After a rough month of March and an even worse start in April, the Wildcat baseball team presses on looking for that special win that will turn everything around. Arizona (20-23 overall, 4-14 in the Pacific 10 Conference Southern Division) has lost seven straight, which could be considered retribution for their eight-game winning streak earlier in the season. Here are the notes for the Arizona baseball team.

Beware the number three: Three Wildcats are at the top of the Six-Pac in triples. First in triples is senior second baseman John Powers with seven, second is junior Jeff Gjerde with five and third is Erik Mattern with four.

Hit man: Gjerde leads the Six-Pac in hits with 67, and right behind him is Powers with 62. Also in the top 10 is sophomore center fielder Diego Rico who is tied for seventh with 52. Gjerde also leads the Six-Pac in runs batted in with 51. Other Arizona players in the top 10 in RBI are junior first baseman Brian Becker who is in seventh place with 37, and Rico, who is tied for eighth with 35 RBI. Gjerde is fifth in overall batting average with a .399 average through 42 games.

This spot is reserved for power hitters: Kenny Corley hit his ninth home run Tuesday night, which ties him for second in the Six-Pac. Gjerde is tied for seventh with six home runs. Working his way up into the standings is Powers, who got his first home run on Tuesday night. Corley is third in slugging percentage with .736 in 101 at bats. Gjerde is fifth with a percentage of .643 in 168 at bats.

Arm of the future: Freshman Darrell Hussman (2-2, 5.40 ERA) had his longest outing of the season, going 6 1/3 innings against Southern Cal last Sunday. He allowed only five hits and two earned runs with one walk and one strikeout. The two earned runs came from a home run in the fourth inning which eventually won the game for the Trojans. He has accomplished all this after missing the first two months of the season with mononucleosis.

The missing link: The Wildcats have players in the top 10 of every offensive category in the Six-Pac. On the other hand, the Wildcats have players in only one pitching category: walks. Senior Shawn Barrington leads the Six-Pac with only 11 walks in 51.1 innings pitched for an average of 1.94 walks per nine innings.