{"id":208399,"date":"2026-03-07T03:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/208399\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T03:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:17:37","slug":"arizona-has-chance-to-get-back-on-track-hosting-fresno-state-in-3-game-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/208399\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona has chance to get back on track hosting Fresno State in 3-game series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5o\">Arizona hopes to build another winning streak after <a href=\"https:\/\/zonazealots.com\/arizona-only-2026-winning-streak-ends-with-loss-to-grand-canyon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">losing to Grand Canyon<\/a> on Tuesday. Wins over Vanderbilt and UC-Irvine last weekend at the Live Like Lou Classic gave Arizona its only <a href=\"https:\/\/zonazealots.com\/arizona-baseball-earns-its-first-2026-winning-streak-beating-uc-irvine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 winning streak<\/a>. Fresno State has won seven games and lost four entering the three-game weekend series.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">Arizona enters the weekend 248th in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.11point7.com\/college-baseball\/rpi-rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">11point7.com RPI.<\/a> Fresno State is 227th in the RPI. Fresno State lost its season-opening series to Utah, beat Pepperdine in a three-game series and two out of three at Stanford before a victory over Sacramento State on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5u\">Nate Novitske and Caleb Danzeisen were named to the All-Tournament team at the Live Like Lou Classic. Novitske was named the Most Valuable Player and has 11 hits in 19 at-bats over his last four games. Danzeisen had three hits in all at-bats with three walks while reaching base seven times. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5x\">Sky Collins hitting .415 and Mikey Boyd at .414 pace the Fresno State offense. Fresno State does not hit for a lot of power. The Bulldogs are tied for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/stats\/baseball\/d1\/current\/team\/323\/p6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">255th nationally<\/a> with five home runs in 11 games for an average of .45 per contest.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">opening up the weekend at the Juice Box \ud83e\uddc3<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udd9a | Fresno State<br \/>\ud83d\udccd | Tucson, Arizona<br \/>\ud83c\udfdf\ufe0f | Hi Corbett Field<br \/>\u23f0 | 6 PM<br \/>\ud83d\udcfa | ESPN+<br \/>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f | <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LlYEW0OVFE\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/LlYEW0OVFE<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udcca | <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q0YywTtjZP\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/q0YywTtjZP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yVNkcV9DAj\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/yVNkcV9DAj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArizonaBaseball\/status\/2029955578613878974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 6, 2026<\/a>Fresno State at Arizona: Game times and streaming<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">The first pitch for Arizona and Fresno State will be at 6 PM Mountain Standard Time on Friday and Saturday and noon on Sunday. Brody Dryden will call play-by-play on ESPN+<\/p>\n<p>Weekend pitching rotations<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6c\">Owen Kramkowski (0-2, 8.49) will start for Arizona on Friday night against Tyler Patrick (1-1, 2.77) for Fresno State. Smith Bailey (1-0, 2.65) starts for Arizona on Saturday versus Parker Heintz (0-0, 0.00) for Fresno State. Sunday features Luc Fladda (1-0, 1.29) for Arizona against Victor Arreola (0-0, 7.15).<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead for Arizona<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6i\">Arizona is on the road next week. Arizona State will host Arizona on Tuesday, before the Wildcats open Big XII play at Utah in a three-game series from Friday through Sunday next weekend. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arizona hopes to build another winning streak after losing to Grand Canyon on Tuesday. 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