Jacob Burton made 16 appearances on the mound for Arkansas over the last three seasons. (Arkansas Athletics)
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FAYETTEVILLE â A pair of Arkansas pitchers have entered the transfer portal, HawgBeat has learned.
Right-handers Jacob Burton and Nate Wohlgemuth have left the team and will pursue opportunities elsewhere. They are the first Arkansas players to transfer since the fall.
Although there are two weeks left in the regular season, the timing of their departures is not uncommon in college baseball. Non-contributors typically have their exit meetings following final exams and then begin offseason training, go play summer ball or decide to transfer. The UA had its finals last week.
Oliver Grigg May 6, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Hogs are home at last.
After back-to-back weekends on the road, No. 1 Arkansas returns to the friendly confines of Baum-Walker Stadium to host Georgia (27-16, 10-11 SEC) in the penultimate home series of the season. This weekend’s action between the Razorbacks and Bulldogs gets underway at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 7, on SEC Network+.
The Hogs, 34-8 overall on the season, are in sole possession of first place in the SEC West with a 15-6 mark in conference play, leading second-place Mississippi State by one game. Arkansas, the unanimously top-ranked team in all of college baseball, have won a program-record seven consecutive SEC series and enter Friday night’s ballgame against Georgia as the nation’s leader in home runs (76).
Photo courtesy of University of Arkansas.
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Hogs have won a series in Baton Rouge for the first time since 2004.
No. 1 Arkansas split Saturday’s doubleheader at LSU, claiming a 17-10 win in game one of the twin bill to secure a seventh consecutive SEC series win. The mark is a new program record, topping the previous best of six in a row during the 2004 and 2015 campaigns.
The Razorbacks, who dropped the nightcap, 5-4, are now 34-8 overall and 15-6 in SEC play following Saturday’s action at Alex Box Stadium. Dave Van Horn’s squad maintains a 1.0-game lead ahead of second-place Mississippi State.
Oliver Grigg April 30, 2021
BATON ROUGE, La. – Hold That Hog.
No. 1 Arkansas bashed LSU, 7-0, in the series opener on Friday night at Alex Box Stadium. The Razorbacks were no-hit for the first six innings of the ballgame before breaking out for two runs in the seventh and five more in the eighth to pull away.
The Hogs are now 33-7 overall, improving their SEC mark to 14-5 on the year with the victory. Arkansas, winners of its first six conference series of the season, will look to clinch a seventh consecutive SEC series win tomorrow and set a program record in the process.