WATCH-LISTEN: Hogs Look to Get Back on Track Tonight

After not getting key hits in a 4-2 loss to open the series with Ole Miss, the Razorbacks will try to re-boot tonight

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Now Arkansas has to face Ole Miss with its back against the wall.

The Rebels' 4-2 win Friday night to open the series wasn't something most fans were expecting and Razorbacks coach Dave Van Horn put off later as one of those things in baseball that happens.

The Hogs simply didn't get the hits when they needed them and kept trying to hit home runs into a wind that was making it very difficult.

Now they get a chance to even the series at 7 p.m. in a game on ESPN2 and Fubo.tv.

The top team in the SEC Western Division will get a look at the bottom of it.

SEC West leader No. 5 Arkansas (32-9, 12-6 SEC) hosts Ole Miss (23-17, 6-12), the division’s bottom-dweller, in a three-game set this weekend at Baum-Walker Stadium.

First pitch in the opener between the Razorbacks and Rebels is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday on SEC Network+ and Fubo.tv.

Sunday's noon game is the only scheduled ESPN appearance for an SEC baseball game during the 2022 season.

Arkansas is looking for the first home series win against Ole Miss since 2015 this weekend.

The Series

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6:30 p.m. Friday: Ole Miss 4, Hogs 2

7 p.m. Saturday: vs. Ole Miss • ESPN2 and Fubo.tv • Listen • Live Stats

Noon Sunday: vs. Ole Miss • ESPN and Fubo.tv • Listen • Live Stats

Pitching Matchups

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Game 1: Ole Miss RHP Dylan DeLucia gets the win, (4-0, 4.14 ERA) striking out nine over seven innings and walking just two, allowing eight hits.  Arkansas RHP Connor Noland (5-3, 2.77 ERA) gave up 11 hits over eight innings and walked four in the loss.

Game 2: Ole Miss LHP Hunter Elliott (1-3, 3.19 ERA) vs. Arkansas LHP Hagen Smith (6-2, 3.83 ERA)

Game 3: Ole Miss RHP Derek Diamond (3-3, 6.29 ERA) vs. Arkansas RHP Jaxon Wiggins (5-1, 5.55 ERA)

How to Watch-Listen

Tom Hart (play-by-play) and Kyle Peterson (analyst) will take over on Saturday and Sunday’s nationally televised broadcasts. Saturday’s contest will televise in prime time on ESPN2 and Fubo.tv, while Sunday’s series finale will broadcast on ESPN and Fubo.tv.

The entire weekend series between the Hogs and Rebels can also be heard with Phil Elson (play-by-play) and Bubba Carpenter (analyst) on the call online at HitThatLine.com or on ESPN Arkansas radio 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home.

Series History

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• Since 1960, Arkansas is 54-49 overall against Ole Miss, including a 24-22 mark in games played in Fayetteville.

• Arkansas enters this weekend seeking its first home series win against Ole Miss since 2015.

• The Hogs, who won last year’s series in Oxford, have won back-to-back series over the Rebels since the 2010 and 2011 seasons.

• Arkansas has not sweep Ole Miss in Fayetteville since the 1999 campaign.

Series Notes

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• For the fourth time in the last five seasons, Arkansas holds a 12-6 mark or better in SEC play.

• The Razorbacks boast an SEC-leading 11-series home winning streak headed into the weekend. Arkansas, 8-1 in conference home games this season, has won all three SEC home series this year, including sweeps of LSU and Kentucky at Baum-Walker Stadium.

• Since the start of the 2018 season, Arkansas has only lost one home SEC series, posting a 17-1 SEC home series record in that span.

• The Hogs are ranked in the top 10 nationally in four categories: fielding percentage (4th, .984), hits allowed per nine innings (5th, 7.03), earned run average (6th, 3.27) and WHIP (9th, 1.21).

• Razorback ace RHP Connor Noland will take the mound in Friday night’s series opener. The veteran right-hander has been one of the best pitchers in the conference through 10 starts, owning a 3-1 record with a microscopic 1.93 ERA over 37.1 innings. Noland’s 74 strikeouts this season are second most among all SEC pitchers.

• RHP Brady Tygart was named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List earlier this week. The Razorback closer, with a 1.59 ERA over 22.2 innings to go along with six saves, is one of only three true freshmen on the list for the award given to the nation’s top relief pitcher.

Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.

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