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Hogs Open SEC Tournament with Rematch against Crimson Tide

Oliver Grigg
Oliver Grigg May 24, 2022
SEC Baseball Tournament Game Notes

HOOVER, Ala. – The Razorbacks begin the SEC Baseball Tournament against a familiar foe.

No. 3 seed Arkansas (38-16) opens play at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium against No. 11 seed Alabama (30-25) after concluding the regular season with a series loss to the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

First pitch is set for 30 minutes following the conclusion of Wednesday’s early game between No. 5 seed Auburn and No. 12 seed Kentucky, which gets underway at 12:45 p.m. due to weather delays. The contest will air on SEC Network.

Schedule
TBD Wednesday, May 25
vs. Alabama – SEC Network+ – Listen – Live Stats

Matchups
Alabama RHP Jacob McNairy (6-2, 4.79 ERA) vs. Arkansas RHP Will McEntire (1-1, 2.67 ERA)

Tune In
Dave Neal (play-by-play), Ben McDonald (analyst) and Kris Budden (reporter) will have the call in Wednesday’s nationally televised broadcast on SEC Network. Fans can catch all the action through the ESPN app on smartphones, computers and tablets or via Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

Wednesday’s ballgame can also be heard on the Razorback Sports Network from Learfield/IMG, including locally in Fayetteville on 92.1 FM or through the Razorback app, with Phil Elson (play-by-play) and Razorback great Bubba Carpenter (analyst) on the call. A full list of radio affiliates is available here.

Hogs in Hoover

  • Arkansas, the 2021 SEC Tournament champion, is vying to become the first team to win back-to-back tournament titles since LSU did so in 2013-14.
  • The Hogs are the No. 3 seed for the third time in their history and for the first time since the 2013 campaign.
  • The last No. 3 seed to win the SEC Tournament was Texas A&M in 2016.
  • Arkansas has reached the semifinals in three of the last four tournaments (2017, 2018 & 2021) and played for the title twice in that span (2017 & 2021).

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