re: *2024 ARKANSAS RAZORBACK SEC BASEBALL SEASON THREAD*

Great week this week. 4-1 against ranked teams in Texas Tech and @South Carolina. Heck of a response by Tygart and the offense when it would’ve been easy to just roll over.

21 hits by the offense in the DH yesterday. Game 1 just couldn’t find the holes to get runners around. Outhit the Gamecocks this weekend. Offense is getting better, but just have to get a little more luck on balls not finding defenders. 17 walks drawn + 4 HBP this weekend as well. So overall, solid, patient at bats. Sweep opportunity next weekend before heading to Kentucky, in what may be the biggest series of the year.

Slumps are contagious. Against Bama and game 1 yesterday, we got runners on base and had plenty of RISP, but just couldn't find that clutch hit.

Game 2, it busted open on some miscues, but it was enough to get us going and then the bats heated up.

Hitting is contagious, too. Hopefully, they guys will be a little looser heading in to the series with UF next weekend.

Eventually, you saying this, will make it happen...lol

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you just need a couple of those balls off the bats to have seeing eyes. Those couple of extra hits could snowball into something huge.

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That’s effectively what happened yesterday when we broke out in the 7th.

In the 2nd, it was the same MO as usual where we got a couple of charity base runners and plated a couple of unearned runs. That’s great, but the charity runs usually tail off in the postseason when you face better pitching and better defense.

The 7th is where we actually started getting base runners the old fashioned way and driving them in with base hits. Stovall singled to push Edmunson (Rowland) from 1st to 3rd, McLaughlin hit what would have been an RBI single if Edmunson hadn’t scored on a wild pitch, Aloy hit an RBI single, Diggs hit a 2 run double, and Holt hit an RBI single.

That’s exactly the type of inning we’ve been needing to piece together.

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Well I did predict a natty this season

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from your lips, to God's ears please...

If you'd have told me we'd go 4-1 against Tech and SC, I'd have taken that in a heartbeat.

We may not have looked pretty doing it, but those are two good teams, one of them on the road which has been our Achilles heel somewhat this year.

OP is updated

2024 Bottom Line
Record: 34-6
SEC Record: 14-4
SEC Series Record: 5-1
RPI: 2
ELO: 2
SOS: 16
Home Record: 27-1
Road Record: 5-4
Neutral Record 2-1
vs. RPI Group 1: 12-6
vs. RPI Group 2: 5-0
vs. RPI Group 3: 7-0
vs. RPI Group 4: 10-0
Team BA: .272
Team ERA: 2.95
Opponents BA: .201
Team HR's: 56
Field Pct.: .982
Errors: 25

The Top Hogs
Starters ERA: Smith (1.53), Tygart (2.64), Fisher (2.67), Molina (3.47)
Overall ERA: Foutch (1.42), Smith (1.53),Hewlett (1.80) - min of 9 inning
K's: Smith (100), Molina (68), Tygart (58), McEntire (53), Gaeckle (35)
Batting Average: Holt (.346), Stovall (.330), Sprague-Lott (.309), McLaughlin (.302) - min 50 AB's
Homeruns: Aloy (9), McLaughlin, Stovall, & Souza (7), Diggs (6)
RBI's: Aloy (37), McLaughlin (30), Stovall (24), Souza (23)
Saves: Gaeckle (6), McEntire & Hewlett (4)

SEC Standings
SEC WEST
1. Arkansas 14-4, 34-6
2. aTm 13-5, 35-5
3. Mississippi State 10-8, 26-14
4. Alabama 7-11, 25-15
5. Ole Miss 6-12, 21-18
6. LSU 5-13, 25-16
7. Auburn 2-16, 19-20

SEC EAST
1. Kentucky 15-3, 32-7
2. Tennessee 12-6, 33-7
3. Vanderbilt 10-8, 29-11
4. South Carolina 9-9, 27-13
4. Georgia 9-9, 29-10
6. Florida 8-10, 20-19
7. Missouri 6-12, 18-23

^ - Division Champion
* - Overall Conference Champion
$ - Conference Tournament Champion

SEC Tournament Seeding
1. Kentucky
2. Arkansas
3. aTm
4. Tennessee
5. Vanderbilt
6. Mississippi State
7. South Carolina
8. Georgia
9. Florida
10. Alabama
11. Ole Miss
12. Missouri

OUT - LSU 5-13
OUT - Auburn 2-16

National Rankings

Errors per Game
1. Rider - 0.6
1. Delaware - 0.6
3. Arkansas 0.7

Hits per Game Allowed
1. Arkansas - 6.3
2. Duke - 6.8
3. Louisiana - 6.9

Runs per Game Allowed
1. Arkansas - 3.0
2. Lamar - 3.8
3. aTm - 4.0
4. Tennessee - 4.1
5. East Carolina - 4.1

Scoring Margin (Run Differential)
1. Tennessee - +6.3
2. aTm - +5.4
2. Wofford - +5.4
4. Oregon State - +4.4
4. Florida State - +4.4
6. Duke - +4.0
7. Texas Tech - +3.9
8. Arkansas - +3.8

Warren Nolan Projecting Rest of Season
UAPB (1-0)
Florida (3-0)
Missouri State (2-0)
Kentucky (2-1)
Miss State (3-0)
aTm (2-1)

Record: 47-8
SEC: 24-6
RPI: 1
SOS: 14

SEC Standings
1. Arkansas 24-6
1. Kentucky 24-6
3. aTm 22-8
4. Tennessee 19-11
5. Vandy 16-14
6. South Carolina 15-15
6. Miss State 15-15
8. Georgia 13-17
8. LSU 13-17
10. Florida 11-19
10. Ole Miss 11-19
12. Alabama 10-20
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13. Missouri 9-21
14. Auburn 8-22

We could probably go 6-6 the rest of the way in conference and be a top 8 seed. That’s really all that matters.