Arizona ended the regular season losing three straight games at Oregon, and now has to take on the Ducks once again to open the first-ever Pac-12 Baseball Tournament. But while on paper that should make the Wildcats an underdog, all that goes out the door with a completely different venue and much more favorable weather.
“They’re coming to our weather, they’re coming to our type of fields,” UA coach Chip Hale said Monday. “They’re coming to dirt, they’re coming to grass. And we have to use that to our advantage.”
Oregon, like the other Pac-12 teams in the Pacific Northwest, plays on an artificial turf field.