
The Kentucky Wildcats travel to Fayetteville for a three-game SEC baseball series with the Arkansas Razorbacks. 14Powers.com previews both teams and projects the winner of this series.
The Basics
Kentucky at Arkansas, March 16-18
Day |
Time |
TV |
Tickets |
Friday |
7:30 PM ET (6:30 CT)
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LINK |
Saturday |
3 PM ET (2 CT)
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LINK |
Sunday |
2 PM ET (1 CT)
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LINK |
Hitting Comparison

INF-OF Luke Heyer of Kentucky |
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OF Eric Cole of Arkansas |
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BATTING AVERAGE
0.307 -- No. 2 in SEC |
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BATTING AVERAGE
0.309 -- No. 1 in SEC |
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ON BASE PERCENTAGE
0.418 -- No. 1 in SEC |
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ON BASE PERCENTAGE
0.410 -- No. 2 in SEC |
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HOME RUNS
59 -- No. 2 in SEC |
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HOME RUNS
60 -- No. 1 in SEC |
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Kentucky Top Hitters
NAME | POS | AVG | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB |
Tristan Pompey | LF | 0.349 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 20 |
Luke Heyer | 3B | 0.338 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 42 | 19 |
Kole Cottam | 1B | 0.333 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 32 | 21 |
Troy Squires | C | 0.313 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 19 |
Ben Aklinski | CF | 0.310 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 25 |
Luke Becker | 2B | 0.306 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 27 |
T.J. Collett | DH | 0.304 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 18 |
Ryan Johnson | RF | 0.283 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 10 |
Trey Dawson | SS | 0.270 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 27 |
Arkansas Top Hitters
NAME | POS | AVG | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB |
Heston Kjerstad | LF | 0.373 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 37 | 13 |
Carson Shaddy | 2B | 0.364 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 16 |
Eric Cole | RF | 0.335 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 23 |
Casey Martin | 3B | 0.331 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 19 |
Luke Bonfield | DH | 0.287 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 23 |
Jax Biggers | SS | 0.287 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 24 |
Dominic Fletcher | CF | 0.279 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 13 |
Grant Koch | C | 0.266 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 23 |
Pitching Comparison

RHP Chris Machamer of Kentucky |
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RHP Jake Reindl of Arkansas |
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ERA: 5.07 -- No. 14 in SEC |
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ERA: 3.20 -- No. 5 in SEC |
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OPP BATTING AVG
0.252 -- No. 12 in SEC |
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OPP BATTING AVG
0.234 -- No. 7 in SEC |
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STRIKEOUTS
342 -- No. 8 in SEC |
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STRIKEOUTS
340 -- No. 9 in SEC |
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Kentucky Key Pitchers
NAME | W | L | ERA | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | OBA |
Sean Hjelle | 5 | 2 | 3.09 | 58.1 | 46 | 20 | 9 | 53 | 0.206 |
Justin Lewis | 5 | 2 | 4.64 | 52.1 | 49 | 27 | 19 | 64 | 0.244 |
Arkansas Key Pitchers
NAME | W | L | ERA | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | OBA |
Blaine Knight | 6 | 0 | 1.95 | 50.2 | 45 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 0.238 |
Kacey Murphy | 5 | 2 | 2.00 | 45.0 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 39 | 0.205 |
COMMENTS
This is big time early season series between two solid clubs. Kentucky's very strong at the plate while Arkansas is has great pitching. Really hard to make predictions this early on. Look for the homestanding Razorbacks to be able to eek out a series win over the Wildcats.
Series Prediction
Arkansas 2 wins, Kentucky 1 win
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