#2 Arkansas Hosts Texas A&M This Weekend at Baum-Walker Stadium
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – No. 2 Arkansas (33-5, 12-3 SEC), off to its best 38-game overall start as well as its best 15-game SEC start in program history, will play host to Texas A&M (21-15, 6-9 SEC) this weekend at Baum-Walker Stadium.
First pitch in the series opener between the Razorbacks and Aggies is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17, on SEC Network with Lowell Galindo (play-by-play) and Gregg Olson (analyst) on the call. Arkansas has won 12 consecutive SEC home weekend series since the start of 2023, and 24 of its last 25 SEC home weekend series since the 2019 campaign.
Arkansas, which enters the weekend at 12-3 in league play, has started 11-4 or better start through its first 15 games of SEC play for five consecutive seasons. The Razorbacks have started 11-4 on three occasions (2021, 2022 and 2023) and have matched their program-best 15-game SEC start with a 12-3 mark on two occasions (2024 and 2025) in that span.
Schedule
Thursday, April 17
Texas A&M vs. #2 Arkansas – 7 p.m. – SEC Network – Listen – Live Stats
Friday, April 18
Texas A&M vs. #2 Arkansas – 6:30 p.m. – SEC Network+ – Listen – Live Stats
Saturday, April 19
Texas A&M vs. #2 Arkansas – 4 p.m. – SEC Network+ – Listen – Live Stats
On the Mound
Thursday, April 17
Texas A&M – LHP Ryan Prager (2-2, 3.93 ERA)
Arkansas – LHP Zach Root (5-1, 3.62 ERA)
Friday, April 18
Texas A&M – LHP Justin Lamkin (3-3, 3.25 ERA)
Arkansas – RHP Gage Wood (0-0, 2.57 ERA)
Saturday, April 19
Texas A&M – LHP Myles Patton (3-3, 4.91 ERA)
Arkansas – LHP Landon Beidelschies (4-0, 4.24 ERA)
Tune In
Lowell Galindo (play-by-play) and Gregg Olson (analyst) have the call of Thursday night’s series opener between second-ranked Arkansas and Texas A&M on SEC Network. Brett Dolan (play-by-play) and Razorback great Troy Eklund (analyst) will take over in the broadcast booth for Friday and Saturday’s games, which will both stream on SEC Network+.
This weekend’s series between the Hogs and Aggies can also be heard on the Razorback Sports Network from Learfield, including locally in Fayetteville on 92.1 FM or through the Razorback app, with Phil Elson (play-by-play) and Razorback great and former big leaguer Bubba Carpenter (analyst) on the call. A full list of radio affiliates is available here.
History Lesson
Entering the weekend, Arkansas owns a 51-49 overall record against Texas A&M, including a 24-21 mark in games played in Fayetteville. Under Dave Van Horn, the Hogs are 23-17 overall and 13-5 in Fayetteville against the Aggies.
Since 2018, the Razorbacks, who have won five of their last eight games against the Aggies, have won three consecutive weekend series against Texas A&M (2018, 2021 and 2023) in Fayetteville, including sweeps in 2018 and 2023.
Hogs’ Historic Start
Following its midweek win against UAPB Tuesday night, Arkansas improved to 33-5 overall on the year to match its best 38-game overall start to a campaign for the second time in the last two seasons and for the third time in program history (1989 & 2024). In 1989, the Norm DeBriyn-led Hogs went 33-5 through their first 38 games before advancing to the College World Series for the fourth time in program history and finishing the year with a school-record 51 overall wins.
After recording one win on the road at Georgia last weekend, Arkansas enters this weekend’s series at 12-3 in league play, which matches its program-best 15-game SEC start. The Razorbacks have now started 12-3 or better through their first 15 SEC games on four occasions in program history: 1999 (12-3), 2010 (12-3), 2024 (12-3) and 2025 (12-3).
It Just Means More Wins
With at least two victories this weekend against Texas A&M, Arkansas can improve to 14-4 through its first 18 SEC games for the third time in school history. The Hogs also started a program-best 14-4 in SEC play in 1999 and 2024.
Arkansas has finished with 20 or more SEC victories in a season five times in program history, including four times under head coach Dave Van Horn. The Razorbacks reached the 20-win mark in SEC play in back-to-back seasons in 2023 and 2024 for the first time in program history. Arkansas, which has reached the 20-win mark in SEC play in four of the last five full seasons, is the first team since LSU from 1994-97 to post four 20-win SEC campaigns in five years.
30 Seasons of Baum-Walker Stadium
The 2025 campaign marks the 30th season in the history of Baum-Walker Stadium, which opened in 1996. Arkansas won its 700th game at Baum-Walker Stadium against Washington State on Feb. 17, 2025, and maintains an overall record of 720-244 (.747) inside the stadium’s friendly confines entering this weekend’s SEC series against Texas A&M.
Riding a five-game home winning streak, Arkansas is 24-1 at Baum-Walker Stadium this season. Since the venue opened, the Hogs have recorded six 30-win seasons at home, accomplishing the feat during the 2004 (31 wins), 2018 (program-record 34 wins), 2019 (33 wins), 2021 (30 wins), 2023 (32 wins) and 2024 (program-record 34 wins) campaigns.
Excluding 2020, the Razorbacks have won 28 or more games in seven consecutive seasons at Baum-Walker Stadium: 2017 (29 wins), 2018 (34 wins), 2019 (33 wins), 2021 (30 wins), 2022 (28 wins), 2023 (32 wins) and 2024 (34 wins).
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