FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. The No. 5 Arkansas Razorbacks unleashed an offensive onslaught on No. 4 Kentucky Saturday, winning both ends of a doubleheader, 14-2 and 16-9, to finish the three-game sweep at Baum Stadium.
In just Saturdays games combined, the Razorbacks scored 30 runs on 38 hits and hit 10 home runs. Combined over the entire series, Arkansas (16-4, 3-0 SEC) scored 39 runs on Kentucky (14-6, 0-3 SEC), the most in a Southeastern Conference series under Dave Van Horn, and the most in a three-game conference series since 1997.
The Razorbacks open the conference season for the second-straight year with a series sweep (Mississippi State, 2017) and its the fourth-straight series win over the Wildcats dating back to 2013.
Seven different Razorbacks hit at least one home run on the day with Jax Biggers, Carson Shaddy, and Luke Bonfield all coming away with two each over both games. As a team, Arkansas hit five home runs in both contests, giving it three games this season with five or more long balls.
Arkansas hits the road for a nine-game stretch starting with two midweek games at Charlotte (March 20-21). Game one of the series with the 49ers will be played at BB&T Park, the home of the Charlotte Knights, the AAA affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, with first pitch set for 6:05 p.m. It will be televised on BeIN TV.
The second game of the series will be played on the campus of UNC-Charlotte at Phillips Field in Hayes Stadium. First pitch will be at 3 p.m. on Wednesday and televised by Cox Sports Television.
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