The No. 5 Arkansas Razorbacks (30-7) are back on the road for another Southeastern Conference series as they take on the Georgia Bulldogs (20-17) for a three-game set in Athens.
Arkansas is coming off of a home series sweep of Tennessee last weekend. The Razorbacks survived a scare Tuesday from Central Arkansas at Baum-Walker Stadium, winning 6-3.
Georgia enters the series coming off a 5-4 win over Clemson on Tuesday. The Bulldogs dropped a road series at Florida last weekend, winning the first game but falling in the final two.
Arkansas left-hander Hunter Hollan will be back on the mound Thursday night as he makes his 10th start of the season. The southpaw enters the game with a 6-1 record and a 2.81 ERA, having allowed 18 runs on 43 hits and struck out 45 in 48 innings pitched.
Hollan is looking to continue the momentum from his last outing against Tennessee in which he pitched six innings, allowing two runs on five hits and striking out six. Hollan has thrown four or more innings in each of his previous nine starts.
Georgia freshman right-hander Kolten Smith gets the start on the bump for the Bulldogs as he makes his fifth start of the season. Smith holds a 1-1 record on the season with a 4.80 ERA and has allowed 10 runs on 15 hits. He has struck out 15 batters in 15 innings. Smith has pitched in seven games this season and one game since the beginning of April and has yet to go more than 3 ⅓ innings in an appearance.
HawgBeat will have you covered with live updates, stats, commentary and much more throughout the game, and you can check out details on how to watch, starting pitchers, starting lineups when they're posted, notes and more below:
How to watch/listen
Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (30-7, 11-4) vs. Georgia Bulldogs (20-17, 4-11)
When: 6 p.m. CT Thursday, 5 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday
Where: Foley Field — Athens, Georgia
Stream/Online: SEC Network, SEC Network+ (John Schriffen & David Dellucci on Thursday), (Matt Stewart & Jason Jacobs on Friday and Saturday)
Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Phil Elson)
Starting Rotations
Thursday: Arkansas LHP Hunter Hollan (6-1, 2.81 ERA) vs. Georgia RHP Kolten Smith (1-1, 4.80 ERA)
Friday: Arkansas TBA vs. Georgia LHP Charlie Goldstein (1-1, 5.67 ERA)
Saturday: Arkansas TBA vs. Georgia LHP Liam Sullivan (4-2, 4.14 ERA)
Notes
~ Arkansas is ranked by all six major college baseball polls:
D1Baseball – No. 5 (0)
Perfect Game – No. 5 (+1)
NCBWA – No. 5 (0)
USA Today Coaches – No. 5 (+1)
Collegiate Baseball – No. 4 (+3)
Baseball America – No. 5 (+1)
~ Arkansas leads the all-time series against Georgia 37-25, but the Razorbacks are 13-15 against the Bulldogs in Athens.
~ Arkansas and Georgia last met in Athens in 2018 in a top-15 series. The Bulldogs won two out of three in the series.
~ The Razorbacks and Bulldogs met four times in 2021, a series in Fayetteville that Arkansas won two games and a meeting in the SEC Tournament. Arkansas won 11-2 in Hoover, Alabama, prevailing in three four meetings.
~ Arkansas and Georgia first met in the 1987 College World Series. The Razorbacks eliminated the Bulldogs, winning 5-4.
~ Georgia is the only SEC East team that Arkansas has never swept on the road.
Some notes courtesy of Arkansas Communications
