Baseball to Battle Florida on Wednesday in SEC Tournament

May 20, 2015

HOOVER, Ala. – The 20th-ranked and No. 5 seed University of Arkansas baseball team is set to play seventh-ranked and No. 4 seed Florida Wednesday evening in the second round of the SEC Tournament at the Hoover Met.

Matchup: No. 5 Arkansas vs. No. 4 Florida
TV: SEC Network >> SECN+ >> WatchESPN App
Talent: Clay Matvick (PXP), Gabe Gross (Analyst) and Kayce Smith (Field)
Radio: Razorback Sports Network from IMG | Sirius 219 | XM 190
Probable Starters: (ARK) RHP Keaton McKinney (6-1) vs. (UF) RHP Dane Dunning (5-2)

Leading Off

Arkansas improved to 10-11 all-time in the opening game of the SEC Tournament with a walk-off win Tuesday vs. Tennessee.
The Razorbacks are appearing in their 21st SEC Tournament in program history and seventh straight, posting a record of 27-35.
The Arkansas pitching staff has held opponents to two runs or less in 10 of the last 14 games, posting an ERA of 2.31 with a pair of shutouts and 99 strikeouts in 121.0 innings of work. The Razorbacks are 11-3 over that span and 20-3 when holding the opponent to two runs or less this season.
Arkansas has won 19 of its last 24 games and has not dropped consecutive games since March 21 & March 24.
The Razorbacks are 1-2 all-time against Florida in the SEC Tournament, dropping games in 2005 and 2010 and earning a win in 2009. Arkansas is 27-26 all-time against the Gators, including winning three of the last five meetings
Arkansas has won nine of its last 10 games on the road, including seven of nine inside the Hoover Met.
Tuesday’s walk-off win over Tennessee marked Arkansas’ third win of the season when tied after eight innings and the club’s second walk-off victory of the year. ( Last vs. SEMO March 17 – Spanberger hit)
In his last two SEC Tournament starts, Trey Killian has lasted 13.0 innings and given up just one earned run while striking out nine.
With two more hits Tuesday against Tennessee, Joe Serrano extended his hitting streak to a career-long 10 games and his reached base streak to 23games. He also tallied his 15th multi-hit game of the year.
Arkansas has made three SEC Tournament Championship game appearances in program history, finishing runner up in 1998 to Auburn, in 1999 to Alabama and in 2007 to Vanderbilt.
Tyler Spoon collected his 17th multi-hit game of the year against Tennessee, his fifth three-hit performance and his team-leading 18th double of the year.
Over his last six starts, freshman Keaton McKinney is 5-0 with a 1.56 ERA, two complete games, one shutout and a .190 batting average against. He is the only pitcher in the league to earn SEC Freshman and Pitcher of the Week honors this season.
All-SEC first team selection Zach Jackson worked 1.1 innings with two strikeouts in relief Tuesday against Tennessee to improve to 5-0 on the year and move to strikeout total to 69 in just 47.0 innings of work.

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