#7 Arkansas Hosts Auburn on SEC Opening Weekend

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – No. 7 Arkansas (15-2), winners of 10 consecutive video games, performs host to Auburn (13-3-1) on SEC Opening Weekend at Baum-Walker Stadium.

First pitch of the three-game sequence between the Razorbacks and Tigers is about for 4 p.m. Friday, March 17, on SEC Community+. The sequence opener, initially scheduled for six:30 p.m., was moved up as a consequence of forecasted chilly temperatures.

Relationship again to 2017, Arkansas has gained 5 straight sequence on SEC Opening Weekend. The Razorbacks, who haven’t opened league play in opposition to Auburn since 2011, have gained 4 consecutive weekend sequence in opposition to the Tigers.

Schedule
Friday, March 17
Auburn vs. #7 Arkansas – 4 p.m. – SEC Community+ – Hear – Reside Stats

Saturday, March 18
Auburn vs. #7 Arkansas – 2 p.m. – SEC Community+ – Hear – Reside Stats

Sunday, March 19
Auburn vs. #7 Arkansas – 2 p.m. – SEC Community+ – Hear – Reside Stats

On the Mound
Friday, March 17
Auburn LHP Tommy Vail (2-0, 0.63 ERA) vs. Arkansas LHP Hunter Hollan (3-0, 2.18 ERA)

Saturday, March 18
Auburn LHP Zach Crotchfelt (0-0, 4.41 ERA) vs. Arkansas RHP Will McEntire (3-0, 3.48 ERA)

Sunday, March 19
Auburn TBA vs. Arkansas TBA

The Razorbacks will begin left-hander Hunter Hollan in Friday’s sequence opener. The junior school product had been Arkansas’ Sunday starter by means of the primary 4 weekends of the season, posting a 3-0 document with a 2.18 ERA and 21 strikeouts over 20 2/3 innings of labor.

Tune In
Brett Dolan (play-by-play) and Troy Eklund (analyst) may have the decision of Friday and Sunday’s sport on SEC Community+. Josh Haley will deal with the play-by-play duties on Saturday.

All the weekend sequence between Arkansas and Auburn will also be heard on the Razorback Sports activities Community from Learfield, together with domestically in Fayetteville on 92.1 FM or by means of the Razorback app, with Phil Elson (play-by-play) and Bubba Carpenter (analyst) on the decision. A full checklist of radio associates is obtainable right here.

Collection Historical past
Arkansas is 51-49 all-time in opposition to Auburn, together with a 26-19 document in video games performed in Fayetteville. Below head coach Dave Van Horn, the Razorbacks are 36-23 total with a 17-10 benefit at dwelling in opposition to the Tigers.

Arkansas, which has not misplaced a sequence to the Tigers since 2017, has not dropped a sequence in opposition to Auburn in Fayetteville since 2014. The Razorbacks have picked up two sequence sweeps in that span, doing so in 2016 and 2018.

Within the final assembly between the 2 SEC West foes, Arkansas defeated Auburn, 11-1, on June 21, 2022, within the School World Collection in Omaha, Neb. The Razorbacks’ lopsided win at Charles Schwab Discipline ended the Tigers’ season.

HaWWWWWWWWWWgs
Arkansas prolonged its profitable streak to 10 video games on Wednesday, finishing its midweek sequence sweep in opposition to UNLV.

The Razorbacks have posted win streaks of 10 or extra video games in every of the final three seasons, together with 12-game profitable streaks in each 2021 and 2022. They mark Arkansas’ longest since 2010, when the Hogs gained 13 in a row.

Homestand Heroes
Friday’s contest is the fifteenth sport of the Hogs’ 18-game homestand at Baum-Walker Stadium. Arkansas, 13-1 by means of the primary 14 video games of its homestand, is 15-2 total (.882 profitable share) on the 12 months, its greatest mark coming into SEC play since 2012.

In 2012, the Razorbacks accomplished its non-conference weekend sequence slate with a 16-2 total document (.889 profitable share). Arkansas completed that season with a 46-22 total document, advancing to the School World Collection for the seventh time in program historical past.

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