Diamond Hogs Sweep Mountaineers
Arkansas was outhit 5 to 3 but was able to pull out the win 8 to 3 and improve to 3-0 on the season in front of 5,072 fans on beautiful, warm Sunday afternoon at Baum Stadium. Dave Van Horn went with freshman Alex Phillips to start the game who lasted 3 innings, surrendering 3 hits, 1 walk, 2 earned runs, and striking out 3. Van Horn has praised Phillips this off season for hitting the strike zone with consistency, but he may have caught more of the plate he wanted as he gave up two very well hit solo home runs.
Freshman Zach Jackson was able to come in and calm things down for 3 innings, giving up 1 walk and striking out 3. Juniors Jacob Stone and Jackson Lowery and sophomore Colin Poche each pitched one inning with a strikeout a piece and Lowery gave up 2 hits.
Arkansas did not provide much offense in the way of hitting but they did walk 7 times and were hit by 6 pitches in the game. Juniors Joe Serrano and Brian Anderson along with sophomore Tyler Spoon each had one of the three hits with Serrano adding 2 RBI. Anderson, Spoon and sophomore Michael Bernal each had a RBI while freshman Andrew Benintendi drove in 2 runs without the benefit of a hit in the game.
While it may have been an ugly win, the Diamong Hogs accomplished the series sweep against a very experienced and talented team. Arkansas' young pitching staff faced a good test in the Mountaineers lineup and came out with much reason to be confident going forward.
Up next the hogs will host Eastern Illinois in a three game series starting Friday at 3:05.
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