Arkansas Baseball Weekly Report: Week 2

Overall Record: 7-0
Streak: W7

Last Week’s Results (4-0)
Thursday, Feb. 20 vs. Gonzaga – Win, 7-5
Friday, Feb. 21 vs. Gonzaga – Win, 9-3
Saturday, Feb. 22 vs. Gonzaga – Win, 5-0
Sunday, Feb. 23 vs. Gonzaga – Win, 9-5

This Week
Friday, Feb. 28 vs. No. 23 Oklahoma (7-2) – 3 p.m. [MLB.com]
Saturday, Feb. 29 vs. Texas (8-0) – 2 p.m. [MLB.com]
Sunday, March 1 vs. Baylor (4-3) – 1 p.m. [MLB.com]

Player of the Week Nominee
Robert Moore – INF – Fr. – 5-9 – 165 – Leawood, Kan.
Weekly totals: 4 G/4 GS, 12 AB, 8 H, 1 2B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 4 R, 4 BB, 12 TB, 2-2 SB

• Final slash line from the weekend: .667/1.000/.750
• Led the SEC in batting average (.667) and on-base percentage (.750), coming one hit and one RBI shy of the top marks in the conference in the categories.
• Recorded a hit in every game of the series against Gonzaga, including multi-hit games in each of the last three.
• Drove in multiple runs in all four games, including a three-hit, three-RBI performance in game three, posting a homer and two singles.
• Raised his season batting average from .083 to .375 after going 1-for-12 in the opening weekend to 8-for-12 over the four games vs. the Zags.
• Made #SCTop10 for his glove flip of a ground ball to his left in the eighth inning of Saturday’s game.
• Led the team over the weekend in hits (8), RBI (9), walks (4) and stolen bases (2).

Pitcher of the Week Nominee
Patrick Wicklander – LHP – So. – 6-1 – 200 – San Jose, Calif.
Weekly totals: 1 G/1 GS, 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K

• Earned his second win of the season after a 6.0 inning shutout performance over Gonzaga on Feb. 22.
• Racked up seven strikeouts for the second consecutive week, allowing just one walk and a single.
• Part of a combined two-hitter from the Arkansas pitching staff (four total pitchers).
• Held opponents to a .056 batting average, sitting at .111 for the season.
• Once again did not allow a run or an extra-base hit for the second-straight start.

Razorback Notes
Arkansas put together another sweep for the second-straight week, rolling past Gonzaga in four games from Thursday, Feb. 20 to Sunday, Feb. 23 … Improved to 7-5 all-time against Gonzaga, entering the weekend trailing the series at 5-3 … The Razorbacks are also 6-3 in games played in Fayetteville against the Bulldogs … Outscored the Zags 30-13, out-hitting Gonzaga 40-29 … First 7-0 start since 2016 … First four-game series sweep since 2013 (San Diego State) … Freshman second baseman Robert Moore led the team in hitting this weekend, tallying eight knocks, with a double and a homer, as well as RBIs with nine and walks with four … Two of Arkansas’ starting pitchers did not allow a run, as Patrick Wicklander pitched 6.0 scoreless frames as part of a combined two-hit shutout on Saturday, Feb. 22; the second was from Caleb Bolden, tossing 3.0 innings on Sunday afternoon in Arkansas’ 9-5 win … Second-straight week Wicklander has not given up a run … The Hogs did not allow an extra-base hit in Saturday’s game, the third time this season to accomplish the feat … Arkansas has not trailed at any point this season and have only been tied/scoreless for a total of seven innings … The Razorbacks have a starting pitcher ERA of 1.69, with relievers checking in at 2.64 … Six pitchers have yet to allow an earned run this season … Arkansas’ hitters have put together a clip of .314 through seven games this season … Christian Franklin leads the team in batting average at .440, tying with Heston Kjerstad for the team’s top hit total with 11 … The Hogs hit the road for the first time this season, taking on Oklahoma, Texas and Baylor at the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 28-March 1.

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