Arkansas opens the team’s fall series on Friday afternoon inside the friendly confines of Baum-Walker Stadium.
The roster has been divided into two teams, with student assistant DJ Baxendale and volunteer assistant coach Bobby Wernes coaching the competing squads.
The series opens Friday at 3 p.m. but due to Covid-19 fans will not be allowed to attend the fall series this year.
Beginning on Sunday the series will be available on SEC Network+ starting with Game 2 at 1 p.m.
The two teams will square off in a seven-game series with the intent to play all seven games. All seven games are scheduled for seven innings.
The Razorbacks are coming off a shortened season that saw the team go 11-5 before the remainder of the season was canceled due to the pandemic.
The Hogs were led by Heston Kjerstad and Casey Martin, who were both picked in the limited Major League Baseball Draft in June. Kjerstad was picked second overall by Baltimore with Martin going in the third round to the Philadelphia Phillies.
Van Horn’s Hogs return six players that started at least 13 of the team’s 16 games, including outfielder Christian Franklin who hit .381 with eight extra-base hits.
On the mound, the team returns seven arms that started games last spring, including weekend starters Connor Noland and Patrick Wicklander.
Game – Date – Time – Starting Pitchers (Red vs. Black)
Game 1 – Friday, Oct. 16 – 3 p.m. – LHP Caden Monke vs. RHP Connor Noland
Game 2 – Sunday, Oct. 18 – 1 p.m. on SECN+ – RHP Kole Ramage vs. RHP Caleb Bolden
Game 3 – Monday, Oct. 19 – 3 p.m. on SECN+ – RHP Zebulon Vermillion vs. LHP Patrick Wicklander
Game 4 – Wednesday, Oct. 21 – 3 p.m. on SECN+ – RHP Blake Adams vs. RHP Jaxon Wiggins
Game 5 – Friday, Oct. 23 – 3 p.m. on SECN+ – LHP Lael Lockhart vs. RHP Will McEntire
Game 6 – Saturday, Oct. 24 – 1 p.m. on SECN+ – TBA vs. TBA
Game 7 – Sunday, Oct. 25 – 1 p.m. on SECN+ – TBA vs. TBA
| Red Team | Black Team |
|---|---|
| Position Players | Position Players |
| 1 Robert Moore | 4 Jalen Battles |
| 3 Zack Gregory | 5 Jacob Nesbit |
| 6 Michael Brooks | 7 Cayden Wallace |
| 8 Braydon Webb | 9 Clayton Gray |
| 10 Matt Goodheart | 11 Cason Tollett |
| 12 Casey Opitz | 15 Dylan Leach |
| 14 Cullen Smith | 19 Charlie Welch |
| 16 Zac White | 24 Bryce Matthews |
| 17 Brady Slavens | 25 Christian Franklin |
| 44 Jackson Cobb | 26 Ethan Bates |
| Pitchers | Pitchers |
| 18 Lael Lockhart | 13 Connor Noland |
| 21 Jacob Burton | 20 Elijah Trest |
| 27 Blake Adams | 22 Jaxon Wiggins |
| 28 Kole Ramage | *29 Nate Wohlgemuth |
| 32 Zack Morris | 31 Caleb Bolden |
| 34 Nick Griffin | 33 Patrick Wicklander |
| 35 Ryan Costeiu | 39 Evan Taylor |
| 36 Peyton Pallette | 40 Corey Spain |
| 37 Caden Monke | 41 Will McEntire |
| 38 Mark Adamiak | 43 Miller Pleimann |
| 48 Heston Tole | 45 Kevin Kopps |
| 49 Liam Henry | 46 Tyler Cacciatori |
| 50 Matthew Magre | 52 Louis Stallone |
| 58 Evan Gray | 55 Gabriel Starks |
| 59 Issac Bracken | 57 Nathan Rintz |
| 88 Zebulon Vermillion | * also listed as an outfielder |
