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SWEEP! Pair Of Late Home Runs Lifts Resilient Hogs Over UIC

Two late home runs by Cayden Wallace and Chris Lanzilli push Arkansas over UIC for the weekend sweep.

Wow, what a way to end the final non-conference weekend of the series.

The No. 3 Arkansas Razorbacks (12-3) had to fight off the eager Flames of UIC two different times late in the game, but in the end, it was meant to be for the Hogs to snag the fourth win of the weekend, defeating UIC, 10-8 on Sunday at Baum-Walker Stadium.

After UIC stormed back to tie the game at 8-8 in the top of the 9th, Arkansas got the help they needed from two of the more dependable bats in the lineup, Michael Turner and Chris Lanzilli.

Turner opened the inning by sending a line drive to right field for a double, setting the table for the power-bat of Chris Lanzilli to eat. The Wake Forest transfer crushed the fifth pitch of the at-bat into the Hog Pen in left field to lift the Razorbacks over the Flames.

It would be the second time in as many innings that those spectators on the hill in left field got to see an important long ball. In the 8th inning, down 6-4, Cayden Wallace smacked his second grand slam of the weekend to complete a four-run comeback and give the Razorbacks the 8-6 lead.

That would be the only hit of the afternoon for Wallace, but it would be one of the most important. The grand slam by Wallace would be third home run in as many days, as well as his 6th RBI of the game, and 13th of the weekend.

Arkansas grabbed the first lead of the game in the bottom of the 3rd inning, thanks to the hottest bats of the weekend, Cayden Wallace and Michael Turner.

Wallace plated Braydon Webb on a groundout to shortstop, then Turner reached first base successfully on a bunt, allowing Zack Gregory to score from third base and moving the Razorbacks ahead, 2-0.

The Flames took advantage of a handful of Razorback miscues in the 4th inning by scoring six runs on just one hit to take a 6-2 lead over Arkansas. The big blow in the inning came off the bat of Bryan Rosario, who scored three runs on a double down the left field line.

Mark Adamiak earned the win out of the bullpen. He replaced Brady Tygart once the Flames tied the game again in the top of the 9th, and allowed just a walk in 0.2 innings. Jaxon Wiggins got the start for Arkansas, going 3.1 innings and allowing five earned runs on one hit, and striking out five batters.

Arkansas will host a two-game midweek set with Grambling beginning Tuesday before welcoming the Kentucky Wildcats to Baum-Walker Stadium for the first SEC series of the season beginning Friday.

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Sticks of the game: Homers come up huge as Arkansas sweeps UIC

Chris Lanzilli’s walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth was the game-winner for Arkansas over UIC.

Arkansas baseball is mostly used to rolling through its nonconference schedule with sweeps. There may be an occasional two-out-of-three here or there, but generally Dave Van Horn teams run roughshod over teams from non-power conferences.

That hadn’t been the case in 2022 until Sunday. Cayden Wallace’s eighth-inning grand slam turned a two-run deficit into a two-run lead before the Flames re-tied things in the ninth.

In the bottom of the ninth, after Michael Turner’s double, Chris Lanzilli walked-off with a two-run shot to left-center, lifting the Diamond Hogs to a 10-8 and a four-game sweep.

The third-ranked Diamond Hogs are back at it Tuesday and Wednesday for a two-game set with visiting Grambling. SEC play begins Friday at Baum-Walker Stadium with three games against Kentucky.

Arkansas’ Stick of the Game, catcher Michael Turner, perfect at plate

Arkansas baseball is being led by a pair of transfer in Chris Lanzilli and Michael Turner.

A day after being named in comparison to all-time great Buster Posey, Arkansas catcher Michael Turner looked the part.

The Kent State graduate transfer was named to the watch list for the award in honor of the Florida State and San Francisco Giants great earlier in the week. Saturday, in Arkansas’ 10-1 win over Illinois-Chicago, Turner was perfect from the plate with a home run in the blowout.

He was the best hitter on a day when every member of the Arkansas lineup collected at least one hit. Only two starters didn’t cross the plate, even, as the four home runs the Diamond Hogs jacked at Baum-Walker Stadium gave just about everyone a chance.

Arkansas’ series with UIC closes on Sunday from Fayetteville. First pitch is at 12:30 p.m.

Arkansas baseball smashes UIC for third win of series

Four different Arkansas hitters each homered in Saturday’s blowout of Illinois-Chicago.

Arkansas had a four-run third inning and a five-run sixth Saturday against Illinois-Chicago, providing more than enough to roll over the Flames at Baum-Walker Stadium, 10-1.

The No. 3 Diamond Hogs have won each of the first three games in their first four-game series of the season. They had swept UIC in a doubleheader Thursday before taking Friday off because of the snow. The series capper is Sunday at 12:30 p.m.

Arkansas sent eight hitters to the plate in each of its big innings. Back-to-back home runs by Chris Lanzilli, whose shot was of the three-run type, and Brady Slavens, highlighted the first scoring outburst, which came in the third inning. Both homers came with two outs.

In the sixth, four straight hits started the frame for the Razorbacks. The fourth in that series was a grand slam by third baseman Cayden Wallace. After Robert Moore popped out, catcher Michael Turner followed with a solo shot.

In all, every single of Arkansas’ nine starters in the lineup had a hit. The Diamond Hogs as a team had 13, plus five more reaches via the walk.

Freshman Hagen Smith was on the easy end of the assistance. He struck out eight Flames hitters in five innings, giving up four hits and walking three.

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Sticks of the Games: Big innings carry Arkansas past UIC in two games Thursday

Cayden Wallace is becoming a mainstay on this list for Arkansas. So is Michael Turner.

Great teams sometimes struggle, but the best teams come out the other side most of the team even when it looks like they won’t.

Arkansas is a great team.

The Razorbacks likely haven’t had the start they were hoping for, losing at least one game every weekend in each of the first three to start the season. So far in the fourth weekend, however, two wins in a day marks a good start.

Arkansas beat Illinois-Chicago 12-4 in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday and then rallied with four runs in the eighth to win the second game, 5-4. 

Five different Arkansas players had multiple hits, led by three from third baseman Cayden Wallace in the first game. Then, in the second, despite only registering six hits, the Diamond Hogs reached base 18 times (10 walks and two bean-balls) to create just enough on the base paths to get the victory.

On a day like that, picking out the best bats of the game is a bit tough. Here goes, anyway.

Arkansas blasts UIC in Game 1, rallies late to win Game 2

A late Arkansas rally in the second game of the doubleheader gave the Razorbacks two wins Thursday.

Two games. Two different types of wins.

Arkansas and Illinois-Chicago played a doubleheader Thursday in advance of expected snow in Fayetteville on Friday. The result was sweep of the day for the third-ranked Diamond Hogs, 12-4 and 5-4.

Connor Noland, Arkansas’ senior starting pitcher, was excellent in the Diamond Hogs’ win in the first of the two games. Noland had 11 strikeouts and gave up just four hits and three runs in the opener.

In Game 2, the Arkansas bats went cold until the eighth, when the Razorbacks plated four runs to turn a three-run deficit into a one-run lead heading into the final frame.

Cayden Wallace, Jalen Battles and Brady Slavens all homered for the Diamond Hogs in the opener, while Michael Turner’s RBI single in the second game proved to be the difference.

Both teams are off Friday before returning Saturday for expected 60-degree temperatures at Baum-Walker Stadium. First pitch that day is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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Sticks of the Game: Bohrofen off the schneid for Arkansas

Jace Bohrofen’s two-hit game is a positive step for the Arkansas lineup.

Arkansas’ bats have struggled a bit in the early going of the 2022 season, including Friday against Southeastern Louisiana. But one expected key hitter may be coming into his own.

Oklahoma transfer Jace Bohrofen was one of the biggest additions to the lineup this year after being ranked as the No. 34 prospect in the country two years ago coming out of high school. He started 29 games with the Sooners last year and took hold of an outfield job at Arkansas quickly, though his bat had been slow to adjust.

He had a pair of knocks to break his hitless streak against Southeastern Louisiana and was joined by the reliable Cayden Wallace and fellow outfielder Zack Gregory as Arkansas’ Sticks of the Game in the opener against SELA.

Diamond Hogs give up seven in the sixth, fall to SELA in opener

Southeastern Louisiana scored seven runs in one inning – their total for the game – in a win over Arkansas on Friday.

Arkansas’ first rough pitching outing of the season was too much for the quiet bats to overcome.

Southeastern Louisiana scored all of its runs in the sixth inning as the Lions surprised the Razorbacks on Friday afternoon, 7-3.

Arkansas pitchers had been excellent through the team’s first seven games, never giving up more than five runs in a single game. Things fell apart badly in just the one inning against SELA as the Lions had 10 batters reach base in the frame.

Arkansas starter Connor Noland worked 5 1/3 innings, allowing seven hits with no walks while striking out five and giving up three runs. He was pulled in the sixth after hitting the first batter of the inning and giving up a pair of singles.

His replacement, Kole Ramage, gave up a single, threw a wild pitch and walked two batters before he was pulled. Ramage didn’t retire a batter.

Isaac Bracken then tried his hand. He, too, hit the first batter, followed with a strikeout, but was pulled after walking the next Lions hitter.

Lefthander Zack Morris gave up a single to his first batter, walked the next and finally got Arkansas out of the inning by inducing a fielder’s choice.

For the frame, SELA had seven runs on just four hits.

Arkansas pulled two runs back in the seventh when Peyton Stovall walked with the bases loaded and Cayden Wallace plated another run with a sacrifice fly.

The two teams play a doubleheader on Saturday with the first pitch of the first game scheduled for noon.

Cayden Wallace didn’t want to be outdone by Brady Slavens so he went perfect, too

Arkansas’ bats haven’t even truly come alive and yet they continue hitting the ball just fine in their 3-1 start to the year.

Arkansas baseball started strong in Texas at the Round Rock Classic on Friday, dispatching Indiana, 5-2.

The Razorbacks banged out nine hits and walked another four times to chase Hoosiers starter John-Biagio Modugno after five innings. After knocking in four runs against him, the Diamond Hogs tacked on an insurance run in the seventh.

Leading the way were Arkansas’ usual suspects. Cayden Wallace had a perfect day at the plate. Robert Moore knocked in two runs with two hits. Brady Slavens reached twice and Michael Turner tripled.

In the meantime, starter Connor Noland and reliver Kole Ramage struck out 16 Indiana batters en route to the relatively easy victory.

The Hogs are back at it Saturday against No. 6 Stanford. In the meantime, these were the hitters of the game.

Diamond Hogs ease past Indiana down in Texas

No. 2 Arkansas had little trouble with Indiana in the Round Rock Classic on Friday.

Second-ranked Arkansas scored three runs in the fourth inning to build a comfortable lead in ultimately beating Indiana, 5-2, in the Razorbacks’ first game of the Karbach Round Rock Classic on Friday night.

Four straight batters reached in the big inning as Brady Slavens doubled, Michael Turner tripled him home, Jalen Battles walked and Zack Gregory was hit by a pitch. Cayden Wallace walked with the bases loaded and two outs, then Robert Moore reached on an error, allowing Gregory to score, as well.

It was more than enough for starter Connor Noland. The senior right-hander pitched six innings of five-hit ball, allowing one run and two walks while striking out 10.

Indiana put itself on the board in the fifth when Morgan Colopy tripled and Mark Pyne’s double on the next at-bat knocked him home. Noland would leave Pyne stranded as its all the Hoosiers would get in the frame.

Arkansas pulled the run back in the seventh when Wallace doubled, advanced to third on a passed ball and Robert Moore singled for his second RBI of the game.

The Razorbacks are back in action Saturday in the Classic when they play No. 6 Stanford at 4 p.m.