Game 41 Thread: Arkansas (24-16, 8-9 SEC) vs. #19 Vanderbilt (29-11, 8-9 SEC)

[ucahogfan]

Happy Easter everyone!  First pitch is set for around noon today.  Today's game will be televised nationally on ESPN.  The pitching match up in this rubber game pits two former summer league teammates.  For the Hogs, they will send Junior RHP Chris Oliver (4-3, 2.41 ERA) to the mound.  Oliver was a 29th round pick of the Baltimore Orioles in 2011 and is looking at being a 2nd-3rd round pick this June.  For the Commodores, they will send Sophomore RHP Tyler Ferguson (5-2, 2.88 ERA) to the mound.  Out of Clovis, California, Ferguson was a 40th round pick by the San Francisco Giants in 2012.  Should be a beautiful day for baseball at Baum Stadium.  I won't be able to do PBP today.

[Kevin]

Another big game. Go hogs

[Kenny Dowell Loggains]

National audience.  Prime time to shine!  Vandy would love nothing more than to spoil this beautiful Easter Sunday.  Will be at the game and hoping to see the guy who always dresses like Jesus in the outfield on Easter Sunday home games.  He's quite entertaining!  Many know who I'm talking about.

Go hogs.

[Razorbacks#1]

Need this one. Go RAZORBACKS!

[JHicks3636]

Arkansas starting line-up

Spoon            CF     .272
Benintendi      RF     .281
Serrano          LF     .331
Anderson        2B    .320
Baxendale      DH    .296
Fisher            1B     .239
Wernes          3B     .225
Wise               C     .157
Bernal           SS     .240

On the mound
Oliver   RHP    Junior    4-3, 2.41 era,  18 BB, 36 K

[JHicks3636]

Vandy starting line-up

Swanson    2B
Turner       3B
Reynolds    1B
Conde       SS
Rogers      LF
Norwood   CF
Wiseman   RF
Delay        C
Coleman    DH

On the mound
Ferguson  5-2  2.88 era

[JHicks3636]

PLAY BALL !!!

[JHicks3636]

Swanson leads off the game by popping out to Wernes in foul territory on a full count

[JHicks3636]

Turner flies out to the track in left after swinging at the 1st pitch.

[JHicks3636]

Reynolds grounds out 4-3 to end the Vandy 1st

[JHicks3636]

Team
                    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9        R   H   E
Vandy           0                                                      0    0   0
Arkansas                                                               0    0   0

LOB
Vandy      0
Arkansas  0

[tennesseehogwild]

Good start on Defense

[JHicks3636]

Spoon leads off the Hogs' 1st singling through the box on a full count

[JHicks3636]

Benintendi singles to center on the 1st pitch and 2 are on with no outs

[JHicks3636]

On a ball in the dirt, both runners move up although the ball was right at the catcher's feet

[JHicks3636]

Serrano grounds to 3rd and Spoon is thrown out at the plate. For some reason Benintendi stayed at 2nd

[010HogFan]

why go home there? face palm.

[Fort Dweller]

OUCH

[JHicks3636]

Anderson hit hard right in the head to load the bases. Very scary but he seems okay.

[JHicks3636]

Meeting on the mound for Vandy

[JHicks3636]

Baxendale strikes out and the bases are loaded with 2 outs

[JHicks3636]

Fisher walks and gets an RBI as the run scores

Hogs take a 1-0 lead

[ucahogfan]

That was Fisher's 27th RBI of the season.

[JHicks3636]

Vandy sending folks to the bullpen

[JHicks3636]

Wernes grounds out 4-3 to end the 1st

Hogs lead 1-0

[JHicks3636]

Team
                    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9        R   H   E
Vandy           0                                                      0    0   0
Arkansas       1                                                      1    2   0

LOB
Vandy      0
Arkansas  3

[hawgcraZ]

Can Wernes hit it to the left side at all?  I've never seen someone inside out everything

[JHicks3636]

Conde flies out to center on a full count

[JHicks3636]

Rogers grounds out 4-3 on the 1st pitch he sees

[JHicks3636]

Norwood, Vandy's hero yesterday, strikes out to end the Vandy 2nd

[JHicks3636]

Team
                    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9        R   H   E
Vandy           0    0                                                0    0   0
Arkansas       1                                                      1    2   0

LOB
Vandy      0
Arkansas  3

[JHicks3636]

Wise leads off the Razorback 2nd
He singles to left after falling behind 0-2

[JHicks3636]

Bernal sacrifices 1-4, Wise to 2nd

[Fort Dweller]

Ferguson won't make through the 3rd today.  May not even make it out of this inning.

[JHicks3636]

Spoon flies out to right for out 2

[JHicks3636]

Benintendi flies out to right center and the 2nd inning ends with the Hogs up 1-0

[JHicks3636]

Team
                    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9        R   H   E
Vandy           0    0                                                 0    0   0
Arkansas       1    0                                                 1    3   0

LOB
Vandy      0
Arkansas  4

[Fort Dweller]

We need to keep making this guy work and stop swing at the first pitch

[JHicks3636]

Wiseman grounds out 3-1

[ucahogfan]

We need to keep making this guy work and stop swing at the first pitch

Benintendi saw a very hittable pitch and put a charge into it, but it didn't find a gap.  Runner on 2nd with 2 outs should mean the hitter is aggressive especially on a pitch like Benintendi saw.

[JHicks3636]

Delay grounds out 5-3 on a strong throw from Bernal

[JHicks3636]

Coleman flies out to center to end the Vandy 3rd

[JHicks3636]

Team
                    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9        R   H   E
Vandy           0    0    0                                           0    0   0
Arkansas       1    0                                                 1    3   0

LOB
Vandy      0
Arkansas  4

Due up for Arkansas
Serrano      0-1
Anderson    0-0  HBP
Baxendale   0-1

[JHicks3636]

Serrano leads off the Arkansas 3rd and the Hogs lead 1-0

He grounds out 6-3

[JHicks3636]

Anderson, who took one on the noggin in the 1st inning, flies out to right

[ucahogfan]

Only in the SEC will you find 2 Sunday starters facing each other that throw in the mid 90s with good offspeed.  Reason why offense in the SEC isn't as prolific as in other conferences.

[JHicks3636]

Baxendale Ks and looks bad in the bat

1-0 Hogs going to the 4th

[JHicks3636]

Team
                    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9        R   H   E
Vandy           0    0    0                                           0    0   0
Arkansas       1    0    0                                           1    3   0

LOB
Vandy      0
Arkansas  4

[JHicks3636]

Second time through the Vandy order

Swanson grounds out 5-3

[JHicks3636]

Turner extends his hit streak to 26 as he singles up the middle
First Vandy runner today