Here are some of the best mid-week matchups to watch for tonight.
#14 Arkansas at #15 Oklahoma
The Arkansas Razorbacks make the trek to Norman Oklahoma tonight to take on the Oklahoma Sooners. Arkansas enters the game with a 38-14 overall record but are on a three game losing streak thanks to the South Carolina Gamecocks who swept them in Fayetteville over the weekend. Arkansas will send freshman LHP Randall Fant to the hill as he has a 3-1 record with a 4.05 ERA in 33.1 innings. The Sooners enter the game with a 37-14 record after taking the last two games of a three game weekend series with Memphis. The Sooners will send junior RHP Michael Rocha to the mound as he is 6-1 with a 3.70 ERA in 15 appearances including two starts.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – St. John’s leftfielder Jeremy Baltz and Cincinnati righthander Andrew Strenge became the first freshman duo of the season to sweep the BIG EAST’s weekly baseball honors.
Adam Smith (Texas A&M) has been recognized as the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Player of the Week, while his teammate Barret Loux and Nick Tepesch (Missouri) share the Pitcher of the Week accolade for games of May 10-16, in voting by a panel of media covering the Conference. Loux is being honored for the second time in his career. This marks the first weekly award for Smith and Tepesch.
FRISCO, Texas – UTSA second baseman Ryan Hutson has been named the Southland Conference Hitter of the Week while Nicholls right-handed pitcher Tyler Minto has been named the Southland Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday.
DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 13th year with its 2010 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 22-June 29 following the 64th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., and final CWS competition at historic Rosenblatt Stadium.
