The No. 2 Arkansas Razorbacks (30-3, 11-1 SEC) cruised to an easy 16-2 win Sunday over the Missouri Tigers (11-20, 0-12 SEC) to secure a series sweep at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville.
Hogs' first baseman Cam Kozeal had three extra base hits with two home runs, including a grand slam, to drive in six of the team's runs on the day. Right fielder Carson Boles earned his first career SEC start and he crushed a three run home run in the first inning, while catcher Ryder Helfrick logged three hits.
The Razorbacks logged 16 hits in the game, which pushed their total to 32 on the day, as they also tallied 16 knocks in the 14-4 win in the first half of the seven-inning doubleheader. Just like the Game 2 win earlier in the day, the Hogs had 11 hits with runners on base and eight hits with runners in scoring position. They had two innings with five runs and one with four runs in the contest.
Arkansas starting pitcher Landon Beidelschies struck out a season-high seven batters across four innings in the contest. He allowed two runs on four hits with one walk, although just one of the two runs were earned. The relief trio of Christian Foutch, Cole Gibler and Carson Wiggins combined for three scoreless, hitless innings and five strikeouts for the Hogs.
Beidelschies started his day with a leadoff walk that came around to score on a passed ball that was a dropped third strike that got by catcher Ryder Helfrick. Luckily for the Hogs, Beidelschies worked around traffic and stranded two runners to keep the damage at one run in the frame.
Arkansas quickly gained the lead in the bottom half of the first inning courtesy of a two-run double down the left field line from Kuhio Aloy, who made contact with a 67 mph curveball on the swing. Two batters later, Boles drove a three-run home run to left center field to begin his first SEC start on the right foot.
The Razorbacks ended up batting around in the bottom of the first inning to chase Missouri starting pitcher Tony Neubeck and bring on reliever PJ Green, who got out of the frame without allowing anymore scoring.
Beidelschies worked a 1-2-3 top of the second inning for the Razorbacks, who promptly extended their lead to 7-1 via a two-run home run from Kozeal to right field in the bottom half of the second inning.
Missouri plated its second run via an RBI single from centerfielder Kaden Peer in the top of the third inning, but that was all Beidelschies allowed in the frame to keep the Tigers from cutting too much into the Hogs' lead.
Arkansas added to its lead with an RBI sacrifice fly out from Justin Thomas Jr. in the bottom half of the third. Two batters later, Kozeal drove his second homer of the game to right field for a grand slam to make the lead a whopping 12-2.
Beidelschies tossed a three up, ...
