GAME 39 THREAD: ARKANSAS (22-16, 7-8 SEC) at #1 TEXAS A&M (34-3, 11-3 SEC) Series Game 1

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                          ARKANSAS VS #1 TEXAS A&M                           

Friday night's game was Postponed. We are playing a doubleheader Saturday.

Game 1: 2:05 pm (SECN+)
Game 2: 7:30 pm (ESPNU)

EDIT: THIS IS NOW THE GAME THREAD FOR SATURDAY'S GAME #1

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First pitch is set for 6:35PM FRIDAY. This game will be broadcast live online on SEC Network Plus, accessible at WatchESPN.com and the WatchESPN app. This game will NOT be televised.[/b][/size][/font]
Saturday's (7:30pm) game will be televised on ESPNU and streamed online on SEC Network Plus, accessible at WatchESPN.com and the WatchESPN app.
Sunday's (3:00pm) game will be televised on the SEC Network and streamed online on SEC Network Plus, accessible at WatchESPN.com and the WatchESPN app.

Postponed for tonight. We'll play a doubleheader Saturday.

Game 1: 2:05 pm (SECN+)
Game 2: 7:30 pm (ESPNU)

This is the first game of a 3 game SEC series between Arkansas (22-16, 7-8 SEC) and #1 Texas A&M (34-3, 11-3 SEC) at Blue Bell Park, College Station, Tx. This series marks the start of the second half of SEC play for both teams, with Arkansas having won 3 SEC series in a row while Texas A&M has won all 5 SEC series this season. Arkansas begins the day in 3rd place and 4.5 games back of A&M in the West Division of the conference while A&M leads the SEC overall by a half game over Vanderbilt from the East. Arkansas has won 8 of their last 10 games, while A&M has achieved the same mark.

           
This is the 72nd meeting between the two clubs with Arkansas having won 34 of the contests in the all-time series, including 5 of 7 games since the Aggies entered the SEC during the 2013 season. The Razorbacks went 3-1 against Texas A&M last season, taking two of three in Fayetteville, before eliminating the Aggies in the first round of the SEC Tournament. This marks the first time the teams have played in College Station as SEC members. Sixty of the meetings came between 1974-91 when both teams were members of the Southwest Conference. The last two seasons the squads have met in Fayetteville and Hoover.


Friday Starting Pitchers        W-L    APP    GS    ERA       IP      SO    BB     Op-BAvg
ARK: RHP- Trey Killian          1-2       6       6    3.74     33.2     23     9        .264
A&M: RHP- Grayson Long      7-0       9       9    2.12     51.0     60    20       .197

Arkansas Friday Starter:
Arkansas will send junior RHP Trey Killian to the mound for his third straight start in the Friday night series-opening role and 7th start of the season, after missing a few starts early in the year. Killian is coming off a quality start against Kentucky, tossing 6.0 innings and giving up just one run to earn his first victory of the year. He has allowed three earned runs or less in four of his six starts this season. After throwing 7.0 perfect innings against the No. 5 team in the country, Killian was named Louisville Slugger National Pitcher of the Week, earlier this year. 

Texas A&M Friday Starter:
Texas A&M will send RHP Grayson Long to the mound for his 10th start of the year. Long has been named SEC Pitcher of the Week twice in 2015. In his last eight starts he's 7-0 with a 1.33 ERA, 55 strikeouts and a 1.01 WHIP. Long is the Aggies' career-active-leader in wins (17), innings pitched (186.1) and strikeouts (153).



                                Team Comparison

           RPI     NPI    SOS   Runs/Gm/Off    Runs/Gm/Def   Diff     ERA    BAvg
ARK      84      95      44           6.3                        4.9           +1.3    4.33    .298
A&M       4        2      75           7.4                         2.7           +4.6    2.07    .317


Pitching          ERA       IP       Hits    Runs    ER    BB      K's     B/Avg.
Arkansas        4.33    337.0    320     188    162   180    299     .258
Texas A&M      2.07   330.0    287     101      76     90    323     .234


Hitting            Avg.    Runs   Hits   2B   3B   HR   RBI   HBP   K's    SB-Att
Arkansas       .298      239    381   67   14    36   211    33   228    35-47
Texas A&M    .317      273    389   60     7    42   255    41   223    24-32



ARKANSAS SEASON STATS:
https://ark-platform-sec-prod.silverchalice.co/v3/files/552ef24ce4b0f470ca5d5ef5

TEXAS A&M SEASON STATS:
http://www.12thman.com/ViewContent.dbml?ATCLID=210017397&SPSID=632720&SPID=93243&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=27300&CONTENT_ID=1133319

ARKANSAS GAME NOTES:
https://ark-platform-sec-prod.silverchalice.co/v3/files/552fd5e8e4b0f470ca5d5f38

A&M Game Notes:
http://www.12thman.com/pdf9/3445607.pdf

ARKANSAS PREVIEW:
http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/news/razorbackbsb-set-for-showdown-with-top-ranked-aggies-04-16-2015

A&M Preview:
http://www.12thman.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=210028200

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For many years, Hogville members who love Razorback Baseball have come together to produce these game threads with play-by-play narrative for those that depend on it as their only source and for those that just simply enjoy it. These threads have been a foundation for great Hogville discussions and that tradition continues today as this is NOT a read only thread (all Hogville posting rules apply). 

As always, I plan to be here with Hog fans to enjoy the game, commentary and discussions and I plan to help with the game thread today.

PoconoHog has posted that he will provide play-by-play narrative for this game.

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College Station, Tx
Tonight 66°,  90% chance of Thunderstorms. A few storms may be severe. Low 66F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%. 
WindE 7 mph Humidity86%
http://www.weather.com/weather/today/l/USTX0270:1:US

HOURLY FORECAST FOR COLLEGE STATION:
http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/USTX0270:1:US
55% at 6:00pm and 90% at 8:00pm

Weather Video for South Texas:
http://www.weather.com/storms/tornado/news/severe-weather-tracker-page

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HOURLY FORECAST FOR COLLEGE STATION:
http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/USTX0270:1:US

20% at 6pm and 80% at 8pm.


4pm weather radar:

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DVH and Rob Childress

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This was the original Aggie Lineup for Friday.

[PoconoHog]

If the game is delayed...I'll be waiting in the dugout for the first pitch...whatever time this evening.

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90 minutes until first pitch, if we have one tonight.

[trippigs]

Looks like a nice ballpark. Guess they are still working on the football stadium but those cranes look too close to be part of that project. Those Aggies should engineer a big fan to blow the rain away from the ballpark.

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If the game is delayed...I'll be waiting in the dugout for the first pitch...whatever time this evening.

I'll be here with you, keeping an eye on the weather and updating as the information comes in.

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Reports from the park, hearing thunder to the west.

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From the park

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The tarp is coming out at Blue Bell

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Not looking good, but we don't have anything official yet.

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As of 5:30pm

10% at 6:00pm
20% at 7:00pm
55% at 8:00pm


Hourly forecast for College Station
http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/USTX0270:1:US

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Razorback Baseball‏@RazorbackBSB   
We've got dark skies, lots of lightning in the area, a tarp on the field and the Hogs are headed to the indoor for some more BP.

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5:45pm

[(notOM)Rebel123]

A few tall lightning rods out behind Centerfield.

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Fully covered now

[GatorHog]

Ah man, I wanna see some baseball

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Lightning has arrived, 35 minutes out. Hogs are inside taking BP.

[PeabodyHawg]

Ah man, I wanna see some baseball

I'm with ya GatorHog.   I'll go have a cold one with the next door neighbors and check back in a bit.

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Killian faced a lot of these same hitters last year, but they have improved quite a bit per their stats.

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This game has been postponed to 2:00pm tomorrow.

[ricepig]

Yep, DH tomorrow.

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Postponed for tonight. We'll play a doubleheader tomorrow.

Game 1: 2:05 pm (SECN+)
Game 2: 7:30 pm (ESPNU)

[PoconoHog]

I'll do PBP tomorrow....at least the 1st game. Pre-game tomorrow supposed to begin at 1:30 pm.

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I'll do PBP tomorrow....at least the 1st game. Pre-game tomorrow supposed to begin at 1:30 pm.

We'll use this same thread for the first game tomorrow. We'll have any updates here as they come in.

[PoconoHog]

We'll use this same thread for the first game tomorrow. We'll have any updates here as they come in.

Sounds good....talk to you tomorrow

[ucahogfan]

I'll do PBP tomorrow....at least the 1st game. Pre-game tomorrow supposed to begin at 1:30 pm.

I should be able to do the night cap tomorrow.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

I should be able to do the night cap tomorrow.

Hope we get 2 in tomorrow. Chance of scattered storms tomorrow also.

[PoconoHog]

I should be able to do the night cap tomorrow.

That works for me...hopefully we can play 2

[Razorbacks#1]

Well was looking forward to tonights game. See you folks tomorrow

[PonderinHog]

A few tall lightning rods out behind Centerfield.

The state bird of Texas is the construction crane.

[ricepig]

The state bird of Texas is the construction crane.

Did they name it after the Savings & Loan collapse of the 80's?

[collegestationhog]

See yall tomorrow night in section 102. WPS :razorback:

[PonderinHog]

Did they name it after the Savings & Loan collapse of the 80's?

It did go through a period of near extinction, IIRC.

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Again, here is the link to the College Station Hourly Weather Forecast:
  http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/USTX0270:1:US

After Friday's SEC action, the Hogs remain in 3rd place in the West and A&M maintains it's 1/2 game lead over Vandy in the overall standings.

Updated RPI: #83 for Arkansas and #4 for A&M.

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              ARKANSAS VS #1 TEXAS A&M
THIS IS GAME 1 OF SATURDAY'S DOUBLEHEADER - 2:05pm

[PoconoHog]

Are the games going to be 9 innings....or just 7 innings?

[ucahogfan]

Are the games going to be 9 innings....or just 7 innings?

9 innings today if we play a DH.  7 innings on Sunday or the last day of the series if it is not Sunday.  I think 7 innings would favor us because of our lack of bullpen depth.

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Here's our Arkansas Razorback Lineup:

[Razorbacks#1]

Go Hogs! Solely depending on you guys today as coverage is suspect

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Wish we would keep today's 1 thru 5 in the lineup, in the same order for every game, but I know DVH likes to have one of the better hitters or a hot bat mixed in the bottom half somewhere. Wernes is that guy some of the time.

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Texas A&M Aggie Lineup:

1) Allemand ss 
2) Banks  cf
3) Nau  dh
4) Taylor  lf
5) Melton  1b 
6) Kopetsky   rf
7) Gideon  3b 
8 ) Birk   2b
9) Barash    c
                              W-L      App   GS   ERA       IP       SO    BB      O,BA%
P ) Grayson Long      7-0       9       9    2.12     51.0     60    20       .197

[Flatline]

Hoping Bonfield lights it up today.

[PoconoHog]

Pre-game started on radio

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31 minutes to first pitch

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There's a few clouds above those cranes

[TikiHog]

I have a feeling Hog fans aren't gonna like Dave South....he is a HUGE homer