"I think it helped a little bit, just a mindset thing," Smith said of his quality work out of the pen in 2022. Smith, who earned two saves last year in the postseason, said he was OK with the move to the bullpen to shore up an injury plagued staff. I was excited for the challenge to start on Friday night." "I was like 'That's the only thing you could have said right now that would make this OK.' I got pretty excited. You're going to get the start on Friday,' " Hollan said. "Hobbs went to shake my hand, and I was like 'No,' then he told me, he was like 'Congratulations. Hollan said he got an indication the pitching change was in the works when he was pulled by pitching Coach Matt Hobbs after five innings and 77 pitches in last Sunday's 15-6 win over Louisiana Tech. 318, managed six hits against the two Arkansas lefties. The Tigers (13-4-1), who came in hitting. Jared Wegner extended his hitting streak to 11 games and went 2 for 3 to lead the Razorbacks' eight-hit attack. 6 Razorbacks (16-2) won their 11th consecutive game with normal Sunday starter Hunter Hollan (4-0) pitching on short rest and staff ace Hagen Smith providing three shutout innings and his first save after winning his past three Friday starts.īrady Slavens provided the big blow, a three-run homer against lefty Tommy Vail (2-1) in the fourth inning that touched off a five-run uprising to overcome Auburn's early 2-0 lead. FAYETTEVILLE - The University of Arkansas' pitching switcharoo paid immediate dividends Friday with the Razorbacks' 7-2 win over Auburn in an SEC opener before an announced crowd of 9,276 at Baum-Walker Stadium.
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