Arkansas
McEntire will start Game 2 for Arkansas at North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Arkansas redshirt sophomore proper hander Will McEntire will begin Sunday’s tremendous regional sport at North Carolina.
“We weren’t positive final evening till possibly about 9 o’clock at evening, and truthfully this morning it was again to 50-50 both means, left or proper,” Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn mentioned Sunday on the Razorback Sports activities Community with reference as to whether he was going to start out a proper hander or left hander. “We simply determined to go together with Will and we’ll see the way it seems. I really feel like he deserves it and the staff is assured that he’ll give us an opportunity to get into the sport somewhat bit.”
McEntire (1-2, 3.25 ERA) has began six video games, however Sunday’s begin can be his first in an NCAA Event sport. He got here out of the bullpen twice through the Razorbacks’ regional at Oklahoma State final week.
The Bryant native threw 14 pitches throughout Arkansas’ 20-12 victory over Oklahoma State, and threw 67 pitches when he changed starter Jaxon Wiggins within the second inning of final Sunday’s 14-10 loss to the Cowboys in further innings.
At Oklahoma State, McEntire threw 6 2/3 innings, allowed 3 runs, 4 hits and 4 walks, and struck out 3.
After pitching solely as a midweek starter in April and early Could, McEntire has change into more and more relied upon prior to now month. He threw 6 1/3 innings of reduction in his first two SEC outings towards Auburn and Vanderbilt earlier than he made his first SEC begin at Alabama on Could 19. McEntire additionally began a sport towards the Crimson Tide on the SEC Event.
Of his 36 innings pitched this season, 19 1/3 have come since Could 8 towards SEC competitors or in NCAA postseason play. Throughout that stretch he has a 4.19 ERA.
North Carolina will begin junior left hander Brandon Schaeffer in Sport 2. Schaeffer (7-3, 3.73 ERA) began twice through the Tar Heels’ dwelling regional final week and threw a mixed 137 pitches, together with 58 pitches through the regional championship towards Virginia Commonwealth on Monday.
Over 9 mixed innings towards VCU, Schaeffer allowed 4 runs, 10 hits and three walks, and struck out 9. That adopted a shutout towards Virginia Tech on the ACC Event.
Arkansas defeated North Carolina 4-1 within the first sport of the tremendous regional Saturday. The Razorbacks can clinch a visit to the Faculty World Sequence with a victory Sunday. The Tar Heels should win Sunday and Monday to advance.
Sunday’s sport is scheduled to start at midday Central and can be televised by ESPN2.