#4 Arkansas Evens Series at Texas A&M; Rubber Game Tomorrow

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Brady Slavens’ two homers and Zack Morris’ three shutout innings of reduction lifted No. 4 Arkansas to a 3-1 win over Texas A&M on Saturday afternoon at Blue Bell Park.

The Razorbacks evened the sequence at one sport apiece with Saturday’s victory. Arkansas, winners of 14 of its final 15 total SEC sequence, go for the highway sequence win in tomorrow’s rubber sport.

After struggling to search out offense in yesterday’s series-opening loss, Arkansas scored a run in every of the primary three innings on Saturday. Slavens jacked his first of two homers with one out within the prime of the primary to present the Hogs an early 1-0 lead.

Chris Lanzilli led off the second with a double and got here round to attain on a wild pitch, extending Arkansas’ benefit to 2. The lead continued to develop within the very subsequent inning when Slavens stepped as much as the plate and blasted a leadoff house run to make it a 3-0 ballgame.

Slavens now has a team-leading 10 house runs on the yr to associate with his team-best 42 runs batted in. The Olathe, Kan., native additionally drew a pair of walks in Saturday’s sport and is now slashing .282/.349/.611 for the season.

Arkansas starter Hagen Smith lasted three innings earlier than giving option to the bullpen. The true freshman left-hander had hassle together with his management and walked a career-high 5 however managed to restrict the Aggies to only one run on the afternoon.

Morris emerged from the bullpen and gave the Hogs precisely what they wanted. The left-hander tossed three scoreless innings in reduction of Smith, fanning one whereas permitting only one hit and a stroll.

Zebulon Vermillion (0.1 IP) and Evan Taylor (1.2 IP) additionally made appearances in center reduction, combing for 2 scoreless innings. Taylor, the third Arkansas left-hander to throw, was sharp for the second day in a row as he struck out a pair.

The ultimate three outs got here right down to true freshman Brady Tygart. The Razorback nearer was unfazed by a hostile Texas A&M crowd, placing out one in a scoreless body to lock down the 3-1 win and earn his sixth save of the season.

Will Johnson (play-by-play) and Boomer White (analyst) can have the decision in Sunday’s rubber sport, which will get going at 1 p.m. on SEC Community+.

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