GAME 37 THREAD: ARKANSAS (21-15, 4-11 SEC) vs #30 CREIGHTON(25-7, 5-1 Big East)

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

                                                                                      
                             2                   Top 8th                              6

                   
                      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |    |  R  | H   | E  |LOB
CU           0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |    |    |     |  2  |  7  | 2  | 4     
ARK         0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |    |    |     |  6  | 11 | 0  | 4     

[tennesseehogwild]

Game starts at 8:30 Central. If no overtime it'll be almost 2am by the time I get home. Pray for no overtime.

Go Preds! Let's go up 3-0! Hopefully they stay out of the box tonight!    Safe trip back home to you!

[pigture perfect]

SECN did well with these announcers in my opinion. Fair and knowledgable.

[Maddhog]

Woodrow - K's swinging. Finally!

[Maddhog]

And here comes Dave.  Knight will give way to Rodriguez. 

[pigture perfect]

Good looking 3rd Strike pitch by Knight.

[Maddhog]

Rodriguez will pitch to Lopez.   

Lopez singles. One on, one out.

[AirForceHog]

Late to the party but Go Hogs!

[Maddhog]

Fitzgerald singles to put two on, one out.

[Maddhog]

Fowler - hit to 3rd base, two out.

[Maddhog]

And along comes Dave with Willie in tow.   7th pitcher for the Hogs unless I lost count.

[AirForceHog]

7 pitchers?

[Maddhog]

Situation is Creighton has runners at the corners with two outs, T8, Hogs lead 6-2.

[Maddhog]

Unknown bluejay at the plate K's to end the top half.

B8, Hogs lead 6-2.

👍

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

                                                                                      
                             2                   Bot 8th                              6

                   
                      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |    |  R  | H   | E  |LOB
CU           0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |    |     |  2  |  9  | 2  | 6     
ARK         0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |    |    |     |  6  | 11 | 0  | 4     

[Maddhog]

7 pitchers?

Seems like more. They have all done very well.

[Ironhawg]

Unknown bluejay at the plate K's to end the top half.

B8, Hogs lead 6-2.

👍

That was a nice series of pitches by Willey.

[Maddhog]

Creighton brings in their submariner.

[Wisco Pig]

Hog hurlers tonight:
1. Campbell
2. Rogers   
3. Alberius      
4. Murphy      
5. Knight   
6. Rodriguez   
7. Willey

[Maddhog]

Shaddy, Koch and Spanberger due up.

Shaddy lines out.  Bases empty, one out

[Maddhog]

Koch - flies out to left.  Two out.

[Maddhog]

Spanberger who is a triple short of the cycle, walks to put one on and two outs.

[Maddhog]

Nomura - flies out to right.

T9, Hogs lead 6-2.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

                                                                                      
                             2                   Top 9th                              6

                   
                      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |    |  R  | H   | E  |LOB
CU           0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |    |     |  2  |  9  | 2  | 6     
ARK         0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |    |     |  6  | 11 | 0  | 5     

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

[Maddhog]

Murray - Flies out to Shaddy near the warning track.  One out.

[Maddhog]

Crawford singles up the middle. One on, one out.

[Maddhog]

A lefty pinch hits for Connolly.

Game ending 6-4-3 DP.

Hogs win 6-2.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

                                                                                     
                             2                   Final                              6

                   
                      1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |    |  R  | H   | E  |LOB
CU           0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |     |  2  |  9  | 2  | 6     
ARK         0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X |     |  6  | 11 | 0  | 5     

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

,

Great Job, MaddHog

[trippigs]

Well played all around. Thanks Maddhog and Arkansas

[Razorbacks#1]

Awesome job Maddhog and ARKANSAS! We needed that one badly! Go HOGS!

[Maddhog]

Very happy for those young men and their coach and, of course, the fans.

🐗

[pigture perfect]

+1 to all. Great game tonight.

[tennesseehogwild]

Hogs have now beaten Big 12 leader Texas Tech who is #11 RPI. and Big East leader, and #32 RPI Creighton. Wonder how far our RPI falls tonight? 

[Wisco Pig]

Well done, Maddhog.    Thanks, A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S.

[Maddhog]

Awesome job Maddhog and ARKANSAS! We needed that one badly! Go HOGS!

Yes we did need that.   Kentucky lost to Louisville tonight.

[tennesseehogwild]

Great job to all involved in PBP and thread. WPS!

[Maddhog]

Well done, Maddhog.    Thanks, A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S.

Looking forward to your PBP on Thursday. 

[Wisco Pig]

Looking forward to your PBP on Thursday.

Hope it's another W.    :razorback: :razorback: :razorback:

[Maddhog]

Hope it's another W.    :razorback: :razorback: :razorback:

Me too!  We need a conference win or two.

[Maddhog]

,

Great Job, MaddHog

Thank you!  It was fun to win. 😄

[Kevin]

Nice win. Hope it carrys over

[Razorbacks#1]

Hope it's another W.    :razorback: :razorback: :razorback:

Yes please!

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

Spanberger Leads Charge For Hog Baseball - Video Highlights
http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/spanberger-leads-charge-for-hog-baseball/


DVH Post Game Video - 17minDVH: We wiped the slate clean. We're 1-0 now.
http://www.nwahomepage.com/razorback-nation/spanberger-leads-charge-for-hog-baseball-over-creighton

BOX SCORE:
http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/stats/baseball/2016/37.pdf


UP NEXT

The Razorbacks continue with their conference schedule starting Thursday in Lexington, Kentucky, against the 12th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats. The three-game series will have game 1 broadcast on the SEC Network with first pitch slated for 6 p.m. CDT. Game 2 can be seen on ESPNU on Friday starting at 6:30 p.m., then game 3 will be on SEC Network+ with first pitch set for 12 p.m.

[jry04]

Great win. Very good performance. It was nice to see some of the younger guys come up big when we needed them. Maybe this is what Spanberger needed to get to where we expected him to be. Bonfield, Spanberger, and Bernal could be quite the trio in the middle of our lineup. I was so happy to see us move Shaddy to the OF like I have been screaming for months. Maybe it will take some pressure off him a the plate. Less likely to make a mistake in the OF, and then carry with him to his next at bat. Scroggins also looked comfortable at third. We need him to hit if he is going to stay there, but I loved that he seemed to show more range. I don't mean to bag on Shaddy, because I think he is going to be a really good player and has had some big hits for us in the past, but it seemed like unless it was hit right to him he wasn't going to be able to make a play on it. Scroggins fielded the throw from Koch perfectly to catch the guy stealing, while also ranging to his left to field a ball in front of SS and turn the double play at one point.

[Ironhawg]

Great win. Very good performance. It was nice to see some of the younger guys come up big when we needed them. Maybe this is what Spanberger needed to get to where we expected him to be. Bonfield, Spanberger, and Bernal could be quite the trio in the middle of our lineup. I was so happy to see us move Shaddy to the OF like I have been screaming for months. Maybe it will take some pressure off him a the plate. Less likely to make a mistake in the OF, and then carry with him to his next at bat.

One of the announcers said almost exactly this last night.  Hopefully this game serves as a springboard to a hot finish for Spanberger.  He also said that Shaddy is a high motor guy and that it wears on him when he makes errors and affects him at the plate.  Hopefully the move to the OF will take some of that pressure off him.  That was a fun game to watch.  It reminded me of classic Razorback baseball.  Solid pitching with good defense behind it and a nice combination of the long ball and creating runs with small ball.  Hopefully this gives the guys some confidence going forward.

[jry04]

One of the announcers said almost exactly this last night.  Hopefully this game serves as a springboard to a hot finish for Spanberger.  He also said that Shaddy is a high motor guy and that it wears on him when he makes errors and affects him at the plate.  Hopefully the move to the OF will take some of that pressure off him.  That was a fun game to watch.  It reminded me of classic Razorback baseball.  Solid pitching with good defense behind it and a nice combination of the long ball and creating runs with small ball.  Hopefully this gives the guys some confidence going forward.

Regardless of what happens this year, I am excited about Knight and Campbell. Those two are going to be really good, in my opinion. I honestly wouldn't mind giving Knight a shot to start again. He did well against Houston earlier in the year, and every time we have called on him in the last 2 or 3 weeks he has been huge. Campbell followed up his great outing against Florida with another last night.