Tennessee vs Arkansas (May 20, 2026)

 
Box Score
 

2026 Arkansas Baseball
#23 Tennessee vs #12 Arkansas
May 20, 2026 at Hoover, Ala. (Hoover Met)

Tennessee 4 (38-20)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Garrett Wright c/lf  5  1  2  0  0  1  9  1  0 
Blake Grimmer 2b  4  0  1  1  1  1  0  1  1 
Henry Ford 3b  4  0  1  1  0  2  0  3  0 
Trent Grindlinger dh  4  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  3 
Levi Clark 1b  4  1  2  0  0  2  7  0  0 
Manny Marin ss  3  0  0  0  1  2  1  2  0 
Blaine Brown lf  3  0  1  2  0  0  2  0  0 
   Stone Lawless ph/c  1  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0 
Nate Eisfelder rf  4  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  3 
Jay Abernathy cf  4  1  1  0  0  0  2  0  0 
Evan Blanco p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Chandler Day p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Ethan Baiotto p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Nic Abraham p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Mark Hindy p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Bo Rhudy p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Totals  36  4  8  4  2  10  24  7  7 
  

Arkansas 8 (37-19)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Damian Ruiz lf  4  0  1  0  0  2  3  0  0 
Camden Kozeal ss  3  2  1  1  1  0  1  5  0 
Ryder Helfrick c  2  2  0  0  2  1  10  0  2 
Zack Stewart rf  4  2  2  3  0  2  2  0  0 
TJ Pompey 3b  4  2  3  3  0  1  1  1  0 
Nolan Souza 2b  4  0  1  1  0  0  1  3  0 
Kuhio Aloy dh  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Carter Rutenbar ph/dh  2  0  0  0  1  2  0  0  0 
Maika Niu cf  4  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  2 
Reese Robinett 1b  4  0  1  0  0  2  8  1  0 
Tate McGuire p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Parker Coil p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   James DeCremer p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Cole Gibler p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Totals  32  8  9  8  4  11  27  10  4  

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Tennessee........... 000 210 100 -  4  8  1
Arkansas............ 401 030 00X -  8  9  2
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E - BLANCO, E.(1); Pompey(8); Niu(2). DP - UT 1. LOB - UT 7; ARK 4. 2B - GRIMMER, B.(8); FORD, H.(15); CLARK, L.(13); BROWN, B.(12); Souza(15). HR - Kozeal(18); Stewart 2(13); Pompey(15). SB - ABERNATHY, J(9). CS - Pompey(2).

Tennessee   ip  h  r  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Evan Blanco L,7-4  3.0  7  5  5  1  3  0  0  0  0  15  16  3  2  57 
Chandler Day   1.1  0  2  2  2  2  0  0  0  0  4  6  1  1  27 
Ethan Baiotto   0.0  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  3 
Nic Abraham   1.2  1  0  0  1  2  1  0  0  0  6  7  0  3  33 
Mark Hindy   0.1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  4 
Bo Rhudy   1.2  0  0  0  0  3  0  0  0  0  5  5  2  0  20 
  
Arkansas   ip  h  r  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Tate McGuire   3.0  1  0  0  1  3  0  0  0  0  10  11  3  3  44 
Parker Coil   1.2  4  3  1  0  3  0  0  0  0  10  10  2  0  45 
James DeCremer   2.1  2  1  1  1  4  0  0  0  0  9  10  1  2  39 
Cole Gibler W,5-2  2.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  7  7  1  5  30 

Win - Gibler (5-2). Loss - BLANCO, E. (7-4). Save - None. WP - ABRAHAM, N.(1). Inherited runners/scored: BAIOTTO, E. 2/2; DeCremer 1/0. Pitches/strikes: BLANCO, E. 57/38; DAY, C. 27/13; BAIOTTO, E. 3/1; ABRAHAM, N. 33/21; HINDY, M. 4/3; RHUDY, B. 20/13; McGuire 44/32; Coil 45/32; DeCremer 39/27; Gibler 30/18.

Umpires - HP: David Savage 1B: David Soucy 2B: Jeff Head 3B: Eric Goshay
Start: 4:32 pm Time: 2:58 Attendance: 14461
Weather: 87, cloudy
BAIOTTO, E. faced 1 batter in the 5th.

 
Play-by-Play
 

2026 Arkansas Baseball
#23 Tennessee vs #12 Arkansas
May 20, 2026 at Hoover, Ala. (Hoover Met)

Tennessee starters: 5/c WRIGHT, G.; 14/2b GRIMMER, B.; 9/3b FORD, H.; 30/dh GRINDLINGER; 16/1b CLARK, L.; 4/ss MARIN, M.; 1/lf BROWN, B.; 17/rf EISFELDER, N; 8/cf ABERNATHY, J; 11/p BLANCO, E.;

Arkansas starters: 42/lf Ruiz; 8/ss Kozeal; 27/c Helfrick; 17/rf Stewart; 5/3b Pompey; 3/2b Souza; 25/dh Aloy; 4/cf Niu; 18/1b Robinett; 26/p McGuire;

Tennessee 1st - No play. WRIGHT, G. flied out to lf (0-1 K). GRIMMER, B. walked (3-2 BBBKSFFFFB). FORD, H. struck out swinging (2-2 KKBBS). GRINDLINGER reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (1-2 FBF); GRIMMER, B. out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Arkansas 1st - Ruiz grounded out to 3b (2-2 BBKK). Kozeal homered to right center, RBI (0-1 K). Helfrick walked (3-0 BBBB). Stewart homered to right field, 2 RBI (0-0); Helfrick scored. Pompey singled down the 3b line, advanced to second on a throwing error by p (2-2 KBBF). Souza doubled down the rf line, RBI (1-1 BK); Pompey scored. Aloy flied out to rf (0-2 KK); Souza advanced to third. Niu struck out swinging (2-2 SFBFBS). 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Tennessee 2nd - CLARK, L. struck out swinging (0-2 KKS). MARIN, M. struck out swinging (0-2 KFFS). BROWN, B. grounded out to 2b (1-2 BSS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Arkansas 2nd - Robinett struck out looking (2-2 BBKFK). Ruiz singled to right field (2-2 SBSB). Kozeal flied out to cf (0-0). Helfrick grounded out to 3b (1-1 BK). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Tennessee 3rd - EISFELDER, N grounded out to 2b (1-2 KBFF). UT ABS challenge 0-1 pitch: overturned, strike 2 to ball 1. ABERNATHY, J popped up to 3b (1-1 BS). WRIGHT, G. singled to left field (0-0). GRIMMER, B. flied out to cf (2-0 BB). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Arkansas 3rd - Stewart homered to right field, RBI (0-0). Pompey singled to second base (2-2 BSSBFF). Souza flied out to lf (0-0). Rutenbar pinch hit for Aloy. Rutenbar struck out looking (1-2 SBKFK); Pompey out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Tennessee 4th - Coil to p for McGuire. FORD, H. struck out swinging (1-2 FBKFS). GRINDLINGER reached on a fielding error by 3b. CLARK, L. singled to center field, advanced to second on a throwing error by cf (3-1 BBBK); GRINDLINGER advanced to second, advanced to third on the error. MARIN, M. struck out swinging (0-2 SFFFS). BROWN, B. doubled to right center, 2 RBI (0-2 FS); CLARK, L. scored, unearned; GRINDLINGER scored, unearned. EISFELDER, N flied out to lf (0-1 S). 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.

Arkansas 4th - DAY, C. to p for BLANCO, E.. Niu flied out to lf (2-1 KBB). Robinett grounded out to 2b (2-1 BBK). Ruiz struck out swinging (1-2 BKSS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Tennessee 5th - ABERNATHY, J flied out to lf (0-1 F). WRIGHT, G. singled to left field (3-2 BBSBF). GRIMMER, B. struck out swinging (3-2 BFBFFFBFS). FORD, H. doubled down the lf line, RBI (3-2 BBBKFFF); WRIGHT, G. scored. DeCremer to p for Coil. GRINDLINGER grounded out to 2b (0-1 K). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Arkansas 5th - Kozeal walked (3-2 BBKFBB). Helfrick walked (3-1 KBBBB); Kozeal advanced to second. ARK ABS challenge 0-1 pitch: overturned, strike 2 to ball 1. Stewart struck out swinging (1-2 KKBS). BAIOTTO, E. to p for DAY, C.. Pompey homered to left center, 3 RBI (2-0 BB); Helfrick scored; Kozeal scored. ABRAHAM, N. to p for BAIOTTO, E.. Souza grounded out to ss (0-0). Rutenbar to dh. Rutenbar walked (3-2 KBFBFBB). Niu grounded out to 3b (1-2 BKSFF). 3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Tennessee 6th - CLARK, L. struck out looking (3-2 BFKFBBK). MARIN, M. walked (3-2 BBBKFB). BROWN, B. reached on a fielder's choice to first base (0-0); MARIN, M. out at second 1b to ss. EISFELDER, N struck out looking (1-2 KKFBK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Arkansas 6th - Robinett singled to right field (1-1 BF). Ruiz struck out swinging (3-2 BKSBFBS). Robinett advanced to second on a wild pitch. Kozeal grounded out to ss (1-2 FBF); Robinett advanced to third. Helfrick struck out swinging (2-2 BKBKS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Tennessee 7th - ABERNATHY, J singled to left field (0-1 K). WRIGHT, G. struck out looking (1-2 BKFK). UT ABS challenge 1-2 pitch: Strike 3 confirmed. ABERNATHY, J stole second. GRIMMER, B. doubled to left center, RBI (3-2 BBKBF); ABERNATHY, J scored. FORD, H. flied out to rf (0-2 KF). GRINDLINGER struck out swinging (0-2 FKS). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Arkansas 7th - HINDY, M. to p for ABRAHAM, N.. Stewart struck out looking (1-2 BKKK). ARK ABS challenge 0-0 pitch: Overturned, strike 1 to ball 1. UT ABS challenge 1-2 pitch: overturned, ball 2 to strike 3. RHUDY, B. to p for HINDY, M.. Pompey struck out swinging (2-2 BKBSS). UT ABS challenge 0-0 pitch: Ball 1 confirmed. Souza flied out to cf (1-0 B). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Tennessee 8th - Gibler to p for DeCremer. CLARK, L. doubled to left center (3-1 BBBK). MARIN, M. grounded out to ss (0-2 KF). LAWLESS, S. pinch hit for BROWN, B.. LAWLESS, S. flied out to rf (2-2 BBKK); CLARK, L. advanced to third. EISFELDER, N grounded out to 3b (1-1 BF). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Arkansas 8th - WRIGHT, G. to lf. LAWLESS, S. to c. Rutenbar struck out swinging (1-2 SFBS). Niu fouled out to 1b (0-2 SS). Robinett struck out swinging (3-2 KKBBBS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Tennessee 9th - ABERNATHY, J grounded out to ss (3-1 BBBK). ARK ABS challenge 2-0 pitch: Ball 3 confirmed. WRIGHT, G. grounded out to ss (0-1 K). GRIMMER, B. grounded out to ss (3-2 KBBKFB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.