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Hogs finally figure out Crimson Tide’s hitters to close out series win
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Behind a dominant bullpen performance, No. 6 Arkansas fended off Alabama (21-8, 3-6 SEC), 6-5, in Sunday’s finale at Baum-Walker Stadium to clinch its second SEC weekend series win of the season.
The Razorbacks, winners of nine of their last 11 weekend series against the Crimson Tide, improved to 23-5 overall and 6-3 in SEC play with the win. Arkansas also extended its streak of consecutive games with a home run to 23 on Sunday.
“We thought today was a huge game,” Hogs coach Dave Van Horn said later. “We kinda sold out yesterday and figured we were going to piece it together today.”
They managed it, but it wasn’t particularly easy.
Alabama jumped out to an early two-run lead after knocking around Arkansas starter Ben Bybee to start the game. Bybee failed to make it out of the first, recording only two outs while allowing two runs on two hits and three walks.
Fortunately, the Razorback bullpen was up to the task. Cody Adcock entered in relief of Bybee in the first inning and recorded the final out to keep Arkansas’ deficit at two.
Jared Wegner’s RBI single followed by a wild pitch that scored Peyton Stovall from third erased the two-run gap in the bottom of the first, allowing Adcock to inherit a brand-new ballgame. The right-hander was ready for the moment, tossing 3 1/3 innings of one-run ball with three strikeouts to keep Arkansas in the game.
Alabama retook the lead in the top of the fifth on a solo home run, but Wegner punched back in the bottom half of the frame. The Razorback outfielder socked his team-leading 12th homer of the year, driving in two runs – his 42nd and 43rd RBI – to put Arkansas up, 4-3. Wegner finished 2-for-4 with three RBI and raised his season slash line to .370/.496/.800.
Working with a one-run lead, Dylan Carter relieved Adcock and fired 3 2/3 innings of one-run ball with a strikeout. Alabama would score a run on a two-out wild pitch in the top of the sixth to even the game at four apiece, but Carter’s batterymate Parker Rowland came up clutch in the bottom half of the very same inning.
Rowland’s second hit of the ballgame was a first-pitch single to center, scoring Harold Coll from third and giving Arkansas a 5-4 lead headed into the seventh. From there, the Razorback bullpen did the rest.
Carter, who earned the win and improved to 4-0, fired a 1-2-3 top of the seventh and recorded the first two outs of the eighth before turning the ball over to freshman right-hander Gage Wood. Wood retired all four he faced, striking out one in his 1 1/3 innings of work to lock down his first career save and secure the Hogs’ 5-4 series-clinching win.
Arkansas, 20-2 at home this season, will host Arkansas State at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, at Baum-Walker Stadium before venturing over to Oxford, Miss., for an SEC weekend series against Ole Miss on April 6-8.
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
Pair of homers by Bohrofen, Cali in eighth close rally for Hogs’ win
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas got a boost from an unexpected source Saturday afternoon.
In the bottom of the seventh, Alabama coach Brad Bohannon pitched a little fit with home plate umpire Mark Winters and got thrown out of the game, then mocked the Hog Call on his way back to the dugout still jumping up and down.
Not to be completely out-done, Razorbacks coach Dave Van Horn had a few choice words for Winters, too, but didn’t get thrown out, although he would also get in a few shots. It wasn’t his only chance, but that came a little later with Van Horn.
The Hogs got a three-run homer from Caleb Cali in the eighth inning to break up all the nonsense going back and forth all afternoon for a three-run inning after Jace Bohrofen’s solo shot to take a 9-6 win and even the seekend series at a sun-splashed Baumer-Walker.
After Cali’s homer, something was said by Winters behind the plate and Van Horn came out of the dugout yelling, but didn’t manage to get himself thrown out.
Alabama knocked Hogs’ starter Will McEntire around for 3.1 innings for seven hits and four earned runs for a 4-0 lead in the fourth. Dylan Carter finall got them out of the inning and lasted 2.1 innings before yielding to Cody Adcock , who got one out before Van Horn brought in Hagen Smith.
Smith, who usually comes in behind Hunter Hollan on opening night, didn’t see the field in that ugly 12-1 loss Friday night, and gave up five hits over the last three innings, but just 2 runs and walked a guy.
You got the feeling when Smith came in it was his game to figure out the rest of the way in the seventh inning.
The Hogs’ leadoff hitter, Tavian Josenberger, had another solid day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a pair of hits and RBI. He also had a chance to score a third run but was thrown out at home on a headfirst slide.
“I closed my eyes and when I opened them I saw I never got to the plate,” Josenberger said of his seventh-inning attempt.
Van Horn got a review on that play on Josenberger possibly being blocked at the plate on the slide, but it didn’t work out.
“I don’t know if they couldn’t see enough or what,” Van Horn said later.
The Hogs also got a three-run homer in the fourth inning to break open what was a 4-0 lead by the Crimson Tide and some life. It was looking grim for the more than 10,000 folks that showed up Saturday afternoon.
Now it’s a crucial Sunday game for the series. The Hogs are 5-3 in the SEC (22-5 overall) while the Crimson Tide fell to 3-5 in conference play (21-5 overall).
That final game will be at 2 p.m. Sunday on the SEC Network and ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home.
Hogs fall apart everywhere in blowout loss to Alabama
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — If you’re looking for highlights from Arkansas on Friday night, there was one.
And only one.
Razorbacks center fielder Tavian Josenberger hit a homer in the third inning. Complete highlight. That’s all, folks.
With a stiff breeze blowing from right to left across the field, the Hogs couldn’t do much against Alabama starter Ben Hess in a 12-1 loss to open a crucial three-game series at Baum-Walker Stadium.
The Razorbacks are 4-2 in conference play while the Crimson Tide are 2-4. Coach Dave Van Horn said this week in a press conference they easily could have the same record.
Alabama started the game and got the third batter on with an error on the Hogs, but Hunter Hollan on the mound got out of it without any further damage.
In the bottom of the first, Josenberger led off getting hit by a pitch, then Jace Bohrofen got a single, but the threats ended there with two quick outs on some high fly balls that were much more exciting with the high winds.
The Crimson Tide got things going in the second inning as Caden Rose led off with a double, then scored on a single by Dominic Tamez as they have a read on what Hollan is throwing.
Josenberger’s homer proved to be the last hit the Hogs could muster until the ninth when Peyton Stovall got a two-out single but it didn’t go anywhere with the game ending right after.
It snapped the Hogs’ 15-game home winning streak, the team’s longest under coach Dave Van Horn. Arkansas’ pitchers were tagged for 22 hits in the loss, the most hits allowed by a Razorback team in the Van Horn era.
Including Josenberger’s solo shot, Arkansas had just three hits. Jace Bohrofen and Peyton Stovall each picked up singles in Friday’s ballgame.
On the mound, the Hogs’ Hollan allowed seven runs on 10 hits and a walk while striking out four over four innings.
Gage Wood and Austin Ledbetter both worked in relief of Hollan, allowing five runs on 12 hits and three walks. Zack Morris, meanwhile, struck out the only batter he faced on three pitches.
The Razorbacks, on a three-game SEC losing streak in the regular season for the first time since 2019, will look to bounce back in game two of the series tomorrow at Baum-Walker Stadium.
First pitch is set for 2 p.m. Saturday on SEC Network+ with Josh Haley (play-by-play) and Troy Eklund (analyst) on the call.
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
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Hogs looking to keep home win streak going against Alabama
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — No. 6 Arkansas (21-4, 4-2 SEC) will look to secure its second SEC series win of the season when it hosts Alabama (20-6, 2-4 SEC) this weekend at Baum-Walker Stadium.
First pitch in the three-game series between the Razorbacks and Crimson Tide is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday on SEC Network+. Game two between Arkansas and Alabama will also stream on SEC Network+ at 2 p.m. Saturday while the series finale between the two Western Division foes begins at 2 p.m. Sunday on SEC Network.
The Razorbacks have won 15 consecutive games at home and are 18-1 overall inside the friendly confines of Baum-Walker Stadium this season. It marks Arkansas’ longest ever home winning streak under head coach Dave Van Horn as well as the Hogs’ longest home winning streak since 1997 (16).
Schedule
Friday, March 30
Alabama vs. No. 6 Arkansas – 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 1
Alabama vs. No. 6 Arkansas – 2 p.m.
Sunday, April 2
Alabama vs. No. 6 Arkansas – 2 p.m.
On the Mound
Friday, March 30
Alabama RHP Ben Hess (3-0, 3.34 ERA) vs. Arkansas LHP Hunter Hollan (4-0, 1.97 ERA)
Saturday, April 1
Alabama RHP Luke Holman (4-1, 2.25 ERA) vs. Arkansas RHP Will McEntire (4-1, 5.23 ERA)
Sunday, April 2
Alabama LHP Grayson Hitt (3-1, 3.77 ERA) vs. Arkansas TBA
How to Watch-Listen
Josh Haley (play-by-play) and Troy Eklund (analyst) will have the call of Friday and Saturday’s game on SEC Network, while Derek Jones (play-by-play) and Lance Cormier (analyst) will have the call of Sunday’s series finale on SEC Network.
The entire series can also be heard on ESPN Arkansas on 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home with Phil Elson (play-by-play) and Razorback great Bubba Carpenter (analyst) on the call.
Series History
Arkansas is 46-52 all-time against Alabama, including a 26-19 record in games played in Fayetteville. Under head coach Dave Van Horn, the Razorbacks are 35-28 overall against the Crimson Tide with a 19-8 mark at home.
While Alabama has won the last three games, Arkansas has dominated the series over the last decade. Since 2012, the Hogs are 20-11 overall against the Crimson Tide and have won eight of the past 10 weekend series, including a pair of three-game sweeps in Fayetteville in 2012 and 2018.
Home Streaking
The Razorbacks, 18-1 at Baum-Walker Stadium this season, ride a 15-game home winning streak into this weekend’s series against the Crimson Tide. It marks Arkansas’ longest ever home winning streak under head coach Dave Van Horn as well as the Hogs’ longest home game winning streak since 1997 (16).
Since Van Horn’s first season at the helm of the program in 2003, the Hogs have had 10 home winning streaks of 10 or more games, including four home winning streaks of 12 or more games:
15 – March 1-March 28, 2023 – current home winning streak
14 – March 5-April 2, 2022
14 – April 14-June 9, 2018
12 – Feb. 11-March 11, 2003
Let Brady Bop
Arkansas infielder Brady Slavens ranks first among all active SEC hitters and sixth among all active Division I hitters in career RBI with 161 over 189 career games played.
Slavens, who began his collegiate career at Wichita State, has driven 138 runs in 143 games at Arkansas, including 17 RBI in 23 games played this season.
Noah Ledford (Georgia Southern) – 188
Joe Kinker (FGCU) – 176
Angelo DiSpigna (Georgia Tech) – 168
T4. Brock Wilken (Wake Forest) – 163
T4. Chris Brito (Rutgers) – 163
Brady Slavens (Arkansas) – 161
Trevor Candelaria (NC State) – 159
Nick Lorusso (Maryland) – 157
Nate Thomas (Saint Joseph’s) – 156
Ben McCabe (UCF) – 153
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
