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Hogs drop third game, series, to third-ranked Alabama

Alabama scored two solo runs in the second and seventh innings to defeat Arkansas, 2-0, and claim the series on Sunday afternoon at Bogle Park.

The Razorbacks (33-5, 13-2 SEC) tried to rally and brought the go-ahead run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning.

How it happened

Arkansas had its best chance to score in the bottom of the first inning but could not capitalize after loading the bases with nobody out.

Infielder Hannah Gammill doubled to left on a ball that was lost in the sun at the last moment by Alabama’s left fielder, and infielder Braxton Burnside and outfielder Hannah McEwen both walked.

A pair of strikeouts and a popout left the bags full.

The Crimson Tide (31-5, 11-4 SEC) scored the next half inning, loading the bases on two singles and a fielder’s choice, and scored their first run on a hit by pitch.

Alabama added another run in the seventh on a passed ball.

With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Arkansas loaded the bases on walks issued to outfielder Sam Torres and Burnside, but a groundout to short ended the game.

Autumn Storms (6-1) went 6.2 innings for Arkansas surrendering seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts.

She allowed two runs, but just one was earned. Mary Haff came in for one batter and induced a popout.

Montana Fouts (13-2) registered her second complete game win against the Hogs this weekend, allowing three hits and six walks with 11 strikeouts.

Alabama outhit Arkansas, 7-3, with Burnside and infielder Danielle Gibson joining Gammill in the Hogs hit column.

Both teams combined to leave 19 runners on base (Alabama – 10, Arkansas – 9).

Arkansas hits the road again and will play a three-game series at Georgia this Friday-Sunday.

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

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.

Van Horn recapping Razorbacks’ split with Ole Miss on Saturday

Arkansas came from behind in the first game to down the Rebels, 7-3, but a five-run eighth inning led to a 13-6 loss that split the twinbill.

Storms’ pitching, Green’s homers even series with Tide

Autumn Storms threw a complete game two hit shutout and Kayla Green homered twice as No. 8 Arkansas defeated No. 3 Alabama 4-0 to even the series at Bogle Park on Saturday afternoon.

All four of the Razorbacks’ (33-4, 13-1 SEC) runs came via the long ball.

The win improved the Hogs to 33-4 overall (13-1 SEC).

How it happened

Infielder Braxton Burnside’s solo home run to left, her 21st of the season, in the third inning, giving the Hogs a 1-0 lead.

Green hit the first of her two bombs in the fourth, extending the lead to 2-0, and provided even more insurance with a two-run shot in the sixth.

Green hit four home runs this week, which included her first career two home run game on Tuesday against Missouri State.

Storms (6-0) was electric inside the circle and had complete control of the Alabama lineup. She fanned a season-high 10 hitters, the most times the Crimson Tide have struck out this year.

Both hits Storms allowed were singles and Alabama only put two runners on in the same inning in the seventh on a hit by pitch and an error.

Lexi Kilfoyl (11-3) went 5.0 innings surrendering four runs on seven hits and a walk with seven strikeouts.

Arkansas outhit Alabama, 7-2, with both Green and McEwen recording a two-hit game. Storms has thrown two straight complete game shutouts in her starts after defeating No. 25 Auburn, 3-0, last weekend.

The rubber match of the series is set for 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon on SEC Network+.

Moody becomes Hogs’ first one-and-done heading to NBA

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Other programs have feasted on freshman players leaving every year for pro ball, but Arkansas hasn’t done that … until Moses Moody’s announcement Friday.

It was a surprise to no one.

Arkansas Communications released a comment from coach Eric Musselman after Moody’s announcement:

“We fully support Moses and his family in the decision to enter the NBA Draft. We were excited last spring when they trusted us to continue his basketball journey. I’ve said it many times that Moses handles his day-to-day business like a pro and he will be ahead of the curve when he starts his professional career. Moses was able to showcase his many talents in our system – including being our leading scorer and second-best rebounder – and we believe he continued to make improvements throughout the year to put himself in this position. We will continue to work with Moses and his family as well as do all we can with our connections in professional basketball to promote Moses.”

That will give Musselman an additional weapon in his arsenal rounding up players, most of whom come to college with NBA dreams.

For the first time those dreams are actually happening for a Razorback player. Now he gets to find out it’s more about business than basketball, but that’s part of making a grown-man decision.

The 6-foot-6 guard was SEC Freshman of the Year by the coaches and SEC Newcomer of the Year by the media and added AP Honorable Mention All-American honors.

In his only season with the Hogs, Moody led the Hogs and finished third in the SEC in scoring at 16.8 points per game on 42.7 percent shooting from the field, 35.8 percent (58-162) from three-point range and 81.2 percent (151-186) from the free-throw line.

Moody along with Davonte Davis and Jaylin Williams were the youngest starting lineup in the Sweet 16 and key figure in a team that advanced to the Elite Eight.

But, as expected, he’s gone.

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