This Week in Pacific 12 Baseball (Weekend of May 18 Edition)
By Mike Vamosi
Arizona has the opportunity to keep up with Oregon as both teams enter a series with weaker opponents. California follows right behind the Wildcats by a game back.
However, the Ducks are the only one to host a series. As long as they can at least win the series, they will be in the drivers’ seat to a Pac-12 championship and a potential top eight seed in the upcoming NCAA tournament.
May 18-20 Pacific 12 Schedule –
Baseball America Top 25 Rankings, * = Conference Series
Seattle Redhawks (22-24) at No. 6 Oregon Ducks (38-14)
PK Park/Eugene, Ore.
No. 14 Arizona Wildcats (16-8, 34-15) at Southern California Trojans (7-17, 22-25)
Dedeaux Field/Los Angeles, Calif.
No. 23 Oregon State Beavers (13-11, 33-17) at Washington State Cougars (10-14, 25-24)
Bailey-Brayton Field/Pullman, Wash.
No. 17 Stanford Cardinal (14-10, 33-14) at Utah Utes (7-20, 14-35)
Spring Mobile Ballpark/Salt Lake City, Utah
No. 11 UCLA Bruins (15-9, 36-13) at California Golden Bears (9-15, 26-22)
Evans Diamond/Berkeley, Calif.
Washington Huskies (11-13, 27-21) at No. 18 Arizona State Sun Devils (14-10, 32-18)
Packard Stadium/Tempe, Ariz.
Conference Standings as of May 18, 2012 –
Team Conf. Record Games back Overall Record Last 10 Streak
No. 6 Oregon 19-8 – 38-13 9-1 W-5
No. 14 Arizona 16-8 1.5 34-15 8-2 W-4
No. 11 UCLA 15-9 2.5 36-13 8-2 W-5
No. 17 Stanford 14-10 3.5 33-14 6-4 W-4
No. 18 Arizona State 14-10 3.5 32-18 8-2 L-1
No. 23 Oregon State 13-11 4.5 33-17 5-5 W-2
Washington 11-13 6.5 27-21 6-4 W-1
Washington State 10-14 7.5 25-24 4-6 W-1
California 9-15 8.5 26-22 3-7 W-1
Southern California 7-17 10.5 22-25 2-8 L-8
Utah 7-20 12 14-35 3-7 W-1
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