Today’s game

NO. 7 LSU AT NO. 1 ARKANSAS

WHEN 6 p.m.

WHERE Baum-Walker Stadium, Fayetteville

RECORDS Arkansas 20-3, 5-1 SEC; LSU 20-6, 2-4

STARTING PITCHERS LSU TBA; Arkansas LHP Hagen Smith (4-0, 1.24 ERA) SERIES LSU leads 77-41

COACHES Jay Johnson (114-45 in third season at LSU, 394-20 in 11th year overall); Dave Van Horn (859-444 in 22nd season at Arkansas, 1,179-601 in 30th season overall)

TV ESPN2

RADIO Razorback Sports Network STREAMING SEC Network-Plus

SHORT HOPS LSU junior right-hander Luke Holman, who was the Tigers’ series-opening starter at Mississippi State and against Florida, will start Friday night against the Razorbacks. Moving Holman from Game 1 to Game 2 allows him to stay on normal rest after he threw a 104 pitches and had a career-high 13 strikeouts in 6 innings against the Gators last Friday in the Tigers’ 6-1 victory. Hagen Smith, who will start tonight for Arkansas, had a Thursday night start at Auburn last week in the Razorbacks’ 1-0 victory when he went 6 innings and threw 87 pitches. … LSU hasn’t announced a starter for tonight’s game. … Razorbacks sophomore shortstop Wehiwa Aloy has team-highs of 5 home runs and 24 RBI. … Arkansas and LSU both won Tuesday night at home with the Razorbacks beating UALR 11-0 in 7 innings and the Tigers beating Southeastern Louisiana 8-4. … Arkansas is 9-4 against LSU since 2019. … The Tigers are 25-21 at Arkansas, where they last won a series in 2017 when they took 2 of 3 games. … LSU catcher Hayden Travinski is batting .400 (6 for 15) in his past 5 games with 3 home runs, 1 double and 5 RBI. Including 3 walks, his on-base percentage in the 5 games is .550.