Today’s game

NO. 2 ARKANSAS AT NO. 6 VANDERBILT

WHEN 6 p.m. Central today WHERE Hawkins Field, Nashville, Tenn. RECORDS Arkansas 38-13, 19-8 SEC Vanderbilt 35-16, 17-10 STARTING PITCHERS Arkansas LHP Hagen Smith (7-1, 2.47 ERA) Vanderbilt TBA

COACHES Dave Van Horn (834-436 in 21st season at Arkansas 1,154-595 in 29th season overall) Tim Corbin (876-416-1 in 21st season at Vanderbilt)

SERIES Arkansas leads 34-31 LAST MEETING Vanderbilt won 5-0 (7 innings), May 15, 2022

TV SEC Network

RADIO Razorback Sports Network SHORT HOPS 6-5 LHP Devin Futtrell (63, 2.93), scheduled to start on Friday, is the only Commodore pitcher to start each weekend during conference play. … The Razorbacks lead the SEC and are ninth nationally with 48 double plays, an average of 0.94 per game. … Arkansas is 149th nationally in team batting average (.280), 54th in team earned-run average (4.78), 19th in fielding percentage (.979) and 51st in scoring (7.8 runs per game). … Vanderbilt is 177th in batting average (.274), 25th in team ERA (4.27), fifth in fielding (.982) and 121st in scoring (7.1 rpg). … Vanderbilt won the first meeting between the schools by a 9-6 count on May 8, 1970, but the Razorbacks took 11 of the first 14 meetings after joining the SEC between 1994-1998. … Vanderbilt has won three of the past four series, including a 2-1 split late last season in Fayetteville, and a sweep at Hawkins Field in 2015.

THE WEEK AHEAD

TODAY at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m. FRIDAY at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m. SATURDAY at Vanderbilt, 2 p.m.

SUNDAY Off

MONDAY Off

TUESDAY Off

WEDNESDAY TBA at SEC Tournament THURSDAY TBA at SEC Tournament