Razorbacks Sweep Missouri with More Homers in Doubleheader

Kozeal's six-RBI game finished off Arkansas' historic sweep, setting new school record

Cam Kozeal in the field against the Missouri Tigers. The Razorbacks swept the series at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville, Ark. / Nilsen Roman-Hogs on SI Images

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas first baseman Cam Kozeal will be in no rush to usher the Missouri Tigers pitching staff back to Columbia. Kozeal's two-homer, six-RBI game capped off a 16-2 sweep in the second game of a seven-inning doubleheader.

"I liked the way our guys played," Van Horn said. "They competed hard, stayed into it and they know the importance of winning league games, and you could kind of see that."

Across the three-game series, Arkansas outscored Missouri 51-9 for a run differential of +42. It's the most runs scored by the Hogs in a three-game SEC series, breaking the previous record when they scored 50 against South Carolina in 1997.

Kozeal finished the weekend 9-for-12 with 13 RBIs. He's put another 20 points on his batting average since Friday and now leads the team (.417).

"Kozeal was in-and-out of the lineup early," Van Horn said. "[He] wasn’t going to be denied for the most part. Just got better and better. Now he’s really hitting, and if you make a mistake he hits it pretty hard all over the field. He’ll fight you with two strikes, and his RBI count, he’s up to like 37 and probably 10 days ago, two weeks ago he might have had 18 or something."

He hit his pair of homers to right field, a two-run shot in the second inning before crushing a grand slam in the third to a similar spot.

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"There’s something I’ve kind of figured out over the past couple of weeks just with my swing," Kozeal said. "That’s translated for sure. Just staying tall in my stance. Staying tall, letting the barrel get through the zone easier."

For the second game in a row, Mizzou took the lead in the top of the first with a passed ball. Arkansas wasted no time, putting up five runs in the home half.

It was Carson Boles who got the homer parade off and running with his first in a Razorback uniform. Boles got his first SEC start because of the doubleheader and hit a three-run homer into the Hog Pen to give the Hogs a 5-1 lead. He continues to produce in limited chances and is now 9-for-22 (.409) on the season with four extra-base hits.

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Catcher Ryder Helfrick started both games of the doubleheader behind the plate and finished the day a combined 5-for-6 over the plate and raised his season average to .310. It's the first time his average is above .300 across his two seasons at Arkansas since he started his freshman season 1-for-3.

Landon Beidelschies got through four innings allowing just the first-inning blemish and tying a season-high seven strikeouts on 73 pitches. Christian Foutch took over for him in the fifth and had his best outing of the season, a 1-2-3 fifth inning.

Lefty Cole Gibler made his SEC debut a scoreless inning before Carson Wiggins got the last three outs.

Arkansas remains home to face in-state rival Arkansas State 6 p.m. Tuesday. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network.

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