HawgBeat – How to watch No. 8 Arkansas vs Illinois State, starting pitchers, more

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The No. 8 Arkansas Razorbacks (5-2) will host the Illinois State Redbirds (4-3) at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville on Wednesday afternoon.

After taking two out of a three-game collection in opposition to Japanese Illinois over the weekend, the Razorbacks are again to face one other staff from the Prairie State within the Illinois State Redbirds.

Illinois State went 2-2 final week, falling 6-5 in a midweek sport at SIU-Edwardsville and profitable two video games out of three in Jonesboro in opposition to Arkansas State. After dealing with the Razorbacks, the Redbirds will full their journey across the state taking up Central Arkansas in a weekend collection.

Getting the beginning on the mound for Arkansas can be senior left-hander Zack Morris, who can be making his first begin and third general outing of the season. The southpaw from Cabot will pitch in his forty seventh profession sport at Arkansas, and he has a profession 7-2 report with 61.0 innings pitched and 50 complete strikeouts in that span.

The Redbirds will begin freshman right-hander Thomas Harper, who can be making his second profession begin after getting the nod for Illinois State’s midweek outing in opposition to SIU-Edwardsville. The Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, native threw 4.0 innings in opposition to the Cougars, permitting 5 hits, two runs, 5 walks and struck out 4 within the 6-5 loss.

HawgBeat could have you coated with reside updates, stats, commentary and rather more all through the sport, and you’ll take a look at particulars on find out how to watch, beginning pitchers, beginning lineups once they’re posted, notes and extra beneath:

Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (5-2) vs Illinois State Redbirds (4-3)

When: 3 p.m. CT Wednesday

The place: Fayetteville, Arkansas — Baum-Walker Stadium

Stream/On-line: SEC Community+ (Brett Dolan and Troy Eklund)

Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports activities Community (Chuck Barrett and Bubba Carpenter)

Senior LHP Zack Morris

6’3″, 225 kilos / Cabot, Arkansas / Cabot HS

2023 stats: 0-1, 13.50 ERA, 3 GP, 5.1 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 8 ER, 4 Okay, 2 BB

Freshman RHP Thomas Harper

6’4″, 205 kilos / Wauwatosa, Wisconsin / Wauatosa East HS

2023 stats: 0-0, 3.60 ERA, 2 GP, 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 Okay, 5 BB

~ Arkansas is ranked by all six main school baseball polls after the second weekend of play:

D1Baseball – No. 8 (+1)

Excellent Recreation – No. 3

NCBWA – No. 7

USA In the present day Coaches – No. 8 (-2)

Collegiate Baseball – No. 7 (-1)

Baseball America – No. 9 (+2)

~ Arkansas is 7-3 all-time in opposition to Illinois State, profitable the final two conferences within the collection. Their first assembly was a 3-game collection in Fayetteville in 1992 with the Razorbacks sweeping the Redbirds. All 10 conferences have are available in Fayetteville.

~ The Razorbacks confronted Illinois State within the opening weekend in 2022. The Redbirds handed Arkansas their first opening day loss since 1994, profitable 3-2.

~ Arkansas is 63-13 all-time in opposition to Division 1 groups from the state of Illinois (Japanese Illinois, Illinois, Illinois State, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, SIU-Edwardsville, Western Illinois)

~ Illinois State was picked preseason to complete seventh within the Missouri Valley Convention ballot

~ One Redbird was named to the preseason All-MVC Crew: Sixth-year senior reduction pitcher Jared Hart.

Some notes courtesy of Arkansas Communications

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