Arkansas baseball weekly notebook
Overall Record: 3-0, 0-0 SECLast Week’s Record: 3-0, 0-0 SEC
Recent Results:February 18 – Arkansas 5, Delaware State 0 – Baum StadiumFebruary 19 – Arkansas 9, Delaware State 2 – Baum StadiumFebruary 20 – Arkansas 10, Delaware State 0 – Baum Stadium
Upcoming Games:February 25, 3:05 p.m. – Arkansas vs. Utah – Baum StadiumFebruary 26, 1:05 p.m. – Arkansas vs. Utah – Baum StadiumFebruary 27, 12:35 p.m. – Arkansas vs. Utah – Baum Stadium
Star Watch:
| Name | Avg. | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | TB | SLG% | BB | HBP | OBP | SB-ATT |
| Jarrod McKinney | .625 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .875 | 2 | 1 | .727 | 0-0 |
| Kyle Robinson | .583 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .833 | 1 | 0 | .571 | 0-0 |
| Bo Bigham | .333 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .667 | 1 | 0 | .385 | 1-2 |
| James McCann | .333 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .444 | 1 | 0 | .400 | 1-2 |
| Matt Reynolds | .308 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .538 | 0 | 0 | .286 | 0-0 |
| Name | W-L | ERA | App | GS | CG | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | BAvg. |
| Brandon Moore | 1-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .105 |
| DJ Baxendale | 1-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .222 |
| Ryne Stanek | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 |
| Cade Lynch | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 |
| Trent Daniel | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Barrett Astin | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Randall Fant | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
Player of the Week Nominee:
Kyle Robinson – OF/1B – 6-3 – 215 – Boca Raton, Fla.
| Opponent (W/L) | AB | R | H | BB | Avg. | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | SB/SBA |
| Delaware State (W, 5-0) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
| Delaware State (W, 9-2) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
| Delaware State (W, 10-0) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .583 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 |
| WEEKLY TOTALS | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .583 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 |
Notes (School Records, Career Highs, Season Highs, etc.): Senior outfielder/first baseman Kyle Robinson finished the opening week of the season going 7-for-12 at the plate with a double, a triple and a team-leading six RBI … Led Arkansas to a three-game sweep of Delaware State, marking the third time in the last four seasons the Razorbacks have opened the season with a three-game sweep … Robinson had at least two hits in each game of the weekend series, including a career-high three hits in Sunday’s series finale … Drove in a career-high five runs in a 10-0 win over Delaware State in the series finale … Also hit first career triple in Sunday’s game vs. DSU … Posted a .833 slugging percentage and a .571 on-base percentage in the ¬opening weekend of the season.
Pitcher of the Week Nominee:DJ Baxendale – RHP – 6-2 – 190 – Jacksonville, Ark.
| Opponent | G | W | L | ShO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | ERA | BB | SO |
| Delaware State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 7 |
| WEEKLY TOTALS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 7 |
Notes (School Records, Career Highs, Season Highs, etc.): Sophomore right-handed pitcher DJ Baxendale opened the season with an impressive performance on the mound, posting his first collegiate win in a 5-0 shutout victory over Delaware State … Baxendale threw five shutout innings and allowed just four hits … Baxendale set a new career-high with seven strikeouts and only walked one batter … Baxendale did not allow an extra-base hit over the five innings and after giving up hits to the first batters of the game, only allowed three hitters to reach over his final four innings … Baxendale turned in one of two shutouts on the weekend for Arkansas, marking the first time since 1988 the Razorbacks posted multiple shutouts in a weekend series.
Freshman of the Week Nominee:Brandon Moore – RHP – 6-3 – 245 – Van Buren, Ark.
| Opponent | G | W | L | ShO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | ERA | BB | SO |
| Delaware State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 4 |
| WEEKLY TOTALS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 4 |
Notes (School Records, Career Highs, Season Highs, etc.): Making his collegiate debut, freshman right-handed pitcher Brandon Moore threw six shutout innings as Arkansas completed a three-game sweep of Delaware State with a 10-0 win … Moore allowed just two hits over his six innings of work, striking out four and walking two … Moore opened the game by retiring six straight batters, three by way of strikeout … The only two hits he allowed in the game were both singles … Only one Delaware State baserunner advanced past second base during Moore’s outing … He combined with three other pitchers for Arkansas’ second shutout of the weekend, marking the first time since 1988 the Razorbacks had posted multiple shutouts during a weekend series.
Team/Individual Notes: Arkansas opened the 2011 season with a three-game sweep of Delaware State … It marked the third time in the last four years that the Razorbacks had opened the season with a three-game sweep … After winning the season opener 5-0 on Friday, Arkansas clinched the series with a 9-2 win on Saturday. The Razorbacks completed the sweep with a 10-0 victory on Sunday … Arkansas has now won 17 straight season openers … Arkansas had multiple shutouts in a weekend series for the first time since blanking Northern Iowa in back-to-back games in March, 1988 … For the weekend, Arkansas pitchers allowed just two runs on 13 hits, while striking out 37 Delaware State batters … Arkansas fans also set new attendance records for a season-opening series … On opening day, attendance was announced at 8,602 (paid) and (7,526) actual, both new opening day records. For the three-game series, attendance was 24,326 (paid) and 20,443(actual), again both opening-series records … As a team, Arkansas hit .327 in the season’s opening weekend, while the pitching staff posted a 0.67 earned run average … DJ Baxendale picked up the first win of his collegiate career on Friday, throwing five shutout innings and striking out a career-high seven batters … Geoffrey Davenport earned his first win of the year on Saturday, allowing just two runs on three hits, while fanning a career-best eight batters … Brandon Moore was impressive in his collegiate debut on Sunday, tossing six shutout innings and striking out four to earn the win … The Arkansas bullpen combined for 11 shutout innings over the weekend … Cade Lynch and Ryne Stanek each earned four-inning saves … Lynch struck out seven in his outing, while Stanek did not allow a hit over his four frames and fanned six … Barrett Astin, Trent Daniel and Randall Fant each tossed a shutout inning in Sunday’s series finale … Kyle Robinson led Arkansas at the plate, going 7-for-12 with a double, a triple and a team-high six RBIs in the series … Jarrod McKinney compiled a team-leading .625 (5-for-8) batting average with two doubles and an RBI … Bo Bigham went 4-for-12 over the three games with the only Arkansas home run of the series … James McCann also hit .333 on the weekend with two RBI, while Matt Reynolds hit .308 with a team-high three doubles and four RBI … Arkansas is back in action this weekend with a three-game series vs. Utah … Game times at Baum Stadium are scheduled for 3:05 p.m. on Friday, 1:05 p.m. on Saturday and 12:35 p.m. on Sunday … This weekend’s series marks the first-ever meeting between the Razorbacks and Utes.
