Cylie Halvorson led off the Razorbacks’ half of the second inning with a single and Hannah Gammill worked a full-count walk in the next at-bat, but Arkansas could not due anything with two on base.
Kennedy Miller grounded into a fielder’s choice, Raigan Kramer struck out swinging and Rylin Hedgecock struck out looking.
Alabama pitcher Kayla Beaver has four strikeouts.
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Arkansas 0, Alabama 0 — Middle 2nd Inning
Morgan Leinstock struck out all three batters she faced in the second inning.
Kendal Clark and Kali Heivilin went down swinging and Abby Duchscherer struck out looking. Leinstock has 4 strikeouts on 30 pitches through 2 innings.
Arkansas 0, Alabama 0 — End 1st Inning
It was three up, three down for Arkansas in the first inning.
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Reagan Johnson struck out looking, Nia Carter popped up to second base and Bri Ellis struck out swinging.
Arkansas 0, Alabama 0 — Middle 1st Inning
Kenleigh Cahalan led off the game with a single up the middle and stole second base during the next at-bat.
Morgan Leinstock struck out Lauren Johnson then got Jenna Johnson to fly out to right field. Jenna Johnson’s fly out advanced Cahlahan to third base, where she was stranded due to a Bailey Dowling ground out.
Lineups
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No. 14 Arkansas (30-11, 9-6 SEC)
CF Reagan Johnson
RF Nia Carter
1B Bri Ellis
2B Cylie Halvorson
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3B Hannah Gammill
C Kennedy Miller
LF Raigan Kramer
DP Rylin Hedgecock
SS Lauren Camenzind
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RHP Morgan Leinstock (1.96 ERA, 103 1/3 IP)
No. 15 Alabama (30-10, 7-8 SEC)
SS Kenleigh Cahalan
RF Lauren Johnson
LF Jenna Johnson
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3B Bailey Dowling
DP Kendal Clark
1B Abby Duchscherer
2B Kali Heivilin
C Riley Valentine
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CF Kristen White
RHP Kayla Beaver (1.42 ERA, 123 IP)
Pregame
No. 14 Arkansas (30-11, 9-6 SEC) and No. 15 Alabama (30-10, 7-8) are set to get underway at Bogle Park.
First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. on SEC Network+.
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If this game turns out anything like the last two times the Razorbacks and Crimson Tide have met, fans should be treated to a good game.
Arkansas won a rubber match 2-1 in 10 innings last year in Tuscaloosa, Ala.., and then the Crimson Tide got revenge with a 3-2 victory in 9 innings during the SEC Tournament at Bogle Park.
The Razorbacks are fourth and Alabama is tied for eighth in the SEC standings.
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Rex Nelson has been senior editor and columnist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 2017, and he has a biweekly podcast called “Southern Fried.”
After graduating from Ouachita Baptist University in 1981, he was a sportswriter for the Arkansas Democrat for a year before becoming editor of Arkadelphia’s Daily Siftings Herald. He was the youngest editor of a daily in Arkansas at age 23. Rex was then news and sports director at KVRC-KDEL from 1983-1985.
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He returned to the Democrat as assistant sports editor in 1985. From 1986-1989, he was its Washington correspondent. He left to be Jackson T. Stephens’ consultant.
Rex became the Democrat-Gazette’s first political editor in 1992, but left in 1996 to join then-Gov. Mike Huckabee’s office. He also served from 2005-09 in the administration of President George W. Bush.
From 2009-2018, he worked stints at the Communications Group, Arkansas’ Independent Colleges and Universities, and Simmons First National Corp.
Dylan Sherman is a business reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He is based in Northwest Arkansas and focuses on Tyson Foods Inc. and the transportation industry. A graduate of the University of Missouri, he has been with the newspaper since 2023.
