![]() ![]() PODCAST: Jones, Carpenter talk this week in Razorback baseball He’s not swinging the bat with the team at all yet, so it is probably highly unlikely this weekend.” 351 with 12 home runs and 44 RBI at the time of his injury April 11, had pins removed from his surgically repaired thumb Monday. 433, has scored 40 runs and is 9 of 12 on stolen-base attempts. Josenberger was Arkansas’ lead-off hitter prior to his injury. He did not play during the series against the Bulldogs. Josenberger was on the 27-man roster last week at Mississippi State when Van Horn said he was at about 80% of full strength. He’ll be out there again today, so he’ll be on the roster again.” “Josenberger is looking good,” Van Horn said. Tennessee’s Chase Dollander and Texas A&M’s Nathan Dettmer were held until the second game of their series against the Razorbacks.Īrkansas coach Dave Van Horn indicated Thursday that left fielder Jared Wegner (broken thumb) and second baseman Peyton Stovall (shoulder inflammation) are unlikely to play against South Carolina, but said center fielder Tavian Josenberger will be on the roster as he works his way back from a hamstring injury he suffered April 22 at Georgia. South Carolina is the third consecutive team to make a change at the front of the rotation before a trip to Arkansas. The Gamecocks were already down right-handed starter Noah Hall (5-1, 3.29), who has not appeared in a game since March 31 due to a back injury. ![]() The Gamecocks will not announce a starter for Saturday’s game, and sophomore left-hander Matthew Becker (4-1, 4.46) will start Sunday.Īmong the possible starters for Saturday’s game, Kingston said, is right-hander James Hicks (6-1, 3.88), who grew up in Arkansas and graduated from Conway High School. Sophomore right-hander Eli Jones (4-2, 3.38) will start Friday’s game for South Carolina. Hollan has been battling an injury to his left leg. Junior left-hander Hunter Hollan (6-2, 4.15) started the final game at Mississippi State and pitched four innings. More from WholeHogSports: Hobbs talks challenging season We haven't had a ton of setbacks or anything like that, so I think we just keep on adding pitches to his workload and try to be as smart as we can with him.” “The buildup has been really good it's been pretty seamless. “We can start making some decisions based on him being able to go a little longer. “Where we’re at now is the game can start talking to us a little bit with him, instead of it being dictated so much by what he needs to throw,” Hobbs said. Tygart is working his way back from a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow and will likely be on a pitch count of around 45 this week, pitching coach Matt Hobbs said earlier this week. Probably after the game I’ll be able to give you a Saturday starter, then obviously we pretty much know who’s going to throw on Sunday if he’s feeling good.”Īrkansas started sophomore right-hander Brady Tygart (2-0, 3.86) on a low pitch count last Saturday at Mississippi State. ![]() “We’re going to do what we’ve got to do to win Friday,” Van Horn said, “and we’ll TBA it on Sunday as well. Sanders (4-3, 5.75) has a lower-body injury and will not make the trip to Arkansas, Gamecocks coach Mark Kingston said Thursday.Īrkansas coach Dave Van Horn said Thursday he will not name starters for Saturday’s and Sunday’s games before the series begins. 1 starter since the beginning of the season. South Carolina (36-12, 14-9) will not start right-hander Will Sanders, who has been the team’s No. Smith (7-1, 2.56 ERA) has also closed six games. He allowed 2 runs, 2 hits and 5 walks, and had 8 strikeouts in 5 innings at Mississippi State last week in his third start of the SEC season. Smith will start his second consecutive series opener for the Razorbacks (36-12, 17-7 SEC). 7 South Carolina, while the Gamecocks are making a change to their weekend rotation. FAYETTEVILLE - The third-ranked Arkansas baseball team will start left-hander Hagen Smith on Friday against No. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |