With the football and baseball seasons seemingly going down thew tubes, Arkansas fans have high hopes for the No. 3 Diamond Hogs to rally the fan fan base.
After a first-inning hiccup that had the Razorbacks down 3-0 in their season-opener against James Madison Friday afternoon, the bats began to heat up in a 6-4 victory over the Dukes.
Arkansas All-American lefty Hagen Smith showed some first-game jitters, walking a pair of batters, before surrendering a three-run homer to JMU’s Fenwick Trimble.
But the Arkansas crowd didn’t have to wait long to begin Calling the Hogs, as they plated two runs in each of the first three innings, to take a 6-3 lead. The real celebration began after sophomore Gage Wood sat down the Dukes in order in the ninth inning.
The Hogs are now 21-1 in opening-day games under Head Coach Dave Van Horn.
The two teams are slated to play three more games in as many day, beginning Saturday at 2 p.m.
Here is some of the chatter on X, following the baseball season-opener:
