![]() It was the second consecutive relief appearance in which Morris did not allow a run. Morris stranded the bases loaded when pinch hitter Connor Hujsak lined out to left field on the final pitch he threw. With another sweep, the Razorbacks would tie the program record set by Arkansas’ 1999 SEC championship team that swept five times.Īrkansas left-hander Zack Morris threw three innings of scoreless relief Sunday in his most efficient outing of the season.Īfter inheriting a base runner in the sixth inning, Morris induced two ground-ball outs - including an inning-ending double play - and retired seven consecutive batters until Mississippi State loaded the bases on a hit batsman, an error and a walk in the eighth. It's something that if you have a chance to get it and you can get it, you check the standings at the end of the year and you've jumped in front of a few people." "It's hard beating them three times anywhere. "It's hard beating anybody three times on the road," Van Horn said before Sunday's game on the Razorback Sports Network. Arkansas has not swept anywhere more than Mississippi State (3) under Van Horn. Under 21st-year coach Dave Van Horn, the Razorbacks have 39 SEC sweeps, including 10 away from home. The Crimson Tide played their home games at Hoover (Ala.) Metropolitan Stadium that season while their on-campus stadium in Tuscaloosa was being renovated.Īside from Mississippi State, Arkansas has not swept on an SEC campus since 2014 at Missouri. Since 2016, the Razorbacks have swept a team on the road twice - both times at Mississippi State.Īrkansas also swept at Mississippi State’s Dudy Noble Field in 2021 when the Bulldogs won the national championship.īefore that, the Razorbacks’ last SEC sweep away from home came in 2015 over Alabama. All of the 2018 sweeps were in series played at home. The four sweeps are the program’s most in SEC play since the 2018 Razorbacks also swept four teams. The sweeps are a big reason why the Razorbacks’ 24-game SEC record is the same as the 2021 Arkansas team that won the SEC with a 22-8 record. Ten of his career homers have come with runners on base, including two grand slams and 6 three-run home runs.Īrkansas has swept four SEC teams - Auburn, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Mississippi State - as part of a 17-7 start to SEC play.Īrkansas is tied with Vanderbilt for the best record in the SEC with two weeks remaining in the regular season. Both came as part of a five-run inning.ĭiggs hit a two-run home run during the top of the seventh inning Saturday when the Razorbacks won 14-2 in seven innings.ĭiggs’ 13 career home runs have accounted for 33 RBI. The grand slam was Diggs’ second home run of the series. ![]() “ see a pitch up in the zone and really getting my 'A' swing off every time.” “I’ve just been evaluating my swing, how I’m feeling, looking back at my approach, talking with the coaches - just really focusing on staying through the ball,” Diggs said following Saturday’s game. Three days before the Mississippi State series began, Diggs went 0 for 5 during an extra-innings loss to Lipscomb at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock. It appears Diggs rebounded from a rough patch when he went hitless in four of five games. ![]() ![]() He and Jace Bohrofen each had 4 RBI while hitting in the top spots in the batting order. 643 on-base percentage during the weekend and led off each game with either a walk or a hit.ĭiggs hit a grand slam during the fifth inning of the Razorbacks’ 11-6 victory over the Bulldogs on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Kendall Diggs might have a player of the week award awaiting him Monday.īatting leadoff, the Arkansas right fielder finished the series at Mississippi State 6 for 11 with 3 walks, 10 RBI and 5 runs scored. ![]()
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