Arkansas’ pitching staff has largely been middle-of-the-pack in the SEC this season.
On Friday, though, the triumverate of Hagen Smith, Cody Adcock and Gage Wood gave the Diamond Hogs perhaps one of their better games of the season. They combined for a two-hitter in Arkansas’ 6-2 win at Mississippi State to open the series in Starkville.
Smith worked the first five innings and gave up both hits and runs. The first came on an RBI single in the fourth after a walk and a hit batter. The second run after two walks and a single loaded the bases, Mississippi State scored on a wild pitch.
The second run tied things as Arkansas scored its first two runs in the first inning on a two-run home run by Jace Bohrofen. Brady Slavens broke the tie in the sixth with a two-run shot and the Diamond Hogs tacked on two more in the ninth on a wild pitch and an RBI single from Kendall Diggs.
Arkansas’ staff’s stuff wasn’t their best of the season. Mississippi State walked eight times, too. But working out of the trouble had been a Razorbacks issue all season. The Bulldogs ultimately left nine runners onbase.
Caleb Cali had the best day at the plate for Arkansas, collecting three hits in four at-bats with a double and a run. No other Razorbacks hitter had more than a knock.
Arkansas will look to take the series on Saturday when the teams meet at 6 p.m.
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