FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas baseball head coach Dave Van Horn held his third Swatter's Club luncheon of the season Monday afternoon to provide plenty of updates for the No. 1 Razorbacks, who own a 23-3 overall record and an 8-1 mark in conference play.
The Diamond Hogs are fresh off a series sweep of the reigning national champion LSU Tigers, and they are now looking ahead to a Tuesday matchup with Arkansas State before SEC West rival Ole Miss comes to town this weekend.
HawgBeat was in attendance for Van Horn's speech to the Swatter's Club, plus his press conference with reporters after. Check out a loaded notebook touching on gorilla ball, communicating with watches, more crazy pitching numbers, the plan for Arkansas State and much more.
In The Polls
Baseball America: 1
D1Baseball: 1
NCBWA: 1
Perfect Game: 1
USAT Coaches: 1
Pitching plan vs. Arkansas State
There's no drama as to who the three starting pitchers are on the weekend, but it has become interesting to see who the Hogs decide to start in midweek matchups. Tuesday against Arkansas State, freshman lefty Colin Fisher will get his fifth start of the season.
Fisher owns a 4-1 record and a 2.50 ERA across 18.0 innings pitched. He has 20 strikeouts compared to just three walks and opponents are hitting .261 against him.
