OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Connor Noland allowed one run over 7 2/3 environment friendly innings, Chris Lanzilli hit a tiebreaking three-run homer and Arkansas beat No. 2 nationwide seed Stanford 17-2 on Saturday within the most-lopsided School World Collection sport in 34 years.
The Razorbacks knocked out Pac-12 pitcher of the yr Alex Williams within the fifth inning and went on to log their greatest margin of victory in 36 CWS video games. It was Stanford’s greatest loss of their 73 CWS video games.
“I assumed we performed only a implausible sport,” Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn mentioned. “Began on the mound with pitching. Excellent. Lots of strikes. Protection behind him was excellent as nicely. And offensively swung the bat extraordinarily nicely up and down the lineup. Bought manufacturing 1 via 9.”
The Razorbacks (44-19) will play Monday in opposition to Mississippi, a 5-1 winner over Auburn within the evening sport. Stanford (47-17) will face Auburn in an elimination sport.
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Arkansas scored 11 runs within the final three innings and completed with a season-high 21 hits, together with Cayden Wallace’s thirtieth profession homer within the ninth.
“That’s not what you need the nation to see. We haven’t been that staff,” Stanford coach David Esquer mentioned. “You may’t let (the gamers) fear about that or really feel like that’s their defining second of the season. It’s simply a type of that you simply’ve bought to flush.”
Noland (8-5) surrendered a homer to Stanford leadoff man Brock Jones on his third pitch, however with the assistance of a protection that turned double performs to get him out of two jams, Stanford did not rating once more till Carter Graham greeted reliever Kole Ramage with a base hit within the eighth.
Noland threw solely 79 pitches on a scorching, humid afternoon when the feels-like temperature reached 106 levels. He induced 11 groundball outs and 7 flyouts, and his solely strikeout got here within the sixth inning. Apart from Jones’ homer, all of the Cardinal mustered in opposition to him have been 5 singles and a stroll.
“I knew they have been going to swing the bat. They’re an aggressive staff, they wish to put the ball in play,” Noland mentioned. “We had the wind blowing in. I get lots of floor balls usually. I simply caught to the plan. I let the protection work behind me.”
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Razorbacks followers rose and gave Noland an ovation, a lot of them “Calling the Hogs,” as he hugged teammates and walked from the mound to the dugout.
“Our offense did an excellent job of placing the ball in play and testing their protection,” Jones mentioned. “That they had actually good protection right this moment, and he was capable of pound the zone.”
Williams (8-4) struggled for a 3rd straight begin within the NCAA Event. He gave up a triple to Braydon Webb on the sport’s first pitch, hit a batter and issued a stroll however bought out of the inning down solely 1-0.
Williams settled down the subsequent three innings, then gave up back-to-back singles within the fifth earlier than Lanzilli hammered a changeup a dozen rows into the left-center seats to make it 4-1.
“To play on this stage is absolutely why I got here right here,” mentioned Lanzilli, who transferred from Wake Forest. “And to do one thing like that’s superior, and to win the sport is even higher. I simply need to hold it rolling.”
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When Robert Moore adopted with a base hit, the day was over for Williams, who has allowed 16 runs in his final 10 1/3 innings (13.94 ERA).
The Razorbacks, who managed solely three hits in a 5-0 loss to Stanford in February, went on handy the Cardinal the worst loss in a CWS since Arizona State hammered Wichita State 19-1 in 1988.
It was Arkansas’ first win over the Cardinal for the reason that 1985 CWS.
“At the moment’s rating bought out of hand,” Van Horn mentioned. “And I feel coach Esquer was — he didn’t need to say it — however he threw some guys they wouldn’t usually pitch. These final three innings we scored 10, 11 runs. You may take these off the board a bit of bit. He’s making an attempt to get via this the place we could play once more.”
Stanford is in a well-recognized place after having to win three elimination video games in regionals and two in tremendous regionals to advance.
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“We’ve been taking part in with our backs up in opposition to the wall for a while now,” Esquer mentioned. “Looks as if we have performed our greatest when that’s the case.”
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Transfer guard Melo Sanchez committed to go on scholarship at Arkansas and is expected to be part of the 2024-25 team, his father said Tuesday.
Sanchez, 6-4 and 185 pounds, reported entering the NCAA transfer portal on May 2 after spending two seasons at Hawaii Pacific University, a Division II program in Honolulu. He made an earlier official visit to Arkansas with his parents and is back in Fayetteville.
Sanchez started all 29 games as a sophomore and averaged 14.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists. He had 26 steals.
He shot 36% from the field, 34.6% from beyond the three-point line and 79.8% from the free-throw line.
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Sanchez averaged 14.4 points, 4 rebounds, 1.4 assist as a freshman. He attended Veritas Prep in San Diego prior enrolling at Hawaii Pacific.
He has two seasons of eligibility remaining and is eligible to have a redshirt season.
MILLER COUNTY, Ark. (KSLA) – Several educational groups in Arkansas are working together to make changes to amend the state constitution’s education clause.
Members with Arkansas Educational Rights brought their message to Miller County, saying they the amendment they are seeking will provide three critical things.
“First it provides universal access to the most proven educational standards that boost learning it requires any school that receive public financing to follow the same standards as public schools and the third potent take the existing Arkansas minimum education standards so future lawmakers can’t water down our educational qualities,” said Bill Kopsky, with Ark. Public Policy.
Before changes can be placed on the November ballot, they must collect over 90,000 signatures from at least 50 counties across the state. They say the petition drive is not without opposition.
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“There have been a lot of propaganda going out that’s been paid by the opposition to spread a message against what we are trying to do and a lot of time that’s disinformation or misinformation at best because they are trying to confuse the voters,” said Steve Grappe, with Stand Up Arkansas.
The group has until July 5 to get the necessary signatures for the amendment to be on the ballot.
Arkansas is suing Minnesota-based Optum Inc. and another pharmacy benefits manager, Express Scripts, for fueling the opioid crisis.
Court documents describe “the misuse, abuse, diversion and over-prescription of opioids” as “the worst man-made epidemic in modern medical history”.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said the companies, which run prescription drug coverage for insurers, should be held accountable “for their roles in a crisis that has ravaged our state.”
“The (companies) benefited financially from the opioid crisis in Arkansas by negotiating favorable deals with opioid manufacturers,” Griffin said in a news release.
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Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, denies the claims.
“Optum did not cause the opioid crisis or make it worse, and we will defend ourselves in this litigation,” the company said in a statement. “Optum takes the opioid epidemic seriously and has taken a comprehensive approach to fight this issue, including the Opioid Risk Management Program available to all Optum Rx clients, to address opioid abuse and promote patient health.”
Arkansas had the second-highest opioid prescription rate in the nation for many years, according to the suit, and remained the most commonly prescribed controlled substance as recently as 2022.
Pharmacy benefit managers “sit at the center of prescription-drug dispensing” and intentionally caused an oversupply of opioids in the state, the suit says.
The lawsuit accuses Optum and Cigna-owned Express Scripts of “colluding with Purdue Pharma and other opioid manufacturers to increase opioid sales through favorable placement on national formularies in exchange for rebates and fees.”
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Formularies are lists of drugs covered by insurance plans.
The state is seeking unspecified damages and restitution for claims of creating a public nuisance, negligence and unjust enrichment.
