#5 Arkansas, #1 LSU Meet in Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE, La. – No. 5 Arkansas (19-2, 3-0 SEC), winners of 14 consecutive games, goes down to Baton Rouge, La., this weekend for a top-five showdown against No. 1 LSU (19-2, 2-1 SEC) at Alex Box Stadium.
First pitch in the three-game set between the Hogs and Tigers is scheduled for noon on Friday, March 24. The series opener, originally scheduled for 7 p.m., was moved up due to forecasted inclement weather in the Baton Rouge area.
Arkansas is seeking its fourth consecutive series win against SEC Western Division rival LSU as well as back-to-back series wins in Baton Rouge for the first time in program history.
Schedule
Friday, March 24
#5 Arkansas vs. #1 LSU – Noon – SEC Network+ – Listen – Live Stats
Saturday, March 25
#5 Arkansas vs. #1 LSU – 2 p.m. – SEC Network – Listen – Live Stats
Sunday, March 26
#5 Arkansas vs. #1 LSU – Noon – ESPN – Listen – Live Stats
On the Mound
Friday, March 24
Arkansas LHP Hunter Hollan (4-0, 2.36 ERA) vs. LSU RHP Paul Skenes (5-0, 0.59 ERA)
Saturday, March 25
Arkansas RHP Will McEntire (4-0, 3.71 ERA) vs. LSU RHP Ty Floyd (3-0, 0.80 ERA)
Sunday, March 26
Arkansas TBA vs. LSU RHP Thatcher Hurd (2-0, 2.57 ERA)
Tune In
Dave Neal (play-by-play) and Ben McDonald (analyst) will have the call all weekend long. Friday’s game will be broadcast on SEC Network+, Saturday’s game will televise on SEC Network and Sunday’s series finale will air on ESPN.
The series 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 Kyle Schassburger on the call. A full list of radio affiliates is available here.
Series History
Arkansas is 39-75 all-time against LSU, including a 14-37 mark in games played in Baton Rouge. Under head coach Dave Van Horn, the Hogs are 25-42 overall with a 10-17 record in Louisiana’s capital city.
The Razorbacks, however, have held the upper hand in the rivalry since 2019. Arkansas is 7-2 in its last nine meetings against LSU, including a weekend series win in Baton Rouge in 2021 and a three-game sweep in Fayetteville in 2022.
Entering this weekend’s action, Arkansas is seeking its fourth consecutive series win against LSU as well as back-to-back series wins in Baton Rouge for the first time in program history.
Streaking Hogs
The Razorbacks ride a 14-game winning streak into this weekend’s top-five throwdown against the Tigers. It marks Arkansas’ longest in-season winning streak since head coach Dave Van Horn took over at the helm in 2003 as well as the longest in-season winning streak in program history since the Razorbacks won the first 18 games of the 1996 season.
In Van Horn’s 21 seasons as Head Hog, Arkansas has posted eight winning streaks of 10 or more games:
16 – March 7, 2020 – March 13, 2021
14 – March 1-21, 2023
13 – April 3-23, 2010
12 – Feb. 11 – March 8, 2005
12 – March 5-25, 2022
10 – Feb. 11 – March 5, 2003
10 – March 4-21, 2012
10 – May 16 – June 5, 2021
The longest winning streak of the DVH era (16 games) took place across two seasons. Arkansas won its final four games of the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign before winning its first 12 games of the 2021 season.
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