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#1 Texas Longhorns at #11 Arkansas Razorbacks
Date: May 1
Time: Thu at 6pm
Where: Fayetteville, Arkansas (Baum-Walker Stadium)
TV: Thur – ESPN 2 (Karl Ravech and Kyle Peterson)
Series History:
- First Met: 1902
- Last Met: 2023
- Last Texas Victory: 2020 – Texas last beat Arkansas during the ill-fated 2020 season
- All-Time Series Record: 76-39
- Texas has lost the last two games to Arkansas, both in Arlington (2021 and 2023) and are 2-7 overall in the past 9 games against Arkansas
- Away Record: 24-18
- The last time Texas won in Fayetteville was back in 1991
- Arkansas is picked to finish 4th out of 16 teams
- 2024 Season: 44-16 (20-10 SEC) – Arkansas hosted a Regional in 2024, winning the first game against Southeast Missouri (SEMO), but then dropped their next two games to Kansas State and SEMO to get knocked out of the NCAA Tournament
Records:
Arkansas Razorbacks: 37-9 (14-7 SEC)
Texas Longhorns: 38-5 (19-2 SEC)
RPI / SOS:
Arkansas: 6 / 39
Texas: 1 / 25
Prediction:
- Texas loses the series 1-2
- On the season, I am 31-12
Pitching Matchups:
Thu – RHP Ruger Riojas (8-1, 2.98 ERA) v. LHP Zach Root (5-3, 4.50 ERA)
- ECU transfer that was one of the top arms in the transfer portal
- Gives up an average of 2.82 runs per game
- Gives up average of 2 walks and 7 strikeouts per game
- Averages 89 pitches per outing
Arkansas Bullpen:
Gabe Gaeckle (4-1, 5.56 ERA, 11 apps, 9 starts, 45.1 IP)
Aiden Jimenez (4-1, 0.60 ERA, 14 apps, 1 save, 28.2 IP)
Dylan Carter (4-0, 2.60 ERA, 19 apps, 27.2 IP)
Will McEntire (1-0, 3.20 ERA, 14 apps, 1 save, 19.2 IP)
Christian Foutch (1-0, 4.40 ERA, 14 apps, 3 saves, 14.1 IP)
Arkansas Offensive Leaders:
- Kuhio Aloy (.371 BA, 11 HR, 59 RBI, .641 SLG%, .446 OB%)
- Wehiwa Aloy (.370 BA, 17 HR, 50 RBI, .724 SLG%, .453 OB%, 6-8 SB)
- Cam Kozeal (.365 BA, 10 HR, 49 RBI, .647 SLG%, .413 OB%, 2-3 SB)
- Charles Davalan (.365 BA, 12 HR, 45 RBI, .604 SLG%, .446 OB%, 6-8 SB)
STARTING LINEUPS:
| 1 | dh | 5 Ethan Mendoza | R | .353 | |
| 2 | c | 6 Rylan Galvan | R | .328 | |
| 3 | ss | 1 Jalin Flores | R | .276 | |
| 4 | cf | 8 Will Gasparino | R | .268 | |
| 5 | 1b | 10 Kimble Schuessler | R | .327 | |
| 6 | 3b | 31 Casey Borba | R | .241 | |
| 7 | 2b | 24 Adrian Rodriguez | B | .302 | |
| 8 | rf | 43 Tommy Farmer IV | R | .269 | |
| 9 | lf | 55 Jonah Williams | L | .462 | |
| 10 | p | 13 Ruger Riojas | R | - |
| 1 | lf | 24 Charles Davalan | L | .365 | |
| 2 | ss | 9 Wehiwa Aloy | R | .370 | |
| 3 | dh | 25 Kuhio Aloy | R | .371 | |
| 4 | 2b | 8 Cam Kozeal | L | .365 | |
| 5 | 3b | 10 Brent Iredale | R | .297 | |
| 6 | rf | 28 Carson Boles | R | .348 | |
| 7 | 1b | 18 Reese Robinett | L | .308 | |
| 8 | c | 27 Ryder Helfrick | R | .295 | |
| 9 | cf | 4 Justin Thomas Jr. | R | .275 | |
| 10 | p | 33 Zach Root | L | - |
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