 at California #20 Evans DiamondBerkeley, CA L 2-7 Johnson (4-1) Manthei (2-1) None 20-6 2-2
Apr 3 at California #20 Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 0-8 Jones (6-2) Bandilla (3-2) None 20-7 2-3
Apr 3 at California #20 Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 3-4 Flemer (1-0) Allison (2-1) None 20-8 2-4
Apr 9 at Washington #22 Husky BallparkSeattle, WA W 7-2 Heyer (5-0) Brown (0-2) None 21-8 3-4
Apr 10 at Washington #22 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA L 2-10 Kittredge (5-2) Bandilla (3-3) None 21-9 3-5
Apr 11 at Washington #22 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA W 9-1 Simon (5-2) Cimber (2-2) None 22-9 4-5
Apr 12 at Gonzaga #21 Washington Trust FieldSpokane, WA W 5-4 Bill (1-0) Danner (0-2) None 23-9
Apr 16 Washington State #21 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 5-3 Heyer (6-0) Arnold (3-2) Bill (1) 24-9 5-5
Apr 17 Washington State #21 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 13-6 Simon (6-2) Stilley (1-1) None 25-9 6-5
Apr 18 Washington State #21 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12-11 Littleman (2-0) Conley (2-2) None 26-9 7-5
Apr 20 at #1 Arizona State #17 Packard StadiumTempe, AZ W 4-2 Workman (2-0) Rodgers (2-2) Cunningham (2) 27-9
Apr 23 #6 UCLA #17 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 3-6 Klein (3-0) Bill (1-1) None 27-10 7-6
Apr 24 #6 UCLA #17 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 2-6 Bauer (6-2) Simon (6-3) None 27-11 7-7
Apr 25 #6 UCLA #17 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 6-4 Bandilla (4-3) Rasmussen (6-1) Cunningham (3) 28-11 8-7
Apr 30 at USC #19 Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, CA L 0-6 Triggs (2-7) Heyer (6-1) None 28-12 8-8
May 1 at USC #19 Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 5-7 Mount (4-3) Simon (6-4) Garcia (1) 28-13 8-9
May 2 at USC #19 Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 9-7 Bandilla (5-3) Garcia (1-3) None 29-13 9-9
May 4 at #2 Arizona State #22 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 1-13 Rodgers (3-2) Cunningham (2-2) None 29-14
May 7 Cal State Bakersfield #22 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 2-7 Reyes (4-3) Bandilla (5-4) None 29-15
May 8 Cal State Bakersfield #22 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 17-6 Simon (7-4) Medina (4-2) None 30-15
May 9 Cal State Bakersfield #22 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 1-13 McCarthy (4-4) Workman (2-1) None 30-16
May 15 #2 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 4-12 Blair (9-0) Heyer (6-2) None 30-17 9-10
May 16 #2 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 12-4 Simon (8-4) Kelly (9-1) None 31-17 10-10
May 17 #2 Arizona State Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 2-4 Lambson (6-2) Workman (2-2) Swagerty (11) 31-18 10-11
May 21 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 1-3 Mooneyham (3-5) Heyer (6-3) Pracher (4) 31-19 10-12
May 22 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9-8 Bandilla (6-4) Busick (5-2) None 32-19 11-12
May 23 Stanford Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ L 4-8 McArdle (5-0) Workman (2-3) None 32-20 11-13
May 28 at Oregon State Goss StadiumCorvallis, OR L 3-6 Peavey (5-3) Heyer (6-4) Waldron (2) 32-21 11-14
May 29 at Oregon State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 0-5 Gaviglio (3-3) Simon (8-4) None 32-22 11-15
May 30 at Oregon State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 3-1 Cunningham (3-2) Waldron (4-5) Bandilla (1) 33-22 12-15
NCAA Fort Worth Regional
Jun 4 vs (2) Baylor Lupton StadiumFort Worth, TX W 10-9 Heyer (7-4) Tolleson (2-7) None 34-22
Jun 5 vs (1) #6 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 5-11 Purke (13-0) Simon (8-6) None 34-23
Jun 6 vs (2) Baylor Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 2-4 Kempf (9-2) Manthei (2-2) Pinckard (12) 34-24

Fort Worth Regional edit

Fort Worth Regional Regional Teams
(1) TCU Horned Frogs (4) Lamar Cardinals (2) Baylor Bears (3) Arizona Wildcats

2010 MLB Draft edit

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Steve Selsky RF 34 1040 Colorado Rockies

References edit

  1. ^ https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/baseball/usatpoll.htm
  2. ^ "2010 Arizona - The Baseball Cube". www.thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "2010 Baseball Roster". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "2010 Baseball Roster". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  5. ^ "Arizona 10, North Dakota State 0 (Box Score) (PDF)" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  6. ^ "2010 Baseball Schedule". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved January 14, 2022.