Diamond Hogs Welcome New Orleans for Midweek Series
By: UA Sports Information
Updated: February 18, 2013
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.
- The No. 1 Arkansas baseball team continues its season-opening,
eight-game home stand this week as it hosts New Orleans in a two-game
midweek series Tuesday and Wednesday. First pitch is set for 3:05 p.m.
for both games.
Both
games of the midweek series will be available on RazorVision
through ArkansasRazorbacks.com and on the Razorback Baseball Radio
Network from IMG. Three-time Arkansas Sportscaster of the Year Chuck
Barrett and former Arkansas Sports Information Director Rick Schaeffer
will call the action. A live blog and live stats for
each game will be available on ArkansasRazorbacks.com. Fans can also
follow updates of each game on @RazorbackBSB, the official Twitter
account of the Razorback baseball team.
Single-game
tickets for the New Orleans series are still available. Tickets are
$10 for reserved seats and may be purchased by calling 1-800-982-HOGS
(4647), by visiting the online ticket center at ArkansasRazorbacks.com
or on gameday at Baum Stadium, while supplies last.
The
Razorbacks opened the season last weekend by winning two of
three games over Western Illinois. Arkansas won the opener, 9-1, and
clinched the series with a 7-2 victory in game two. The Razorbacks
dropped the series finale to the Leathernecks, 7-5, on Sunday afternoon.
Arkansas
hit .306 as a team in the three-game series vs. Western
Illinois. Sophomore infielder/outfielder Brian Anderson led the
Razorbacks at the plate with a .545 batting average with four RBI and
three runs scored. Anderson had two hits in each game of the series.
Freshman outfielder Tyler Spoon went 5-for-10 in the three
games with three RBI and three runs scored. Sophomore outfielder Joe
Serrano went 4-for-7 with a pair of RBI and two runs scored. Senior
outfielder Matt Vinson batted .385 with three RBI and four runs scored,
while senior infielder Jacob Mahan hit .375 with
a RBI and two runs scored.
A
pair of freshmen are scheduled to start on the mound in the series
vs. New Orleans. Freshman southpaw Colin Poch will make his collegiate
debut on Tuesday, while rookie right hander Trey Killian will get the
ball in Wednesday's contest. Killian made his collegiate debut last
Friday in relief and tossed three perfect innings,
retiring all nine batters he faced.
Out
of the bullpen, Thomas Altimont, Jalen Beeks, Brandon Moore
and Tyler Wright have each made one appearance. Altimont closed out
Arkansas' victory in game two against WIU and allowed a run with a
strikeout in an inning. Beeks struck out four and gave up two hits in
three shutout innings, while Moore tied a career high
with five strikeouts and allowed a run on one hit in 5.2 innings. Wright
finished the Razorbacks' season-opening win by throwing two shutout
innings with three strikeouts.
New
Orleans enters the midweek series with a 0-3 record after losing
all three games of its series last weekend against Southeast Missouri
State. The Privateers return 17 letterwinners from last year's team,
including three starting position players.
The
Privateers are hitting .272 as a team through the first three
games of the season. Brian Dixon leads New Orleans at the plate with a
.333 batting average. Chaz Boyer has a .308 batting average with a homer
and a RBI, while Seth Laigast also has a homer with two RBI.
