When Chip Hale was hired to coach his alma mater, he inherited a roster that featured some key pieces from Arizona’s College World Series team as well as some unproven reserves and a few key newcomers.
And an undersized middle infielder who no one really knew much about, but who has become one of the Wildcats’ most consistent players.
Second baseman Garen Caulfield enters the final weekend of the regular season hitting .282 with 15 extra-base hits and 31 RBI, recording nine hits during a 7-game hit streak while going errorless in his last eight (the same number of consecutive games the UA has gone without an error).