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Arizona Baseball: Nick Quintana is one of the premier hitters in the Pac-12

By David Rosen

Omaha, NE - JUNE 28: A general view of an Arizona Wildcats glove and cap on the bench in the dugout, prior to game two of the College World Series Championship Series against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers on June 28, 2016 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
Omaha, NE - JUNE 28: A general view of an Arizona Wildcats glove and cap on the bench in the dugout, prior to game two of the College World Series Championship Series against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers on June 28, 2016 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images) /
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Arizona Wildcats sophomore Nick Quintana is having himself quite the year, becoming one of the top hitters in a highly competitive conference.

The flow is back at it again! In his second year with the Arizona Wildcats, Nick Quintana has become one of the premier hitters in Pac-12 and in college baseball. After a sensational freshman year, he has continued that momentum into his sophomore season with consecutive multiple-hit games. When the flow steps up to bat, don’t blink or else you may miss another hit!

From high school to college baseball, Quintana has been a force to be reckoned with. He even played summer ball this past year for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League and led the team with six home runs. Hits and homers, it doesn’t matter where he plays, Quintana knows how to get the job done.

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He is listed at 5 foot 7 and 187 lbs and has put a lot of work into perfecting his craft. Scary to think he is only a sophomore and many more years of baseball ahead of him to get even better! After he is done playing baseball at Arizona, he will look to show off “the flow” for the Boston Red Sox. Back in 2016, Quintana was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th Round.

This season, he leads the team in slug percentage at  .585 and home runs with 7. Among the top hitters in the Pac-12, Quintana is the overall No.10 slugger in a powerful group of hitters.

He is also ranked No. 8 in hits, No. 6 in RBI, No. 2 in doubles, No. 7 in home runs and No. 6 in totals bases in the Pac-12.

Quintana has an on-base percentage of .409, with 30 hits out of 142 at-bats, 13 doubles, and 35 RBIs. At one point this season, he had 8 consecutive games where he had at least one hit. During that same stretch, he had 21 RBIs!

Game one on the road against the USC Trojans, Quintana was on fire. Watch as he hits his third double of the night down the third base line:

The Wildcats are 22-12 overall and 6-6 in the Pac-12. They just wrapped up the and won the three series against USC. Next, the Cats play one home game against BYU and then continue onto Pac-12 play against the No.2 ranked Stanford Cardinals at home, where they are 16-2.

Arizona beat the Trojans a whopping 14-2 behind Nick’s hot bat (drove in four runs), here are the video highlights.

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As this baseball team continues to win and get stronger, and Quintana continues to swing that hot bat, this team has a very good chance of making a deep run during the postseason.  The flow of this team is looking good, BEAR DOWN!

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