The Diamond Hogs continue their 36-day homestand, hosting Wright State Raider for a weekend series.
Arkansas needed a walk-off in their one-off against Illinois State, another school out of the Missouri Valley conference. Wright State will be the second.
Wright State represents the Horizon League and has participated in three of the last four NCAA tournaments. For the first time in school history, they had a back-to-back appearance in 2021 and 2022.
Fresh off a 2-1 series loss to Kentucky, the Raiders walk into Baum-Walker Stadium 3-5. Their lone win, 12-9, over Kentucky is the school’s 20th win over a “Power Five” conference school since 2014.
Sebastian Gongora is the team’s ace, walking into the 2023 season as the preseason Horizon League Pitcher of the Year and the conference’s top prospect for the 2023 Major League Draft by D1Baseball.com and Perfect Game USA.
Through two starts, he is 1-0 and has 1.80 ERA and four strikeouts against Kentucky.
For the Hogs, it’s another series that could bring losses. The Raiders are one of 19 teams on the Razorbacks schedule that made it to the postseason last year. The team’s overall performance has been sporadic, especially from the bullpen.
This could be the weekend where the nationally-ranked talent shows, but the rest of college baseball is also searching for consistency. The series will be streamed on the SEC Network.
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