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Ruscin & Zach March 10
We welcome Zach back with all the things he missed last week. DQ makes soap now. Ruscin points out how the lunatic fringe of Kentucky fans and Arkansas fans have never been closer than they are now. Plus Zach forgets his lines.
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After 6-6 regular season followed by Liberty Bowl win over Texas Tech what they are seeing from new players.
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Columnist primarily football, but with postseason tournaments starting it’s hard not talking about hoops, Calipari has Hogs in talks.
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Razorbacks keep winning, but don’t run-rule Portland in finale
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — No. 3 Arkansas completed its weekend series sweep against Portland (5-11) with a 5-3 win Sunday afternoon at Baum-Walker Stadium to extend its season-long winning streak to 11 games and improve to 15-1 overall on the season, its best 16-game start to a campaign since 2006 and third 15-1 or better start in the Dave Van Horn era.
Arkansas has now started 15-1 or better through its first 16 games of a season three times under Van Horn (2003-present). The Razorbacks also got off to 15-1 overall starts through their first 16 games of the season in 2005 and 2006.
Brent Iredale’s three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning helped the Hogs jump out to an early lead in Sunday’s series finale. Iredale, who finished 1-for-3 with a game-high three RBI, tore the cover off the ball all weekend long, slashing .500/.583/1.600 with two doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI to help power Arkansas to the series sweep.
Portland closed its deficit to two in the second, but Ryder Helfrick launched his third homer of the season in the bottom of the inning to give Arkansas breathing room. The Razorback catcher’s solo shot to right center put the Hogs up, 4-1.
Provided with the early run support, Razorback starter Landon Beidelschies tossed five innings of three-run ball with six strikeouts to earn his third win of the season. The southpaw owns a 2.37 ERA with 20 strikeouts in 19.0 innings this year.
Wehiwa Aloy (2-for-3, RBI) and Charles Davalan (2-for-4) tallied multi-hit games for the Razorbacks in the win. Aloy’s RBI single in the bottom of the fifth represented his ninth RBI of the series and raised his season slash line to .433/.534/.850.
In the three-game set against Portland, Aloy slashed a team-leading .700/.750/1.700 with seven base hits, including a double and three home runs, and nine RBI. The Razorback shortstop logged three multi-hit performances in the process.
Davalan, meanwhile, posted a .600/.667/.900 slash line with a home run and an RBI against the Pilots. For the season, the Razorback outfielder is slashing .333/.457/.536 with three home runs, 14 RBI and a team-high 22 runs scored.
In relief of Beidelschies, Parker Coil (1.0 IP), Aiden Jimenez (1.0 IP), Christian Foutch (1.0 IP, 1 SO) and Carson Wiggins (1.0 IP, 1 SO, 1 SV) combined for four shutout innings with two strikeouts. Wiggins, the flame-throwing true freshman right-hander, locked down his third save of the season and sealed Arkansas’ 5-3 series-sweeping win against Portland.
Up next, the Razorbacks conclude their 10-game homestand at Baum-Walker Stadium with a midweek matchup Tuesday night before SEC play begins. First pitch between in-state foes Arkansas and UCA is set for 6 p.m. on SEC Network+.
Another big offensive game, strong pitching gives Razorbacks another big win
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Wehiwa Aloy homered and drove in a team-leading four RBI for the second game in a row and Zach Root matched his career high with 10 strikeouts over six scoreless innings to lead No. 3 Arkansas (14-1) to a sure-handed 10-0 shutout win in seven innings against Portland (5-10) Saturday afternoon at Baum-Walker Stadium.
With the win, the Hogs clinched their fourth straight run-rule victory as well as their 32nd consecutive non-conference home weekend series. Arkansas’ last non-conference home weekend series loss came against South Alabama in 2014.
Root, making his fourth start as a Razorback, set the tone on the mound, retiring the first eight Portland batters he faced before issuing a two-out walk in the third inning.
The left-hander, who flirted with a no-hitter before an infield single to lead off the fifth inning, logged his first quality start of the year, turning in a season-long six shutout innings of work and racking up 10 strikeouts, which matched both his season high and career high, with only three hits and a walk allowed.
Arkansas and Portland exchanged zeroes across the first two frames before Aloy’s two-run double to left center in the bottom half of the third opened the scoring.
The Hogs broke through for five runs in the fourth, powered by an RBI single from Nolan Souza (1-for-3, RBI) and a pair of homers from Justin Thomas Jr. (1-for-2, HR, 2 RBI) and Aloy.
Thomas Jr.’s two-run blast, his second home run of the season, put Arkansas ahead, 5-0, before Aloy, who finished 2-for-4 with four RBI, socked his third home run in two days a few batters later.
Aloy’s two-run blast extended the Razorbacks’ advantage to 7-0 and gave him four RBI for the second day in a row as he raised his season slash line to .421/.529/.860.
Through 15 contests, Aloy leads the Arkansas offense in base hits (24) and doubles (7) and is tied for the team lead in home runs (6) with younger brother Kuhio, who is slashing a team-leading .512/.596/1.170 with six homers and 29 RBI in 12 games.
Kuhio Aloy was held hitless for the first time this season, snapping his team-leading 11-game hit streak.
Charles Davalan had a team-high three hits, including a solo home run in the sixth, and improved his season slash line to .321/.455/.528 with three homers and 14 RBI in 15 games.
Kendall Diggs, meanwhile, walked it off in the bottom half of the seventh, cranking a two-run shot, his second home run of the season, to seal the Razorbacks’ 10-run rule win.
In relief of Root, lefty Colin Fisher spun a scoreless frame of work with a strikeout to secure the Hogs’ combined seven-inning shutout.
It was Arkansas’ first shutout since doing so in seven innings against Arkansas State on April 2, 2024.
The Razorbacks will aim for their third weekend series sweep of the season in tomorrow’s series finale at Baum-Walker Stadium. First pitch between Arkansas and Portland is scheduled for noon Sunday, March 9, on SEC+ Network.
With a sweep tomorrow, Arkansas can improve to 15-1 overall through its first 16 games of the year and match its best 16-game start to a season in the Dave Van Horn era (2003-present) since the 2005 and 2006 campaigns, when the Hogs also got off to 15-1 overall starts through their first 16 games of the season.
