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The Arkansas bats will face different pitchers for the first time with a pair of intersquad scrimmages against Arkansas-Little Rock Friday and Dallas Baptist Saturday.
The Trojans are coming off its best season in school history, making the NCAA Tournament for the second time and the first since 2011. Little Rock forced a winner take-all regional final against the eventual national champion LSU Tigers and had led 5-1 heading to the fourth inning of the decisive game before LSU won 10-6.
Arkansas saw its season end also at the hands of LSU in the College World Series semifinals.
Here are the lineups for both teams. Both squads will hit 10 players with two designated hitters. The two teams will also play all nine innings regardless of score. Refresh this page for live updates.
Arkansas-Little Rock:
CF Michael O'Brien
2B Cooper Chaplain
1B Angel Cano
3B Nico Baumbach
C Cade Martin
DH Nolan Freund
DH Ryan Geck
RF Ty Rhoades
LF Blake Simpson
SS Jordy Lopez
SP Gage Haley
Arkansas:
LF Brenton Clark
C Ryder Helfrick
2B Camden Kozeal
RF Kuhio Aloy
1B Reese Robinett
CF Maika Niu
SS TJ Pompey
DH Christian Turner
3B Carson Brumbaugh
DH Damian Ruiz
SP Colin Fisher
Top of the 1st:
O'Brien strikes out swinging, 1 out
Chaplain grounded out to second, 2 outs
Cano grounded out to short, 3 outs
Clean first inning for Fisher, Helfrick took a foul ball off an uncomfortable spot but stayed in after a extra moment. Fastball was around 92.
Bottom of the 1st:
Clark grounded out to second, 1 out
Helfrick grounded out to second, 2 outs
Kozeal grounded out to second, 3 outs
Top of the 2nd:
Baumbach grounded out to the pitcher, 1 out
Martin singled up the middle
Freund struck out swinging, 2 outs
Geck grounded out short, 3 outs
Clean pick on the short hop by TJ Pompey at short. He looks to be the latest to benefit from the Dave Van Horn infield factory.
Bottom of the 2nd: (Bridgen Parker, LHP)
Aloy grounded out to short, 1 out
Robinett grounded out to second, 2 outs
Niu walked
Niu advanced to second on a wild pitch
Pompey struck out swinging, 3 outs
Top of the 3rd:
Rhoades struck out swinging, 1 out
Simpson singled to right
Coyle pinch ran for Simpson
Coyle stole second
Lopez walked
O'Brien grounded into a double play, second to short to first, Lopez out at second, 3 outs
Bottom of the 3rd: (Zach Busick, RHP)
Turner walked
Turner stole second
Brumbaugh struck out looking, 1 out
Ruiz strikes out swinging, Turner caught stealing third, 3 outs
Top of the 4th: (James DeCremer, RHP)
Chaplain struck out swinging, 1 out
Cano walked
Lance Anderson ran for Cano
Baumbach hit by pitch, Anderson to second
Martin popped out to short on an infield fly, 2 outs
Freund lined out to first, 3 outs
Bottom of the 4th: (Brett Gastman, LHP)
Clark walked
*Brendan Kleiman hit for Helfrick
*Kleiman's been in for a few innings now since Helfrick took a foul ball in the wrong spot behind the plate. Now he's out of the order
Clark advanced to second on a failed pickoff attempt, error charged to the pitcher
Kleiman walked
Clark advanced to third on a wild pitch, Kleiman to second
Kozeal walked
*Malcolm Brown (RHP) replaces Gastman
Aloy struck out swinging, 1 out
Robinett struck out looking, 2 outs
Niu homered to right, Clark scored, Kleimans scored, Kozeal scored, Arkansas 4, Little Rock 0
Pompey grounded out, pitcher to first, 3 outs
Metrics on the homer, 103 miles an hour off the bat, 373 feet
Top of the 5th: Cooper Dossett (RHP)
Geck struck out swinging, 1 out
Rhoades walked
Simpson singled to center, Rhoades to second
Coyle ran for Simpson
Cano walked, Rhoades to third, Coyle to second
O'Brien out on a sacrifice fly, Rhoades scored Coyle to third, 2 outs, 4-1 Arkansas
Chaplain grounded out to first, unassisted, 3 outs
Bottom of the 5th: (Tag Andrews, RHP)
Turner grounded out to second, 1 out
Brumbaugh lined out to second, 2 outs
Ruiz singled to short
Ruiz stole second
Clark singled to left, Ruiz out at home left fielder to catcher, 3 outs
Top of the 6th: (Jackson Kircher, RHP)
Cano struck out swinging, 1 out
Baumbach singled to center
Martin grounded into a double play, short to second to first, Baumbach out at second, 3 outs
Bottom of the 6th: (Nic Bronzini, LHP)
Kleiman walked
Kozeal grounded into a double play, first to short to first, Kleiman out at second, 2 outs
Aloy flied out to left, 3 outs
Top of the 7th:
Freund struck out swinging, 1 out
*Luis Castillo hit for Geck
Castillo struck out swinging, 2 outs
Rhoades walked
*Kade Smith hit for Simpson
Smith grounded into a fielder's choice, third to second, Rhoades out at second
Bottom of the 7th: (Trent Jordan, RHP)
Robinett singled to right
Niu flied out to right, 1 out
Pompey homered to left, Robinett scored, 6-1 Arkansas
*Brayden Walls (LHP) replaces Jordan
*Holland hit for Turner
Holland struck out swinging, 2 outs
Brumbaugh struck out swinging, 3 outs
Metrics on the homer: 106 miles an hour, 394 feet
Top of the 8th: (Mark Brissey, RHP)
Anderson reached on an error by the second baseman
Coyle struck out looking, 1 out
Jake McClure singled to right, Anderson to second
Cano grounded into a fielder's choice, third, unassisted, Anderson out at third, McClure to second, Cano to first, 2 outs
McClure advanced to third on a wild pitch, Cano to second
Baumbach lined out to left, 3 outs
Bottom of the 8th: (Issac Evaniew, RHP)
*Zack Stewart hit for Ruiz
Stewart walked
Clark out on a sac bunt, catcher to first, 1 out, Stewart to second
*Carter Rutenbar hit for Kleiman
Rutenbar walked
Kozeal struck out swinging, Clark stole third, Rutenbar stole second, 2 outs
*Luke Schimmels (RHP) replaces Evaniew
Aloy singled to second, Stewart scored, Rutenbar scored on an error by the second baseman, 8-1 Arkansas
Robinett struck out swinging, 3 outs
Top of the 9th: (Luke Cornelison, RHP)
Trey Hill struck out swinging, 1 out
Freund singled to right
David Stanley struck out swinging, 2 outs
Castillo struck out swinging, 3 outs
Bottom of the 9th: (Brannon Westmoreland, RHP)
Alexander Peck reached on an error by the second baseman
Cayden Mitchell struck out swinging, 1 out
Landon Schaefer walked, Peck to second
Cornelison grounded into a fielder's choice, second to short, Schaefer out at second, Peck to third, Cornelison to first, 2 outs
Willis grounded into a fielder's choice, short to second, Cornelison out at second, 3 outs
Final: Arkansas 8, UALR 1
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