At the halfway point of the SEC baseball season, Arkansas has gone out and proven itself as one of the league’s best. In turn, the Razorbacks are one of the nation’s best.
Arkansas closed the first half of league play Sunday by beating Tennessee, 7-2, earning a sweep over the No. 15 Volunteers. The Diamond Hogs hold a 1 1/2-game lead over second-place LSU in the SEC West. They’re tied for second overall in the SEC with Florida; both teams are two games behind conference leader Vanderbilt.
Arkansas built an immediate lead to clinch the sweep, dropping three runs in the first and another three in the second. Peyton Stovall and Caleb Cali had RBI singles in the opening frame and Brady Slavens added a sacrifice fly. In the second, Slavens cleared the bases with a three-run triple.
Meanwhile Ben Bybee and Dylan worked went 3 1/3 innings and 4 2/3 innings, limiting Tennessee to just two runs – both off Bybee – on seven hits.
Arkansas won four of their first five SEC series through the halfway point. They’re back at it Tuesday in a nonconference game against Central Arkansas before heading to Athens for a three-game set against Georgia.
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