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After long Saturday, Hogs look to close out Ole Miss series

After weather postponed Friday night’s series opener, Arkansas snagged a 7-3 win in game one before falling, 13-6, in Saturday’s nightcap.

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OXFORD, Miss. — There was seven hours of baseball played on Saturday at Swayze Field.

Forced to take on Ole Miss in a series-opening doubleheader due to yesterday’s weather-related postponement, Arkansas snagged a 7-3 win in game one before falling, 13-6, in Saturday’s nightcap.

The Razorbacks move to 25-5 overall on the year, including 8-3 in SEC play, with the two-game split.

The Hogs, Baseball America’s No. 1 team in the country, will go for the series win against the Rebels, the publication’s No. 3 team, at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

You can hear the game at HitThatLine.com HERE or on ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home.

Arkansas last won a series in Oxford during the 2010 campaign.

Game One 

The Comeback Kids made an appearance to start the day, falling behind by three runs early before mounting yet another rally late in the ballgame.

Starter Patrick Wicklander lasted four innings, striking out seven while allowing three runs on seven hits and four walks. Arkansas trailed by three when he departed the game, and the Hog bullpen kept it that way.

Zebulon Vermillion, Ryan Costeiu and Kevin Kopps combined for five scoreless innings in relief of Wicklander. The trio struck out nine in total, led by Kopps’ five strikeouts.

Their dominance allowed the Razorback bats to piece together a comeback rally starting in the sixth.

Arkansas scored seven unanswered runs across three innings, tacking on three in the sixth and two more in both the seventh and eighth.

Matt Goodheart (three hits), Cayden Wallace (two RBI) and Christian Franklin (two RBI) powered the come-from-behind effort.

The Razorbacks took the lead on a run-scoring, bases-loaded walk in the seventh before Wallace put the game away for good with his two-RBI double in the eighth.

Kopps, who closed out the final three innings of the ballgame, earned his fourth save of the season in the 7-3 win.

Game Two 

After overcoming a multiple-run deficit earlier in the day, Arkansas could not do it again in the nightcap. 

Ole Miss jumped out to a 5-0 lead after three innings and never lost the advantage. The Razorbacks narrowed their deficit to two runs on two occasions but would not get any closer than that.

The Hog offense tallied 12 hits in the 13-6 loss, including two base knocks by both Robert Moore and Jalen Battles.

Franklin, meanwhile, hammered his eighth homer of the year in the setback.

Starter Peyton Pallette struck out five in four innings, but the Rebels tagged the Razorback righty for seven runs before getting to reliever Kole Ramage for six more.

Zack Morris and Elijah Trest each tossed a scoreless inning out of the bullpen.

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (25)10-02681
2.Greenwood (2)10-02343
30Conway9-12022
4.Little Rock Parkview9-11714
5.Bentonville7-31625
6.Benton9-11486
7.Fayetteville8-21117
8.Pulaski Academy8-2898
9.Rogers7-3439
10.Joe T. Robinson9-122
Others receiving votes: Valley View 8, Mountain Home 7, Cabot 6, Little Rock Catholic 6, Shiloh Christian 6, Elkins 1, Farmington 1.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (27)10-01351
2.Conway9-11022
3.Bentonville7-3813
4.Fayetteville8-2454
5.Pulaski Academy8-2395
Others receiving votes: Rogers 3.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (27)10-01351
2.Benton9-11082
3.Mountain Home8-2623
4.Shiloh Christian7-3494
5.Little Rock Catholic9-1345
Others receiving votes: Marion 6.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (27)9-11351
2.Joe T. Robinson9-11062
3.Valley View10-0793
4.Farmington9-1484
5.Hot Springs Lakeside8-2205
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 7, Harding Academy 7, Morrilton 3.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (20)10-01261
3.Arkadelphia (5)8-2913
2.Little Rock Mills (1)10-0682
4.Warren8-2554
5.Dardanell (1)9-123
Southside Batesville10-023
Others receiving votes: Malvern 12, Gravette 5, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
1.Bismarck (12)10-01051t
2.Fordyce (10)10-0961t
3.Prescott (1)9-1704
4.Osceola (2)8-1543
5.Booneville (1)9-1395
Others receiving votes: Mansfield (1) 23, Rivercrest 10, Rison 4, Salem 4.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (20)10-01271
2.Conway Christian (7)10-01152
3.Des Arc8-2595
4.East Poinsett Co.7-352
5.Bigelow6-4183
Murfreesboro7-3184
Others receiving votes: Mount Ida 6, Junction City 4, Cross County 3, Poyen 3.
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (27)5-0811
2.Midland9-0532
3.Cedar Ridge8-1253
Others receiving votes: Woodlawn 3.

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