# 2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

The 2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Frank Sancet Stadium. The team was coached by Jerry Stitt in his 4th season at Arizona. The Wildcats would finish 7th in the Pacific-10 Conference with a record of 8-16, 26-30 overall. This was the Wildcats 1st losing season since Jerry Kindall's final season in 1996.

## Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 1999 season with a record of 33-23 (13-11 Pac-10), good enough for a 3rd place finish in the conference. Arizona was selected to the postseason for the 1st time since 1993 and was placed in the Waco Regional as the 3-seed. The Wildcats would fail to win a game, losing two matches in a row to 2-seed Minnesota and 4-seed Eastern Illinois to be eliminated.

## Personnel
### Opening day

Opening Day Starters :
| Name | Position |
| Troy Gingrich | Center fielder |
| Ryan O'Donnell | Left fielder |
| Keoni DeRenne | Shortstop |
| Shelley Duncan | Right fielder |
| Erik Torres | Third baseman |
| Matt Abram | Designated hitter |
| Ernie Durazo | First baseman |
| Chris Cunningham | Catcher |
| Brad Hassey | Second baseman |
| Ben Diggins | Starting pitcher |

## Schedule and results

2000 Arizona Wildcats baseball game log :
| Regular season ||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win/Loss | Overall Record | Pac-10 Record |
| Jan 21 | Saint Mary's | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 11-2 | Diggins (1-0) | 1-0 | |
| Jan 22 | Saint Mary's | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 3-4 | Crawford (0-1) | 1-1 | |
| Jan 23 | Saint Mary's | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 5-2 | Pemble (1-0) | 2-1 | |
| Jan 28 | San Francisco | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 4-3 | Milo (1-0) | 3-1 | |
| Jan 29 | San Francisco | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 21-7 | Crawford (1-1) | 4-1 | |
| Jan 30 | San Francisco | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 10-16 | Meyer (0-1) | 4-2 | |
| Jan 31 | BYU | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 9-15 | Milo (1-1) | 4-3 | |
| Feb 1 | BYU | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 1-8 | Meyer (0-2) | 4-4 | |
| Feb 3 | New Mexico | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 7-3 | Diggins (2-0) | 5-4 | |
| Feb 4 | New Mexico | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 14-7 | Crawford (2-1) | 6-4 | |
| Feb 5 | New Mexico | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 6-4 | Pemble (2-0) | 7-4 | |
| Feb 11 | Nevada | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 7-10 | Milo (1-2) | 7-5 | |
| Feb 12 | Nevada | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 12-22 | Crawford (2-2) | 7-6 | |
| Feb 13 | Nevada | #19 | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 9-3 | Pemble (3-0) | 8-6 | |
| Feb 16 | at Texas-A&M-Corpus Christi | | Cabaniss Field • Corpus Christi, TX | W 23-8 | Crawford (3-2) | 9-6 | |
| Feb 18 | at Texas A&M | | Olsen Field • College Station, TX | W 4-1 | Diggins (3-0) | 10-6 | |
| Feb 19 | at Texas A&M | | Olsen Field • College Station, TX | L 3-8 | Pemble (3-1) | 10-7 | |
| Feb 20 | at Texas A&M | | Olsen Field • College Station, TX | L 3-7 | Crawford (3-3) | 10-8 | |
| Feb 25 | #12 Tulane | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 4-3 | Diggins (4-0) | 11-8 | |
| Feb 26 | #12 Tulane | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 19-7 | Crawford (4-3) | 12-8 | |
| Feb 27 | #12 Tulane | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 8-5 | Shabansky (1-0) | 13-8 | |
| Mar 3 | at #18 Arizona State | | Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ | L 7-9 | Milo (1-3) | 13-9 | |
| Mar 4 | at #18 Arizona State | | Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ | L 3-32 | Pemble (3-2) | 13-10 | |
| Mar 5 | at #18 Arizona State | | Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ | L 8-14 | Shabansky (1-1) | 13-11 | |
| Mar 10 | UC Santa Barbara | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 12-8 | Milo (2-3) | 14-11 | |
| Mar 11 | UC Santa Barbara | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 12-15 | Schulz (0-1) | 14-12 | |
| Mar 12 | UC Santa Barbara | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 10-4 | Diggins (5-0) | 15-12 | |
| Mar 14 | #9 Houston | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 4-10 | Crawford (4-4) | 15-13 | |
| Mar 17 | California | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 4-1 | Diggins (6-0) | 16-13 | 1-0 |
| Mar 18 | California | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 6-26 | Pemble (3-3) | 16-14 | 1-1 |
| Mar 19 | California | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 14-24 | Milo (2-4) | 16-15 | 1-2 |
| Mar 21 | Grand Canyon | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 7-8 | Milo (2-5) | 16-16 | |
| Mar 24 | at #4 Stanford | | Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA | W 8-5 | Diggins (7-0) | 17-16 | 2-2 |
| Mar 25 | at #4 Stanford | | Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA | L 4-6 | Crawford (4-5) | 17-17 | 2-3 |
| Mar 26 | at #4 Stanford | | Sunken Diamond • Palo Alto, CA | L 1-7 | Shabansky (1-2) | 17-18 | 2-4 |
| Mar 31 | #10 USC | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 11-4 | Diggins (8-0) | 18-18 | 3-4 |
| Apr 1 | #10 USC | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 9-20 | Shabansky (1-3) | 18-19 | 3-5 |
| Apr 2 | #10 USC | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 2-6 | Crawford (4-6) | 18-20 | 3-6 |
| Apr 7 | at Washington | | Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA | L 2-6 | Diggins (8-1) | 18-21 | 3-7 |
| Apr 8 | at Washington | | Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA | W 14-8 | Milo (3-5) | 19-21 | 4-7 |
| Apr 9 | at Washington | | Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA | W 3-2 | Meyer (1-2) | 20-21 | 5-7 |
| Apr 14 | at Oregon State | | Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR | L 3-6 | Diggins (8-2) | 20-22 | 5-8 |
| Apr 15 | at Oregon State | | Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR | L 4-10 | Milo (3-6) | 20-23 | 5-9 |
| Apr 16 | at Oregon State | | Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR | W 10-5 | Shabansky (2-3) | 21-23 | 6-9 |
| Apr 20 | Washington State | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 4-12 | Diggins (8-3) | 21-24 | 6-10 |
| Apr 21 | Washington State | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 6-9 | Shabansky (2-4) | 21-25 | 6-11 |
| Apr 22 | Washington State | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 21-3 | Milo (4-6) | 22-25 | 7-11 |
| Apr 28 | Cal State Northridge | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 6-1 | Diggins (9-3) | 23-25 | |
| Apr 29 | Cal State Northridge | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 12-8 | Shabansky (3-4) | 24-25 | |
| Apr 30 | Cal State Northridge | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 9-7 | Milo (5-6) | 25-25 | |
| May 13 | at UCLA | | Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | L 3-5 | Diggins (9-4) | 25-26 | 7-12 |
| May 14 | at UCLA | | Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | L 0-10 | Shabansky (3-5) | 25-27 | 7-13 |
| May 15 | at #22 UCLA | | Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | L 5-8 | Meyer (1-3) | 25-28 | 7-14 |
| May 19 | #4 Arizona State | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | W 19-11 | Diggins (10-4) | 26-28 | 8-14 |
| May 20 | #4 Arizona State | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 4-11 | Shabansky (3-6) | 26-29 | 8-15 |
| May 21 | #4 Arizona State | | Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ | L 10-24 | Milo (5-7) | 26-30 | 8-16 |

## 2000 MLB Draft

| Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
| Ben Diggins | RHP | 2 | 62 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| David Abbott | RHP | 12 | 361 | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Keoni DeRenne | SS | 36 | 1067 | Atlanta Braves |
| Mike Meyer | RHP | 38 | 1127 | St. Louis Cardinals |