After shelling Stanford, 17-2, in Saturday’s College World Series opener, Arkansas Baseball is feeling confident heading into their next game.
The Razorbacks are set to battle SEC foe Ole Miss for the 4th time this season, but this time on the big stage that is Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska. Arkansas took two-of-three from the Rebels at Baum-Walker Stadium April 29-May 1.
Despite Arkansas posting huge offensive numbers throughout the NCAA Tournament, Ole Miss believes that a perfect game plan can disarm the Arkansas bats, says Monday’s starting pitcher Hunter Elliot.
“We really gotta pitch to them, you really gotta make pitches,” said Elliot during Monday’s media session. “But, just like any team, they are pitchable if you do execute your pitches. (If) you have your best stuff, you can beat them.”
Elliot hopes to pitch well enough to course get his team a win, but he also wants to pitch well for another reason… to change the atmosphere that Arkansas fans create at baseball games. When asked if he was learned to tune out the “Calling of the Hogs,” Elliot says that he hopes to try a different approach when facing Arkansas on Monday night.
“I would say, rather than trying to tune them out, I hope to make it to where they don’t do it as much, that would be better,” says Elliot. “If you allow less runs, you won’t hear it as much I have figured out. The less home runs, the less “wooo pigs.”
In his last start against Arkansas, Elliot went 6.0 innings where he struck out eight batters while allowing four hits and three earned runs in a 6-3 loss to the Razorbacks on April 30. He did not take the loss, as Arkansas scored three runs in the bottom of the 9th off of Jack Dougherty to secure the win.
Ole Miss SP Hunter Elliott was asked what he thought about the Arkansas lineup and the affect Razorback fans could have on his pitching.
"Just like any team, they're pitchable…The less home runs, the less runs you allow, the less woo pigs." pic.twitter.com/9m85occxcV
— Mason Choate (@ChoateMason) June 19, 2022
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