GAME 14 THREAD: Arkansas (10-3, 0-0 SEC) vs Rhode Island (5-6, 0-0, A10)

[SPAL]

Cole, a strikeout victim in his first at bat looks at ball 1 in the dirt.

1-0 misses low and inside....2-0

2-0 pitch is right down main Street.

2-1 is a called strike and Wilson evens the count.

2-2 is smashed and the right fielder makes a good sliding grab to end the 3rd.

1-0 Hogs after 3

[Razorbacks#1]

                                                                                           
                                                   
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ARK     0| 1 | 0 |    |    |    |    |    |    |  1  |  1  | 0  | 1 

[CJ HOG]

Cole sure could use one or two of those to get down safely to get something going at the plate.

[SPAL]

Knight back to out for the 4th

Powell lines one just over the leaping Jaxon Williams into right for a base hit.

[SPAL]

Chris Hess is 0/1 today

Puts the first pitch down the 3rd base line and gets to the wall......Powell is waved around 3rd and will score without a throw...

RBI double ties the game...

1-1

[pigture perfect]

I'm going to Harp's right now to get me some chicken. Hope it is a Blue Hen.

[SPAL]

Runner at 2nd with 0 outs for Figueroa who singled back in the 2nd

Fouls the first pitch off

0-1 misses low

1-1 is roped into right....Hess will be stopped at 3rd. Knight tried to go inside with the fastball and left too much over the plate.

Runners on the corners with 0 outs.

[SPAL]

I'm going to Harp's right now to get me some chicken. Hope it is a Blue Hen.

Delaware?

[CJ HOG]

Really need Knight to bear down and get through this lineup one more time.

[CJ HOG]

Runner Interference! Yes

[SPAL]

Knight jams O'Neil on the first pitch and Biggers makes the play at 2nd, can't turn the double play...The run scores.

However, runners interference called, run does not score, batter is out

Now, 2 outs with a runner at 3rd...Still 1-1

[SPAL]

Corrin slaps it down the right side for an RBI double....

Hogs trail 2-1 now.

[SPAL]

Mcmanus looks at strike 1....Was a groundout victim in his first at bat....

Knight misses with the slider...1-1

Paints the outside corner with a 92 mph fastball..

1-2 is fanned at for the strike out....

The Rams string together 3 hits and score ,2 runs to take a 2-1 lead.....Hogs coming up.

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ARK     0| 1 | 0 |    |    |    |    |    |    |  1  |  1  | 0  | 1 

[CJ HOG]

Time to put up a crooked number on the board  and get Knight back in line for the win. Let's go Hogs!

[SPAL]

Bonfield takes ball 1 low.....

Ball 1 is low for ball 2

Count quickly ,3-0 to the hog right fielder.

And the ,3-0 is outside but called a strike.

Hitters count is a nice slider that breaks well inside fbut called a strike.

3-2 is fouled off but catchers interference is called and Bonfield trots down to 1st

[SPAL]

Koch flew out in his first at bat....Takes a first pitch for a ball.

Wilson misses high for ball 2....

Koch looks at a ball well out of the zone for ball 3. Wilson struggling with control ....

And he walked him on 4 pitches as Baum Stadium comes to life....

1st and 2nd with no outs

[CJ HOG]

Baum calling the Hogs.

[SPAL]

Shaddy steps in to face Wilson who flew out in his first at bat....

Shaddy attempts to bunt but the pitch is high and wide for ball 1...

Shaddy squares again and takes ball 2 well out of the zone....6 balls in a row

2-0 misses.....3-0 the count to Shaddy

3-0 is in for strike 1....Showed bunt, but pulled it back to take.

3-1 is not squared and shaddy takes strike 2....Wilson battles back to run it full....

Payoff is drilled out to left and he just misses hitting it out....Just foul.

3-2 is a changeup and Shaddy swings through it for the out....

1 out and 2 on.

[SPAL]

Fletcher steps in after a solo hr In his last attempt and takes a ball....

1-0 is a slider that breaks away.....A hard pitch to hold up on, Fletcher does.

2-0 misses low.....Wilson now at 77 pitches

3-0 misses low and they are loaded for McFarland.

[HogFansReunited]

Their coach is not happy about that call.

[SPAL]

Bases loaded....1 out for the freshman from Waterloo.

Flew out in his first at bat takes ball 1

The lefty Wilson misses again and the RAM bullpen is working quickly.

2-0 misses high and away....3-0.

Ram skipper is having words with the home plate umpire. The ram dugout believes Wilson is getting squeezed. Some have been close.

From the wind-up and Wilson walks him....

Bonfield scores to tie the game.

2-2 and the hogs haven't recorded a hit this inning.

[yraciv]

Tyler Wilson's favorite athlete is Cliff Lee according to his Rhode Island bio.

[SPAL]

The rams will go to the pen and we will be back after this message....

[CJ HOG]

Tyler Wilson throws 8 straight incompletions and he's done dor the day.

Game Tied, bases still loaded!

[SPAL]

This call to the bullpen brought to you by Allen Canning.....

[SPAL]

3.1 1 hit 1 ER 4 walks 5 k the line on Wilson....Responsible for 3 hogs on base.

[SPAL]

Blaze Whitman on to relieve Wilson....A redshirt senior with a 1.18 ERA

[SPAL]

Williams steps in to face him.and quickly swings at a high pitch and misses to fall behind 0-1

Breaking ball misses to even the count.

Whitman,  a right hander wearing #25, misses upstairs with a breaking ball.

2-1 is swung through and we are back to even.....Whitman likes the high strike to Williams.

2-2 is a wicked slider low and awY that gets Williams swinging .

[SPAL]

2 outs now for biggers....0/1 with a K today.

In for a strike

0-1 is a high fastball and biggers can't catch up.

0&2 pitch coming.....

A fastball on the outside corner for the backwards K....

Hogs get 1 back and even it up....

2-2 after 4

[SPAL]

A stellar job by Whitman out if the pen..Hogs miss a great chance to put up some runs.

We move to the 5th at Baum Stadium.

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ARK     0| 1 | 0 | 1 |    |    |    |    |    |  2  |  1  | 0  | 4 

[CJ HOG]

Gotta do more damage when you get that many free baserunners....At least we're into their BP I guess.

[SPAL]

Knight misses up and in to Hill

Misses again 2-0 the count....

2-0 pitch is swung on and missed for strike 1.

2-1 is outside and Hill has a hitters count.....Hill grounded out in his last at bat...

The 3-1 is a single past a diving Shaddy...

1 on 0 out

[SPAL]

Jesse Lee flew out in his last at bat, bunts it over to Shaddy who retired him for the sacrifice.....Runner advanced to 2nd

[SPAL]

Van Horn gonna come out and make a change.

[SPAL]

This call to the bullpen is brought to you by petit Jean meats....

[SPAL]

Barrett Loseke on for the hogs

3.68 Era in 7.1 innings.

4.1 6 hits 2 ER 0 WALKS 4 K the line on Knight and responsible for the runner on 2nd

[CJ HOG]

Only 56 pitches by Knight today.

[SPAL]

1st pitch is a strike....

0-1 misses low

89 mph fastball is swung through.

1-2 misses low

2-2 fouled off and out of play

Misses away...Full count.

3-2 is swung through ....91 mph fastball well located outside

[SPAL]

Powell singled  in the 4th and scored a run....

Falls behind 0-1

0-1 is a falling liner that Williams gets to to record the out.   

Loseke gets out of it with no damage....

2-2

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ARK     0| 1 | 0 | 1 |    |    |    |    |    |  2  |  1  | 0  | 4 

[SPAL]

Arledge leads things off in the Hog 5th.....Whitman back out for the Rams....

84 mph fastball misses high and away.....

1-0 same pitch, swung through....

1-1is a breaking ball that doesn't break and sails way high for ball 2

2-1 is in for a strike....Count even at 2-2

Whitman comes inside with a fastball and Arledge battles it off foul....

2-2 misses high....Count runs full.

Payoff is a breaking ball and Jake fights it off.

3-2 misses high and Arledge draws his 2nd walk of the day

[SPAL]

1 on for Cole....Flew out in his last at bat....0/2 on the day. 0 for his last 17....

Puts down a beautiful bunt down the first base line and Whitman makes a great play to get there and flip it to first.....Arledge advances.

[SPAL]

Bonfield looking to put the hogs in front ...Reached on interference his last time up....

0-1 the count after Whitman fires in a first pitch strike. Bonfield up over .300 now.

A really good breaking ball is over for a strike on the outside corner. A late breaker that Luke had no chance to hit.

Whitman goes upstairs and gets bonfield to chase for out #2

[SPAL]

Koch looks for his first hit today...The Hog catcher is 0/1 today with a walk.

High and away for ball 1....

Looking for a big 2 out hit against Whitman....Arledge leads off 2nd, Koch looks at a good slider that misses the zone.

2-0 to Koch is a slider and Koch can't connect....

2-1 is a hard biting slider that breaks off low and away....A hard pitch to lay off of but koch does.....

3-1 misses downstairs for a free pass.

[SPAL]

1st and 2nd , 2 outs.....Slim shaddy bats and swings wildly through a changeup. Fkyout and strikeout today for Shaddy....

0-1 is another wild miss.....Not even close.

0-2 is that hard slider and misses too low ...

1-2 to Shaddy. ....Fouls off the fastball in.

Whitman doing a good job of working both sides.....

Leaves the breaking ball up....Ball 2

2-2 is a breaking ball and shaddy lays off the high breaking ball.

Full count....Runners will be moving, shaddy ready.....Whitman looks in, takes his sign.....Fires a great fastball off the outside corner gets shaddy to chase.....Strike out #4 for Whitman.

Hogs can't get anything going and the game remains tied after 5

[CJ HOG]

UNREAL...Hitless with runners on base today. Lucky to be in a tie game atm. Need these bats to wake up.

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ARK     0| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |    |    |    |    |  2  |  1  | 0  | 6 

[SPAL]

3-4-5 for the Rams and will face loseke....

Strike 1 in there....

0-1 misses low...

1-1 is a soft grounded to Williams at 2nd.....Fires to first for the out.