Razorbacks Have to Win Saturday to Avoid Sweep

Georgia hands Hogs first back-to-back losses this year, now looking for sweep

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allHOGS Staff
Publish date:
Apr 21, 2023 11:40 PM EDT

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Arkansas' frustrations continue to grow.

For the second straight night, the Razorbacks couldn't do anything with Georgia and had a 7-3 loss that really wasn't that close. It never really felt close.

Charlie Goldstein started on the mound for the Bulldogs struck out five Hogs without walking any in six scoreless innings of work, and Arkansas finished just 7-for-31 at the plate overall.

"(Goldstein) threw really well, but we didn't do a good job, obviously," Hogs coach Dave Van Horn said. "It was two nights in a row that their starting pitcher has been a lot better than ours. Yesterday, combo-ed with the defense, they got us early. Today they jumped on us and hit the ball out of the park."

For the second night in a row, the Hogs couldn't get any hits when it mattered. Brady Slavens hit a homer in the eighth, but they left the bases loaded. CConsidering they only left five guys on base the entire game, that's three in one inning.

"We left runners out there early and didn’t have very many in the first few innings, but the ones we did have we didn’t do much with it," Van Horn said later.

That included a Jace Bohrofen, who delivered an RBI double in the eighth, also got picked off second base.

"That wasn't very smart," Van Horn said.

The Hogs went with Will McEntire to start the game but Georgia lit him up for four runs in the second inning and another one in the third.

"He threw some good breaking balls early, but obviously they clubbed him in the second," Van Horn said. "When he made a mistake, they hammered it. When he left it up or in. Those were all pull-side home runs. It was a good job of hitting by them."

Now the Hogs have lost two games in a row for the first time this year and are needing a win Saturday to avoid a sweep for the first time this season.

"We’ve been out-played, pretty much in every aspect of the game, you know, fielding, hitting, baserunning, pitching," Arkansas head coach Dave Van Horn said. "They’ve kind of gotten after us.

"There’s no easy wins on the schedule," Van Horn said. "We’re going to have to play a lot better than we have the last two days."

The Hogs and Bulldogs will play the third game of the series Saturday at 1 p.m. and it will be streamed on ESPN+.