Reindel pitches Gray past Cardinal

Junior Jake Reindl pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings to lead his Gray team to a 3-0 victory in Game 2 of the Cardinal and Gray series at Baum Stadium on Friday. The best-of-five series is tied 1-1.

Reindl was efficient on a 75-pitch limit. He allowed only two hits and no walks.

“Jake kind of does what he does when he’s on,” Arkansas Coach Dave Van Horn said. “He’s got tremendous movement and a lot of run on his fastball. He uses three different arm slots and he just pitches.

“I thought he looked extremely good.”

Reindl mixed a low-90s fastball with a good changeup to induce 11 ground ball outs. Another ground ball was booted by second baseman Carson Shaddy.

Reindl, the Razorbacks’ top arm out of the bullpen last season, finished with two strikeouts and outdueled Cardinal starter Blaine Knight, who allowed two runs during a 30-pitch first inning.

“Any time you get to pitch against Blaine it’s fun because he’s all that, and he’s going to go high in the draft,” Reindl said. “It’s kind of fun to compare yourself against him, for sure.”

Knight pitched 4 innings and allowed 2 earned runs on 5 hits. He struck out three batters and walked two.

Ben McClain’s two-run single gave the Gray a 2-0 lead in the first. Five of the first six batters reached against Knight.

“The first four hitters of the game squared it up pretty good,” Van Horn said. “I think they frustrated him and fouled off a lot of pitches.

“I was proud of Blaine for bouncing back. He’s had a pretty good fall.” The Razorbacks are scheduled to scrimmage again Sunday at 2 p.m.