2020 SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME 4 | NO. 7 ARKANSAS VS. GONZAGA | FEB. 20 FEBRUARY (3-0) FEB. 20-23 • BAUM-WALKER STADIUM 14 EASTERN ILLINOIS SECN+ W, 5-1 SEC NETWORK+ 15 EASTERN ILLINOIS SECN+ W, 10-1 ARKANSAS.STATBROADCAST.COM 16 EASTERN ILLINOIS SECN+ W, 12-3 GONZAGA LEADS SERIES: 5-3 20 GONZAGA SECN+ 2 p.m. GONZAGA LEADS IN FAYETTEVILLE: 3-2 21 GONZAGA SECN+ 3 p.m. 22 GONZAGA SECN+ 2 p.m. GONZAGA BULLDOGS NO. 7 ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS 23 GONZAGA SECN+ 1 p.m. Record .....................................................2-2 (O-0 WCC) Record .......................................................3-0 (0-0 SEC) 28 vs. Oklahoma! 3 p.m. Ranking ................NR (D1) | NR (BA) | NR (Coaches) Ranking ...........................7 (D1) | 11 (BA) | 5 (Coaches) 29 vs. Texas! 7 p.m. ...............................NR (PG) | NR (NCBWA) | NR (CBN) ..........................................4 (PG) | 6 (NCBWA) | 9 (CBN) MARCH Head Coach ..........................................Mark Machtolf Head Coach ...........................................Dave Van Horn 1 vs. Baylor! 7 p.m. Career Record ...................483-389-2 (17th season) Career Record ..................... 1,277-624 (32nd season) 3 ILLINOIS STATE SECN+ 3 p.m. 6 SOUTH ALABAMA SECN+ 3 p.m. Record at GU.........................................................Same Record at Arkansas ..............692-384 (18th Season) 7 SOUTH ALABAMA SECN+ 2 p.m. 8 SOUTH ALABAMA SECN+ 1 p.m. 10 GRAND CANYON SECN+ 6:30 p.m. SERIES BY THE NUMBERS 11 GRAND CANYON SECN+ 3 p.m. GONZAGA OFFENSE ARKANSAS GONZAGA PITCHING/DEFENSE ARKANSAS 13 at Mississippi State* SECN+ 6:30 p.m. .256 .................................Batting Avg. .................................324 4.63.........................................ERA ..........................................1.33 14 at Mississippi State* SECN 1 p.m. .338 ................................ Slugging Pct. ................................593 35.0..............................Innings Pitched .............................27.0 15 at Mississippi State* SECN+ 1 p.m. .311...................................On-Base Pct. ................................434 0 ..................................Complete Games .................................0 17 at Oklahoma@ 6 p.m. 4 ..........................................Doubles......................................... 8 0 ............................................Saves ............................................0 20 ALABAMA* SECN+ 6:30 p.m. 2 ........................................... Triples ..........................................0 1.86 .........................Strikeout/Walk Ratio........................ 3.88 21 ALABAMA* SECN+ 6:30 p.m. 1 ........................................Home Runs ......................................7 .262 ............................. Opponent’s Avg. ............................ .206 22 ALABAMA* SECN+ 1:30 p.m. 11 ............................................ Walks ..........................................18 2 ............................................Errors ...........................................2 3-of-4 .........................Stolen Bases/Att..............................2-3 2 ..................................... Double Plays .....................................2 24 at Troy 6 p.m. 25 at Troy 1 p.m. 27 at Ole Miss* ESPNU 8 p.m. AROUND THE HORN 28 at Ole Miss* SECN 7 p.m. 29 at Ole Miss* SECN 2 p.m. • Arkansas returns to action to host Gonzaga in a four-game series at Baum-Walker Stadium from Feb. 20-23. It will be the first time the Razorbacks have played the Bulldogs since 2016. Arkansas has never played Gonzaga in a three-game series, let alone a 31 ORAL ROBERTS SECN+ 6:30 p.m. APRIL four-game set. 2 FLORIDA* ESPNU 6:30 p.m. • Arkansas baseball kicked off its 98th season on the Hill with a three-game sweep of Eastern Illinois on Feb. 14-16. The Hogs opened 3 FLORIDA* SECN+ 6:30 p.m. the 2020 season with a 5-1 victory on Friday. Arkansas clinched the series with a 10-1 win in game two and completed the sweep on Sunday behind a 12-3 victory. 4 FLORIDA* SECN+ 2 p.m. 7 LITTLE ROCK SECN+ 6:30 p.m. • The Hogs put together a .324 clip at the plate in their opening series, tallying 35 hits, 15 for extra bases. Arkansas scored 27 runs 9 TEXAS A&M* SECN 7 p.m. while only allowing five, holding the Panthers to a .206 batting average. The Razorbacks struck out EIU 31 times en route to a 1.33 10 TEXAS A&M* SECN 7 p.m. team ERA. 11 TEXAS A&M* SECN+ 2 p.m. • In game one, Connor Noland struck out 11, while Heston Kjerstad (two) & Christian Franklin combined for three homers to pick up 14 MISSOURI STATE SECN+ 6:30 p.m. the win. The Hogs clinched the series against Eastern Illinois with an emphatic 10-1 victory on Saturday. The Razorbacks put togeth- 17 at LSU* SECN+ 7 p.m. er their first double-digit run & hit totals of the season, finishing with 12 knocks, including five for extra bases. The presence on the mound was powerful once again, striking out 11 with only two walks. Seven runs came across in the first two innings of Sunday’s 18 at LSU* ESPNU 8 p.m. finale for the Razorbacks, piling up 12 on 15 hits to roll to the third win of the season. 19 at LSU* SECN+ 2 p.m. 21 at Michigan State 5:35 p.m. • Heston Kjerstad and Connor Noland were named SEC Co-Player and Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 17 for their performances over the weekend. It was the first time an Arkansas duo had won both awards in the same week. Kjerstad also picked up national player of 22 at Michigan State 2:05 p.m. the week honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper on the same day. 24 AUBURN* SECN+ 6:30 p.m. 25 AUBURN* SECN+ 6:30 p.m. • Arkansas is set to host 29 more games at Baum-Walker Stadium this spring, including home SEC series against Alabama, Florida, 26 AUBURN* SECN+ 1:30 p.m. Texas A&M, Auburn and Georgia. Up next, the Razorbacks travel to the Shriners College Classic in Houston, Texas, for a three-game weekend to face Oklahoma, Texas and Baylor at Minute Maid Park. 28 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF SECN+ 6:30 p.m. 29 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF# 6:30 p.m. MAY ARKANSAS ROTATION 1 at South Carolina* SECN+ 6 p.m. THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 2 at South Carolina* SECN 1 p.m. 3 at South Carolina* SECN 2:30 p.m. 8 GEORGIA* SECN+ 6:30 p.m. 9 GEORGIA* SECN+ 6:30 p.m. 10 GEORGIA* ESPN2 Noon 14 at Tennessee* SECN+ 5:30 p.m. 15 at Tennessee* SECN+ 5:30 p.m. 16 at Tennessee* SECN+ 1 p.m. 19-24 SEC Tournament% SECN TBA KOLE RAMAGE CONNOR NOLAND PATRICK WICKLANDER TBA 29-1 NCAA Regionals^ ESPN TBA RHP • 6-1 • 200 • Jr. RHP • 6-2 • 215 • So. LHP • 6-1 • 200 • So. RHP/LHP Southlake, Texas Greenwood, Ark. San Jose, Calif. Parts Unknown JUNE W/L ..........................1-0 W/L ..........................1-0 W/L ..........................1-0 W/L ........................N /A 5-8 NCAA Super Regionals^ ESPN TBA ERA ..................... 0.00 ERA ..................... 0.00 ERA ..................... 0.00 ERA ....................... N/A 13-28 College World Series$ ESPN TBA IP ............................. 2.0 IP ............................. 6.2 IP .............................5.0 IP ............................N /A K/BB .......................2/1 K/BB ...................... 11/1 K/BB ...................... 7/ 2 K/BB ..................... N/A All times Central; Home game in BOLD; ! - Houston, Texas, * - SEC GONZAGA ROTATION Game, @ - Oklahoma City, Okla., # - North Little Rock, Ark., % - Hoover, THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY LHP: KEATON KNEUPPEL LHP: MAC LARDNER RHP: ALEK JACOB RHP: NICK TROGRLIC-IVERSON Ala., ^ - Campus Sites, $ - Omaha, Neb. W/L, ERA ....................N /A W/L, ERA .........0-0, 0.00 W/L, ERA ......... 0-0, 6.75 W/L, ERA ..........0-1, 4.50 || RAZORBACK NOTES SERIES HISTORY GONZAGA Overall Series Record: 3-5 Record in Fayetteville, Ark.: 2-3 Record in Seattle, Wash.: 0-1 Record at Neutral Sites: 1-1 DATE SITE W/L SCORE 3/14/90 Fresno, Calif. W 7-4 3/12/92 Seattle, Wash. L 6-1 3/13/12 Fayetteville, Ark. W 1-0 3/14/12 Fayetteville, Ark. W 5-3 3/1/13 Surprise, Ariz. L 3-0 3/10/15 Fayetteville, Ark. L 6-2 3/11/15 Fayetteville, Ark. L 15-5 3/9/16 Fayetteville, Ark. L 15-10 2020 AWARDS MATT GOODHEART SEC Coaches Preseason All-SEC (First Team) Feb. 6 HESTON KJERSTAD Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-American (First Team) Dec. 17 Perfect Game Preseason All-American (First Team) Jan. 7 D1 Baseball Preseason All-American (First Team) Jan. 21 Baseball America Preseason All-American (First Team) Jan. 27 SEC Coaches Preseason All-SEC (First Team) Feb. 6 Heston Kjersad had one of the best opening weekends of anyone in the country, recording seven hits in 12 at-bats for a .583/1.667/.643 slash NCBWA Preseason All-American (First Team) Feb. 6 line at the plate. Four of his five extra-base hits were homers, hitting two in both the series opener and finale. All seven of his hits drove in a USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List Feb. 13 run, as he was named Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week and SEC Co-Player of the Week on Feb. 17. Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week Feb. 17 SEC Co-Player of the Week Feb. 17 HOG WILD CASEY MARTIN Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-American (Second Team) Dec. 17 >> Arkansas is playing its 98th season in school history and 18th with head coach Dave Van Horn at the helm. Perfect Game Preseason All-American (First Team) Jan. 7 D1 Baseball Preseason All-American (Third Team) Jan. 21 >> The Razorbacks are coming off their 10th trip to the College World Series, the second consecutive, as well as back-to-back shares of Baseball America Preseason All-American (First Team) Jan. 27 the SEC Western Division crown, the sixth in program history. SEC Coaches Preseason All-SEC (First Team) Feb. 6 NCBWA Preseason All-American (First Team) Feb. 6 >> It is the first time Arkansas and Gonzaga have played each other since 2016. The two teams have never played more than a two- USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List Feb. 13 game series, doing so in 2012 & 2015.