Oliver Grigg May 3, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Frank the Tank.
Christian Franklin was named the SEC Player of the Week on Monday after powering the top-ranked Razorbacks to a series win against LSU in Baton Rouge for the first time since 2004. The outfielder, who slashed .545/.571/1.000 for the weekend, drove in a team-leading 10 runs to help Arkansas secure its program-record seventh consecutive SEC series win.
Franklin had at least one hit and RBI in all three games of the series, including two multi-hit and two multi-RBI performances. He tallied two hits and five RBI in Friday’s series opener, slugging a three-run homer – his 10th of the year – in the Hogs’ 7-0 win.
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The Greenbrier, Ark., native slugged his way through the road trip to Ole Miss, launching his team-leading eighth homer of the year and driving in a team-high six RBI on the weekend. Wallace had at least one hit in all three games of the series and collected multiple RBI in two of the three contests
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Arkansas’ Cayden Wallace was named the SEC Co-Freshman of the Week on Monday after helping the Razorbacks win a series in Oxford, Miss., for the first time since 2010 and take sole ownership of first place in the SEC Western Division.
The Greenbrier native slugged his way through the road trip to Ole Miss, launching his team-leading eighth homer of the year and driving in a team-high six RBI on the weekend. Wallace had at least one hit in all three games of the series and collected multiple RBI in two of the three contests.
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