Arkansas
No. 25 Alabama Baseball vs. No. 1 Arkansas
The No. 25 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team continues its nine-game home stand with its biggest series of the season against the No. 1 Arkansas Razorbacks over the weekend.
The Crimson Tide is looking for its third SEC series win of the year. The team has had success at home, winning series against No. 4 Tennessee and South Carolina, however has struggled on the road and are currently on a four-game losing streak.
The Razorbacks, on the other hand, have been a dominant force all season and are currently sitting atop the SEC standings and national rankings, however haven’t had a lot of experience on the road, holding a 2-1 record on that front. The team heads into Sewell-Thomas Stadium riding a nine-game winning streak.
Neither team has officially announced its rotation, however Alabama is projected to use its usual rotation of Ben Hess-Greg Farone-Zane Adams, while Arkansas is projected to go with Hagen Smith-Brady Tygart-Mason Molina.
Here is all the information for the three-game series:
Who: Alabama Crimson Tide (22-11, 4-8) and Arkansas Razorbacks (28-3, 11-1).
When:
Friday, April 12 at 6 p.m. CT
Saturday, April 13 at 5 p.m. CT
Sunday, April 14 at 1 p.m. CT.
Where: Sewell-Thomas Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
TV: SEC Network+
Radio: Crimson Tide Sports Network on Tide 100.9 FM. Roger Hoover will be on the call.
Last Outing, Alabama: The Crimson Tide lost to the South Alabama Jaguars on Tuesday night 5-4.
Last Outing, Arkansas: The Razorbacks defeated the San Jose State Spartans on Tuesday night 5-1. The team is currently playing its second midweek game against the Spartans.
Last Meeting: The last time the two programs met was in a three-game series in Fayetteville, Ark, from March 31-April 2, 2023. Alabama took Game 1 12-1, then Arkansas won the last two 9-6 and 5-4 to capture the series victory.
Rex Nelson
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.
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
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.
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