Arkansas Baseball Update

Feb. 19, 2006 Week 2: 3-0 Overall Record 6-0 At the Al Ogletree Classic - Edinburg, Texas Friday, Feb. 17: #17 Arkansas 5, #18 TCU 2 Saturday, Feb. 18: #17 Arkansas 15, Stephen F. Austin 7 Sunday, Feb. 19: #17 Arkansas 13, Texas-Pan American 2 Pitcher of the Week Nominee Nick Schmidt, LHP Sophomore St. Louis, Mo./Vianney High School Arkansas sophomore Nick Schmidt (2-0) decided he would wait at least one more week before allowing his first hit of the season ... the left-hander from St. Louis, Mo., pitched six innings against No. 18 TCU holding the Horned Frogs hitless ... Schmidt has now pitched 12 innings in 2006 without surrendering a base hit ... he held Oklahoma State without a hit over six innings last Saturday ... stuck out seven Horned Frogs on Friday and walked just one ... has 13 strikeouts and just four walks this season. Schmidts Stats W-L ERA App/GS SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Opp. BA vs. #17 TCU 1-0 0.00 1/1 0 6.0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 .000 Season Totals 2-0 0.00 2/2 0 12.0 0 0 0 4 13 0 0 0 .000 Hitter of the Week Nominee Chris Hollensworth, OF Senior El Dorado, Ark./El Dorado High School Senior outfielder Chris Hollensworth hit .500 over at the Al Ogletree Classic in Edinburg, Texas, this past weekend ... the senior from El Dorado, Ark., collected six hits, including two doubles and three RBI ... scored five runs and was 2-for-2 on the base paths ... went 1 for 1 in a reserve role against No. 18 TCU on Friday ... stole one base against the Horned Frogs ... started and went 3 for 6 with a double and a RBI against Stephen F. Austin ... also swiped a base against the Lumberjacks ... equaled his career high with three runs scored against SFA ... his six at bats was also a career high ... was 2 for 5 with a double and two RBI against host Texas-Pan American on Sunday in a 13-2 Arkansas rout. Hollensworths Stats BA G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB OB % SB vs. #18 TCU 1.000 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1-1 vs. Stephen F. Austin .500 1-1 6 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 .500 1-1 at Texas-Pan American .400 1-1 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 .600 0-0 Totals .500 3-2 12 5 6 2 0 0 3 1 .538 2-2 Razorbacks Sweep Al Ogletree Classic No. 17 Arkansas improved to 6-0 on the season by sweeping three games at the Al Ogletree Classic in Edinburg, Texas over the weekend ... the highlight win was a 5-2 decision over No. 18 TCU in the tournament opener ... the Hogs began to put everything together at the plate and on the mound in South Texas ... UA posted a .363 batting average in the three-game tournament and a 1.33 ERA on the mound ... collected 41 hits on the weekend ... had 19 hits against Stephen F. Austin and 14 vs. Texas-Pan American ... the Razorbacks also ran wild on the base paths with 13 stolen bases in 14 attempts over the weekend ... LHP Nick Schmidt (2-0) was up to his old tricks by pitching six more scoreless innings against TCU on Friday ... Schmidt has now thrown 12 innings this season in two outings without allowing a base hit ... stuck out seven TCU hitters and walked just one ... has 13 strikeouts and four walks ... the Razorbacks scored five runs off Horned Frogs ace Sam Demel on Friday ... Craig Gentry led the way with a 3-for-3 performance and a RBI ... Gentry will miss two-to-three weeks with broken hand that was discovered following Fridays game ... freshman Wayne Hrozek and sophomore Brian Walker got things started in the first inning against TCU with back-to-back doubles down the right-field line ... Hrozeks double plated two runs and Walker scored one run ... Devin Collis pitched the final 1.1 innings for his third save of the season ... Arkansas rolled to a 15-7 win over Stephen F. Austin on Saturday ... starting pitcher Charley Boyce became the all-time school leader in starts with 47 ... it was also his shortest career start at one-plus inning ... The Hogs collected season highs in hits (19), runs (15), stolen bases (7) and errors (6) ... it was the first time since April 16, 2005, (at Tennessee) that Arkansas has committed six errors in a game ... Matt Willard (3B) and James Ewing (2B) made their first career starts against the Lumberjacks ... they both also collected their first career hits ... Ewing reached base in all six plate appearances and went 3 for 3 ... Hrozek and Hollensworth also collected three hits vs. SFA ... Jake Dugger was 2 for 6 with two RBI ... Danny Hamblin went 2 for 4 and drew two walks ... Trey Holloway (1-0) got the win out of the bullpen with three scoreless, hitless innings ... Lee Land also threw well with three scoreless, hitless innings of work ... Shaun Seibert saw his first action of the season ... struck out two and did not walk a batter ... junior college transfer Chris Rhoads (2-0) sparkled in his second start of the season ... pitched a UA season-high seven innings allowing just two unearned runs on five hits ... stuck out a career high seven batters and walked just one ... Brian Walker led the way at the plate with three hits in five at bats ... also drove in two runs ... Walker batted .500 (4 for 8) in two starts over the weekend ... Hollensworth, Hamblin, Arnold and Walker all drove in two runs vs. the Broncs ... Hamblin leads the team with a four-game hit streak ... Hollensworth has hit in three straight games ... Jake Dugger continues to lead the team in hitting at .440 and RBI seven ... he also leads the team in multiple-hit games with four ... freshman James Ewing and Matt Willard received their first playing time this weekend and performed well ... Ewing started two games and hit .571 (4 for 7) with a .727 on-base percentage ... Willard also hit .571 (4 for 7) with a .700 on-base percentage and two RBI. Next Week Arkansas returns home for the 2006 home opener at Baum Stadium with a double header with Louisiana Tech beginning at 1 p.m. on Feb. 24 ... the third and final game of the series is slated for 1 p.m. on Saturday at Baum Stadium and will be broadcast on Cox Sports Television ... the Razorbacks then leave for the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Sunday ... the Hogs open the tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 28, with Washington ... Arkansas then faces Texas-Arlington on Wednesday, March 1 ... and Hawaii on Thursday, March 2 ... the semifinals are slated for Friday with the finals on Saturday.