No. 23 Hogs rack up 21 hits in upset of No. 2 Stanford

OMAHA, Neb. – An offensive outburst and a stellar start off from Connor Noland propelled Arkansas to a 17-2 gain around Stanford in the opening spherical of the Higher education Environment Sequence on Saturday afternoon at Charles Schwab Industry.

Noland was wonderful in picking up his eighth win, permitting two runs on six hits around 7.2 innings and just 79 pitches. Soon after a leadoff dwelling operate in the base of the very first inning from Brock Jones, Noland settled in and cruised through the Cardinal lineup. The correct-hander employed an inning-ending, double engage in to conclusion the initial and set off a streak of 10 straight retired in advance of a leadoff one snapped the streak in the bottom of the fifth. He sat down 8 straight to work into the base of the eighth when his to start with wander of the afternoon ended that streak.

With Noland cruising, the Arkansas offense kicked into higher gear in the fifth with five operates to give the senior all he desired to maintain the Razorbacks in the winner’s bracket. Back-to-back again singles from Brady Slavens and Cayden Wallace started out the inning just before Chris Lanzilli’s a few-run homer into the still left subject seats delivered the huge blow and the guide. Robert Moore scored on a wild pitch and Zack Gregory’s RBI-one capped the rally.

The Hogs were not done, on the other hand, introducing a few additional operates in the seventh, two much more in the eighth and piled on with six far more in the ninth even though setting a plan document for hits in a Higher education Earth Series video game with 21. Moore ripped a leadoff double into the correct discipline corner to open up the eighth and promptly scored on a Jalen Battles one. Battles arrived about to rating on single from Slavens and Brayden Webb touched home plate many thanks to a two-out double from Wallace. In the eighth, freshman Peyton Stovall joined the hit parade with a two-operate solitary to give all 9 Hogs in the lineup at the very least one particular strike. Wallace’s 16th household run of the year located the bleachers in ideal-middle discipline for a two-operate shot in the leading of the ninth.

Michael Turner led the way with 4 hits in his first career CWS match, singling 4 periods. Wallace drove in 3 operates with a few hits, and Stovall drove in a sport-substantial four runs with a pair of singles. All 9 Arkansas starters had at the very least two hits in the victory.

By The Quantities

• Largest get by an SEC crew at the University Planet Sequence.
• Initial workforce due to the fact 1988 (Arizona Point out) to win by at least 15 runs.
• Most hits in a game at Charles Schwab Subject Omaha.
• Arkansas’ most runs (17) and hits (21) in a Higher education Environment Collection activity.
• The Hogs’ 21 hits tied for fifth most in a Higher education Planet Series match.
• Most operates in a College Environment Sequence sport since 2008.
• Initial leadoff triple in the Higher education Planet Collection due to the fact 1999.
• Arkansas’ 1st 21-strike sport due to the fact 2001.
• Tied for the most hits by an SEC group at the School Entire world Series

Up Subsequent

Arkansas advances to just take on the winner of Auburn-Ole Pass up on Monday night time at 6 p.m. on ESPN.