Georgia isn’t a better baseball team than Arkansas. Missouri State isn’t a better team than Arkansas.
But somehow, in the last four games, the Razorbacks have dropped every single contest to those opponents. After the Bulldogs’ weekend sweep, Missouri State handled Arkansas in Springfield, 8-4, on Tuesday night.
A six-run third inning was the difference. Zack Morris entered for Cody Adcock on the Arkansas hill to start the frame and immediately struggled. Morris struck out the first batter then gave up a walk and two singles before another strikeout. Then came the waterfall.
Two-run double.
RBI single.
Two-run homer.
The Bears were up 7-2 and that was all that mattered.
The big inning has been damning for Arkansas recently. Georgia scored five in the third on Thursday in a 6-5 win and four in the second on Friday in a 7-3 victory. The Razorbacks have dropped four straight games, accordingly, as the Razorbacks’ pitching staff is ninth in the SEC in earned-run average (5.05) and 13th in both opponents’ average against (.271) and strikeouts (355).
The Hogs will try to right the ship Thursday through Saturday when Texas A&M, which sits two games back of Arkansas in the SEC West, visits Fayetteville.
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