Memphis Travels to Arkansas for Midweek Series

Tuesday, April 18

Fayetteville, AR

6:35 PM

University of Memphis

Arkansas

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Apr 17, 2017 | Baseball

Game Notes vs. Arkansas

Tigers to play Razorbacks in Fayetteville Tuesday and Little Rock Wednesday

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis and No. 9 Arkansas will meet for a midweek series starting Tuesday at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville. The teams will square off again Wednesday night at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock.

This will be the third consecutive season that Memphis and Arkansas have played on the baseball diamond. The Razorbacks hold a 2-1 advantage in the three games dating back to 2015.

GAME 37 INFORMATION:
Tuesday, April 18 | 6:30 p.m.
Memphis (21-15) at Arkansas (29-8)
Location: Fayetteville, Ark.
Venue: Baum Stadium
Twitter Updates: @MemphisBaseball
Audio: WUMR 91.7 FM
Video: SEC Network+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

GAME 38 INFORMATION:
Wednesday, April 19 | 6:30 p.m.
Memphis (21-15) vs. Arkansas (29-8)
Location: North Little Rock
Venue: Dickey-Stephens Park
Twitter Updates: @MemphisBaseball
Audio: WUMR 91.7 FM
Video: N/A
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

Leading Off
• Memphis and Arkansas will meet for the third consecutive season and the Razorbacks hold a 2-1 advantage in those games. The Tigers won the last time the teams played at Dickey-Stephens Park, 5-4, in 2015. Memphis has not played in Fayetteville, Ark. since 1994.
• With the March 14 win over Houston, Memphis snapped a season-long five-game losing streak. Four of the five losses were to nationally-ranked opponents. The three losses to UConn marked the first three-game sweep of Memphis in a three-game conference series since 2012.
• The Tigers won their 20th game on April 5 against Alcorn State, marking significant improvement from last season. Memphis ended the 2016 regular season with 19 wins and picked up the 20th on May 26 in the American Athletic Conference tournament.
• The series win at Cincinnati was the first for Memphis over the Bearcats since 2004 and the first for head coach Daron Schoenrock. The Bearcats won the series over Schoenrock's Tigers in 2005 before joining the Big East Conference. The teams reunited in the American Athletic Conference in 2014. The Tigers and Bearcats played two series in 2015 and 2016 and the teams will meet again in May.
• The Tigers finished off the season sweep of nationally-ranked Ole Miss with a 2-1 walk-off win at AutoZone Park March 21. The sweep of the Rebels is the first since 2013. With a 3-3 record so far against teams from the SEC, Memphis sits at 17-17 over the last five seasons versus the nation's toughest conference. The Tigers are still scheduled to play two games against Arkansas in April.
• As part of the Tigers Feb. 24-26 sweep of Illinois State, Memphis rallied from an 11-0 deficit to win 12-11 in extra innings during the second game of the series. The comeback win is the largest in the Daron Schoenrock era of Memphis baseball.
• Senior outfielder Chris Carrier was named the American Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week April 3 after slugging two doubles and three homers in four games during the week. The conference weekly recognition is the third of his career.
• Memphis had a junior pitcher named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll after the first four weeks of the season. RHP Connor Alexander twice received the recognition after starts against Illinois State and Southern Illinois. RHP Colton Hathcock was honored after recording three saves in a four game stretch and LHP Drew Crosby was recognized after his opening weekend start against Tennessee. Jonathan Bowlan and Andy Bowman were then both named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll March 27.
• Memphis had a record-setting opening weekend against Tennessee at FedExPark. The two teams squared off Sunday Feb. 19 in front of the largest crowd in FedExPark history of 2,188. The three-game series set another facility record, attracting 4,793 fans throughout the weekend.
• Memphis started the season with 15 of its first 16 games at home and the Tigers played five-of-six weekends at home in non-conference play. The start to league play wasn't as friendly, with trips to Cincinnati and UConn right out of the gate. In all Memphis will play 35 home games, including the two at AutoZone Park.
• More than 70-percent of the Tigers' innings pitched last season were by freshmen and sophomores and all 10 of those players return this season. This year's pitching staff is rounded out by the addition of four incoming freshmen pitchers and two junior college transfers.