Malvern Daily Record

No. 4 Arkansas faces SEC road test at Texas A&M

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FAYETTEVIL­LE – No. 4 Arkansas (30-7, 11-4 SEC) is deep in the heart of Texas this weekend for a three-game road series against SEC Western Division foe Texas A&M (23-13, 8-7 SEC).

Arkansas maintains a three-game lead in the SEC West headed into this weekend’s action. The Hogs, winners of 14 of their last 15 SEC series and six of their last seven conference road series, have won the opening game of their last nine SEC road series.

Schedule

2 p.m. Saturday, April 23 at Texas A&M – SEC Network+ – Listen – Live Stats

1 p.m. Sunday, April 24 at Texas A&M – SEC Network+ – Listen – Live Stats

Tune In

Saturday’s game will stream on SEC Network+ with Andrew Monaco on play-by-play and Mark Johnson on color, while Will Johnson (play-by-play) and Boomer White (analyst) have the call in Sunday’s game 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.

The entire SEC weekend series in College Station can also be heard on the Razorback

Sports Network from Learfield/img, including locally in Fayettevil­le on 92.1 FM, with Phil Elson on the call.

Matchups Game 2

Arkansas LHP Hagen Smith (6-2, 3.88 ERA) vs. Texas A&M RHP Micah Dallas (41, 4.61 ERA)

Game 3

Arkansas RHP Jaxon Wiggins (5-0, 4.66 ERA) vs. Texas A&M TBA

Series History

Longtime Southwest Conference rivals, Arkansas and Texas A&M have met on the diamond 89 times before. The Hogs own a slim 45-44 series lead entering this season’s threegame series.

This weekend, the two programs will clash for the ninth time since Texas A&M joined the SEC in 2013. The Razorbacks have won six of their eight meetings with the Aggies in that span, including two of the three series in College Station (2015 & 2017).

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