#7 Arkansas Ventures into Baton Rouge for Penultimate SEC Weekend Series
BATON ROUGE, La. – No. 7 Arkansas (40-9, 17-7 SEC), the first team in the country to 40 wins, ventures into Baton Rouge for its penultimate SEC weekend series of 2025, taking on No. 3 LSU (38-11, 15-9 SEC) at Alex Box Stadium.
First pitch in the series opener between the Razorbacks and Tigers is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 9, on SEC Network+ with Lyn Rollins (play-by-play) and Ben McDonald (analyst) on the call. Saturday and Sunday’s ballgames, meanwhile, will televise nationally on SEC Network with Dave Neal (play-by-play) and McDonald (analyst) on the call.
Arkansas enters the weekend second in the SEC standings at 17-7, two games behind first-place Texas with just six conference contests remaining in the year. The Razorbacks tout their best 24-game SEC record for the sixth time in program history and can match their best 27-game SEC record (20-7 in 1999) with a sweep this weekend in Baton Rouge.
Schedule
Friday, May 9
#7 Arkansas vs. #3 LSU – 6:30 p.m. – SEC Network+ – Listen – Live Stats
Saturday, May 10
#7 Arkansas vs. #3 LSU – 5:30 p.m. – SEC Network – Listen – Live Stats
Sunday, May 11
#7 Arkansas vs. #3 LSU – 3 p.m. – SEC Network – Listen – Live Stats
On the Mound
Friday, May 9
Arkansas – LHP Zach Root (6-3, 3.95 ERA)
LSU – LHP Kade Anderson (6-1, 3.57 ERA)
Saturday, May 10
Arkansas – RHP Gage Wood (1-0, 3.77 ERA)
LSU – RHP Anthony Eyanson (7-2, 3.16 ERA)
Sunday, May 11
Arkansas – TBA
LSU – TBA
Tune In
Lyn Rollins (play-by-play) and Ben McDonald (analyst) will have the call of Friday’s series opener between seventh-ranked Arkansas and third-ranked LSU at Alex Box Stadium on SEC Network+. Dave Neal (play-by-play) will join McDonald (analyst) in the booth for Saturday and Sunday’s contests, which will televise nationally on SEC Network.
The weekend 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 Phil Elson on the call. A full list of radio affiliates is available here.
History Lesson
Entering the weekend, Arkansas is 44-77 overall against LSU since 1960, including a 15-39 record in games played in Baton Rouge. Under Dave Van Horn, the Hogs are 30-44 overall and 11-19 at Alex Box Stadium against the Tigers.
Arkansas, 12-4 in its last 16 games against the Tigers since 2019, has won four of its last five weekend series against LSU, including a weekend series win in Baton Rouge during the 2021 campaign. The Razorbacks swept the Tigers last season at Baum-Walker Stadium and ride a program record-tying four-game winning streak against LSU entering this weekend.
This is 40
The Hogs, the first team in the country to 40 wins, have clinched their eighth consecutive 40-win season. Arkansas is the only SEC program to accomplish the feat in each of the last eight full seasons, doing so in 2017 (45 wins), 2018 (48 wins), 2019 (46 wins), 2021 (50 wins), 2022 (46 wins), 2023 (43 wins), 2024 (44 wins) and now 2025 (40 wins).
Arkansas is also one of only two programs in the country, along with Southern Miss, to accomplish the feat in each of the last eight full seasons. Southern Miss, currently 35-13, has won 40 or more games every season since 2016.
It Just Means More Wins
With a sweep this weekend, Arkansas can match its best 27-game SEC record in program history. The Hogs boasted a 20-7 record through 27 SEC contests in 1999 before finishing 22-8, their best SEC record since joining the league in 1992.
Thanks to last weekend’s sweep against Texas, Arkansas has matched its best 24-game SEC record (17-7) for the sixth time in school history. The Razorbacks also started a program-best 17-7 in SEC play in 1999, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024.
Arkansas, winners of 18 or more SEC games in seven consecutive seasons (2017-24), needs one more conference win to hit the 18-win mark in SEC play for the eighth season in a row. LSU is the only other team in SEC history to record at least eight consecutive seasons of 18 or more SEC wins, accomplishing the feat in 10 straight seasons from 1996-2005.
Additionally, 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 seasons, is the first team since LSU from 1994-97 to post four 20-win SEC campaigns in five years.
Homerin’ Hogs
Through 49 games, Arkansas has swatted 102 home runs, good for fifth most nationally and third most in a single season in program history. With eight more homers this year, the Razorbacks will set a single-season program record, eclipsing their single-season program record of 109 home runs, which was set over 63 games during the 2021 campaign.
Total – Year / Games – Avg./Gm
1. 109 – 2021 / 63 – 1.73
2. 106 –2022 / 67 – 1.58
3. 102 – 2025 / 49 – 2.08
4. 98 – 2018 / 69 – 1.42
T5. 92 – 2023 / 61 – 1.51
T5. 92 – 2010 / 64 –1.44
7. 88 – 2019 / 66 – 1.33
8. 87 – 2024 / 60 – 1.45
9. 84 – 1999 / 65 – 1.29
10. 83 – 2017 / 64 – 1.30
Razorback shortstop Wehiwa Aloy, who is slashing a team-leading .376/.464/.718 through 49 games, leads the team in home runs with 17. The Wailuku, Hawai’i, native’s 17 homers are tied for 10th most by a Razorback in a single season.
HR – Player – Year
1. 24 – Ryan Lundquist – 1997
T2. 22 – Brett Eibner – 2010
T2. 22 – Danny Hamblin – 2007
T4. 20 – Andrew Benintendi – 2015
T4. 20 – Chad Spanberger – 2017
T4. 20 – Rodney Nye – 1999
T7. 19 – Andy Wilkins – 2009
T7. 19 – Ryan Fox – 2003
9. 18 – Andy Skeels – 1987
T10. 17 – Wehiwa Aloy – 2025
T10. 17 – Heston Kjerstad – 2019
T10. 17 – Danny Hamblin – 2006
T10. 17 – Michael Conner – 2002
T10. 17 – Eric Hinske – 1997
T10. 17 – Jeff King – 1986
T10. 17 – Jeff King – 1985
T10. 17 – Kevin McReynolds – 1980
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