Hogs Drop Regular-Season Finale to Aggies

Oliver Grigg May 18, 2024

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Homers by Hudson White and Wehiwa Aloy were not enough as No. 3 Arkansas (43-12, 20-10 SEC) lost to No. 5 Texas A&M (44-11, 19-11 SEC), 14-4, in seven innings Saturday afternoon at Blue Bell Park.

Despite their loss in the series finale, the Razorbacks finished the regular season as the SEC Western Division champions for the fifth time in six years and for the ninth time in program history after their win over the Aggies on Friday night.

Texas A&M scored early and often in Saturday’s regular-season finale, tagging Arkansas pitchers for 14 runs on 15 hits, including four home runs, and seven walks. The Hogs kept pace with the Aggies through the ballgame’s first five innings, thanks to White’s solo homer in the second and Aloy’s three-run dinger in the third, which tied the game at four apiece.

White blasted his sixth home run of the season and fifth in his last eight games, while Aloy added to his team-leading home run and RBI totals with his round-tripper to give him 13 home runs and 54 runs batted in on the year.

For the season, White is now slashing .288/.383/.489 across 41 games. The Razorback catcher was the team’s leading hitter in SEC play, finishing a .330/.410/.534 slash line, including five home runs and 16 RBI, over 26 league games.

Aloy, meanwhile, finished the regular season as the only Razorback to play in every game and slashed .276/.368/.496. He currently leads the team in nearly every major offensive category, including runs scored (42) and total bases (106).

Arkansas trailed, 5-4, entering the bottom of the sixth, but were undone by Texas A&M’s six-run frame. The Aggies would tack on three more runs in the bottom half of the seventh to take a 14-4 lead and finish off their run-rule win.

Next, the Razorbacks return to Hoover, Ala., to participate in the SEC Tournament. Western Division champion Arkansas is the No. 2 seed and will open tournament play at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium on Wednesday, May 22.

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