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Hogs can’t do anything with Georgia for second night in a row

Razorbacks will try to avoid series sweep Saturday with a last-ditch effort to save something on road trip to Georgia.

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Arkansas’ frustrations continue to grow.

For the second straight night, the Razorbacks couldn’t do anything with Georgia and had a 7-3 loss that really wasn’t that close. It never really felt close.

Charlie Goldstein started on the mound for the Bulldogs struck out five Hogs without walking any in six scoreless innings of work, and Arkansas finished just 7-for-31 at the plate overall.

“(Goldstein) threw really well, but we didn’t do a good job, obviously,” Hogs coach Dave Van Horn said. “It was two nights in a row that their starting pitcher has been a lot better than ours. Yesterday, combo-ed with the defense, they got us early. Today they jumped on us and hit the ball out of the park.”

For the second night in a row, the Hogs couldn’t get any hits when it mattered. Brady Slavens hit a homer in the eighth, but they left the bases loaded. Considering they only left five guys on base the entire game, that’s three in one inning.

“We left runners out there early and didn’t have very many in the first few innings, but the ones we did have we didn’t do much with it,” Van Horn said later.

That included a Jace Bohrofen, who delivered an RBI double in the eighth, also got picked off second base.

“That wasn’t very smart,” Van Horn said.

The Hogs went with Will McEntire to start the game but Georgia lit him up for four runs in the second inning and another one in the third.

“He threw some good breaking balls early, but obviously they clubbed him in the second,” Van Horn said. “When he made a mistake, they hammered it. When he left it up or in. Those were all pull-side home runs. It was a good job of hitting by them.”

Now the Hogs have lost two games in a row for the first time this year and are needing a win Saturday to avoid a sweep for the first time this season.

“We’ve been out-played, pretty much in every aspect of the game, you know, fielding, hitting, baserunning, pitching,” Arkansas head coach Dave Van Horn said. “They’ve kind of gotten after us.

“There’s no easy wins on the schedule,” Van Horn said. “We’re going to have to play a lot better than we have the last two days.”

The Hogs and Bulldogs will play the third game of the series Saturday at 1 p.m. and it will be streamed on ESPN+.

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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 (18)8-02521
2.Conway (6)8-02302
3.Greenwood (2)8-02103
4.Little Rock Parkview7-11714
5.Bentonville5-31416
6.Benton7-11265
7.Fayetteville6-21008
8.Pulaski Academy6-2757
9.Rogers5-3459
10.Shiloh Christian6-24010
Others receiving votes: Marion 13, Valley View 9, Joe T Robinson 8, Mountain Home 4, Cabot 3, Elkins 3.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (20)8-01241
2.Conway (6)8-01052
3.Bentonville5-3753
4.Fayetteville6-2455
5.Pulaski Academy6-2354
Others receiving votes: Rogers 5.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (26)8-01301
2.Benton7-11022
3.Shiloh Christian6-2713
4.Marion7-1524
5.Mountain Home7-131
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 4.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (23)7-11271
2.Joe T Robinson7-1902
3.Valley View (3)8-0803
4.Hot Springs Lakeside7-1484
5.Farmington7-130
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 4, Maumelle 4, Morrilton 3, Greenbrier 2, Harding Academy 1.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (19)8-01161
2.Arkadelphia (5)6-2792
3.Little Rock Mills (1)8-0703
4.Warren6-2404
5.Malvern (1)8-0315
Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 22, Southside Batesville 11, Mena 8, Bauxite 7, DeWitt 4, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
4.Bismarck (15)8-01054
5.Fordyce (4)8-0765
Prescott (3)7-1531t
1.Osceola (2)6-149
3.Mayflower (1)8-036
Others receiving votes: Booneville (1) 31, Rivercrest 19, Mansfield 14, Charleston 4, Rison 3.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (21)8-01211
2.Conway Christian (4)8-01042
3.Des Arc7-1663
4.Bigelow (1)6-2455
5.Murfreesboro6-230
Others receiving votes: Marked Tree 10, Mineral Springs 6, Junction City 5, Cross County 1, Mount Ida 1, Poyen 1
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)5-0761
2.Midland (1)7-0502
3.Cedar Ridge7-1253
Others receiving votes: Rector 5.

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