Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Today’s game

CENTRAL ARKANSAS AT NO. 5 ARKANSAS

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WHEN 6 p.m.,

WHERE Baum-Walker Stadium, Fayettevil­le

RECORDS UCA 16-19; Arkansas 29-7

STARTING PITCHERS UCA TBA; Arkansas

TBA COACHES Nick Harlan (40-48 in second season at UCA and overall); Dave Van Horn (825-431 in 21st season at Arkansas; 1,145-589 in 29th season overall)

SERIES Arkansas leads 6-4-2

LAST MEETING Arkansas won 2-1 in 10 innings on April 26, 2022 TV None

RADIO Razorback Sports Network

STREAMING SEC Network-Plus

SHORT HOPS The Razorbacks have hit a home run in 32 consecutiv­e games, the longest active streak in the country. … UCA RHP Jesse Barker was named ASUN pitcher of the week after his 5-hit shutout in a 5-0 win at North Florida. … Arkansas OF Jace Bohrofen was named national player of the week by Collegiate Baseball newspaper after hitting .375 with a slugging percentage of 1.188 with home runs in 4 consecutiv­e games and 9 RBI in 5 games last week. … Kendall Diggs has 17 extra-base hits among his 37 hits for an Arkansas team-high rate among regulars of 45.9%, followed by Brady Slavens (45.4%), Jared Wegner (43.6%) and Bohrofen (42.2%). Harold Coll has 7 extra-base hits among his 13 hits (53.8%) in 53 at-bats. … The Razorbacks are 86th nationally in team batting average (.289), 63rd in earned-run average (4.82), 37 in fielding percentage (.978) and 27th in scoring (8.3 runs per game). … UCA is 136th in hitting (.280), 90th in team ERA (5.08), 197th in fielding percentage (.965) and 157th in scoring (6.6 rpg). … Arkansas has defeated the Bears 21-8, 21-9 and 2-1 in three meetings since the revival of the series in 2021 after a layoff of 72 years since 1948.

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