The Razorbacks took a tough one on Monday night. But, the good news is, they get one more chance at survival on Tuesday night against another SEC West foe.
In what was an offensive battle through the first two innings, Ole Miss ran away with the game by scoring six runs over the middle innings and added three more in the 8th inning to defeat Arkansas, 13-5 on Monday night in the College World Series, forcing the Razorbacks to move to the loser’s bracket.
Tuesday’s opponent? the Auburn Tigers. In their elimination game Monday against Stanford, it took a while for Auburn’s bats to warm up. But, they were able to break through by scoring all six of their runs over the 6th and 7th innings to grab the 6-2 win over the Cardinal to keep their national title dreams alive.
In their regular-season meeting, the Razorbacks took two-of-three from the Tigers at Plainsman Park May 6-8. It would be the last SEC regular season series that Arkansas would win, as they would drop their final two series’ to Vanderbilt and Alabama.
Will McEntire will get the start on the mound for Arkansas, going against Auburn’s Mason Barnett.
In the series opener on May 6, Barnett lasted 4.0 innings, where he allowed five hits and two earned runs while striking out in Arkansas’ 11-8 win. McEntire threw 3.1 innings of relief in the series finale on May 8. He struck out four batters while allowing an earned run on three hits in the 7-4 Arkansas win.