Arkansas 10, Wichita State 1 - FINAL
Matt Goodheart laced an RBI single to left to bring the Razorbacks' lead to nine runs. Goodheart is 2-for-5 in the game with four runs driven in.
Arkansas 9, Wichita State 1 - Middle 14th Inning
Trest gets Carson Cox to strike out looking to end the top of the 14th inning. We are heading to the final half-inning of the night.
Gregory, Kenley and Plunkett are due up.
Arkansas 9, Wichita State 1 - End 13th Inning
Nothing doing for the Razorbacks in the home 13th. Curtis Washington lined into a double play to end the inning. Bryson Lierle was hit by a pitch with one out then doubled off at first base.
Elijah Trest is now in to pitch for the Razorbacks.
Arkansas 9, Wichita State 1 - Middle 13th Inning
Angus Denton needed only seven pitches to get out of the top half of the 13th. He did allow the staff's first hit since Isaiah Campbell in the fourth, but a comebacker to the mound ended the inning.
Razorbacks relievers have allowed just one hit over nine innings and fanned 14 Shockers batters.
Arkansas 9, Wichita State 1 - End 12th Inning
Elijah Trest tallied one of the hardest hit balls of the night in the bottom of the 12th and cruised into second with a groundrule double, advancing Jack Kenley to third. All of that went for not as Goodheart harmlessly flew out to left to end the inning.
Right-hander and submarine pitcher Angus Denton is now on the mound for the Razorbacks in the 13th.
Arkansas 9, Wichita State 1 - Middle 12th Inning
Bolden enters and strikes out a pair of Shockers batters, bringing Arkansas' pitching staff's total to 22 strikeouts against three walks. Zack Gregory will lead things off in the bottom of the 12th, followed by Jack Kenley and Zack Plunkett.
Arkansas 9, Wichita State 1 - End 11th Inning
Bryson Lierle singled through the right side with one away. He was then thrown out at first by the Shockers catcher after straying a bit too far away from the bag. Curtis Washington grounded out to short to end the inning.
Caleb Bolden is in to pitch for the Razorbacks in the 12th.
Arkansas 9, Wichita State 1 - Middle 11th Inning
Wicklander works a three up, three down inning in the top of the 11th. Jack Kenley smoothly caught a pretty challenging popup in foul ground to end the top half. The Shockers do not have a base hit over the last seven innings against Razorbacks relievers.
Arkansas 9, Wichita State 1 - End 10th Inning
Casey Martin led off the home 10th with an infield single. He then stole second prior to Dominic Fletcher drawing a walk. Following a wild pitch that moved Martin and pinch runner Curtis Washington up 90 feet, Zack Gregory's groundout to second plates Martin to push Arkansas' lead to 5-1.
Jack Kenley's sac fly to left field scores Washington, and the Razorbacks' lead is now five runs.
Matt Goodheart just absolutely clobbered a pitch for a three-run bomb to put the Razorbacks up 9-1. Trey Harris struck out to finally end the inning, but the damage was done. Hogs add five runs on three hits and an error.
Left-hander Patrick Wicklander is now in to pitch for the Razorbacks.
Arkansas 4, Wichita State 1 - Middle 10th Inning
Arkansas reliever Jacob Burton began the top of the 10th with a strikeout and a flyout to center then allowed Wichita State its first baserunner since the fourth inning with a two-out walk. Carson Cox advanced to second on a passed ball and to third on Burton's balk.
After Alex Jackson's walk, Katzfey grounded out to Jack Kenley at short to end the threat and leave two men on. Martin, Fletcher and Kenley are due up for Arkansas in the home 10th.
Arkansas 4, Wichita State 1 - End 9th Inning
Jack Kenley, after initially drawing a leadoff walk to open the home ninth, stole second base then came around to score on a throwing error from Shockers third baseman Jake Plastiak.
Heston Kjerstad is now 1-for-5 with four strikeouts since his two-run homer in the first.
Arkansas 3, Wichita State 1 - Middle 9th Inning
Left-hander Matt Cronin came on in the top of the ninth and shut the door on the Shockers in the regularly scheduled portion of the exhibition, striking out the side on 12 pitches - 10 strikes.
Arkansas' relievers combined for nine strikeouts and zero hits over five innings in relief of Isaiah Campbell, who fanned eight and allowed four hits in four innings of work.
Arkansas 3, Wichita State 1 - End 8th Inning
Casey Martin nearly had his first hit for extra bases tonight, but Shockers right fielder David Vanvooren made a nice play on the track to record the first out of the home eighth. Dominic Fletcher sharply singled to right then was thrown out attempting to steal second, bringing Dave Van Horn out to talk things over with the third base umpire.
McFarland later struck out for the third time tonight. Closer Matt Cronin is now on to pitch for Arkansas in a "close" situation. He will face 4-5-6 in the Shockers order. Zack Plunkett is behind the plate for the Razorbacks as well.
Arkansas 3, Wichita State 1 - Middle 8th Inning
Ramage closed the top of the eighth inning with a pair of strikeouts, including one of Luke Ritter.
Arkansas pitchers have not allowed a baserunner since the fourth inning on Hunter Gibson's double. Relievers have been very solid tonight, working four innings of no-hit ball with six strikeouts.
Martin, Fletcher and McFarland are due up for the Razorbacks in the home eighth.
Arkansas 3, Wichita State 1 - End 7th Inning
The Razorbacks went quietly in the home half of the seventh. Nesbit grounded out to second on the third pitch of the at-bat, Trey Harris - pinch hitting for Matt Goodheart - grounded out back to the pitcher and Kjerstad struck out looking on the 10th pitch.
Attendance for tonight's game was just announced as 5,142. I don't think the crowd is that large, but it is impressive.
Kole Ramage is now on to pitch for Arkansas in the eighth. Kostyshock threw nine of 14 pitches for strikes in his one inning on the mound.
Arkansas 3, Wichita State 1 - Middle 7th Inning
Scroggins worked a perfect top of the seventh, getting Hunter Gibson to fly out to Kjerstad in right, Jordan Boyer to ground out back to the mound and Vanvooren to strike out on the sixth pitch of his at-bat.
Nesbit, Goodheart and Kjerstad are due up for the Razorbacks in the seventh.
Arkansas 3, Wichita State 1 - End 6th Inning
Jordan McFarland led off the home sixth with a strikeout, his second of the night. Jack Kenley was then hit by a pitch and advanced to second on Casey Opitz's groundout. Following a wild pitch, Kenley moved up to third, but Christian Franklin struck out swinging to end the sixth.
Cody Scroggins is in to pitch for Arkansas in relief of Kostyshock, who did not allow a hit and struck out three Shockers batters in two innings of work. He threw 23 of 29 pitches for strikes.
Arkansas 3, Wichita State 1 - Middle 6th Inning
Kostyshock tallied his second and third strikeouts to open to top of the sixth and worked a flyball out to Franklin in left field to end it.
McFarland, Kenley and Opitz are due up for the Razorbacks in the home sixth.
Arkansas 3, Wichita State 1 - End 5th Inning
Christian Franklin, who got the start in left field tonight, led off the home fifth with a walk. He then stole second and advanced to third on Shockers shortstop Jordan Boyer's throwing error. Nesbit, who initially put the ball in play, moved up to second on the play.
Matt Goodheart went down swinging, bringing Heston Kjerstad to the plate with two on and one away. Wichita State, following Goodheart's strikeout, is calling on lefty reliever Alex Segal out of the bullpen to face Kjerstad and Martin.
Segal sat down Kjerstad on three pitches for the second out of the inning before issuing a walk to Martin to load the bases. A wild pitch from Segal allows Franklin to trot home from third to extend Arkansas' lead. Fletcher was then hit by a pitch, but the home plate umpire made him return to the plate. He struck out looking on the next pitch.
Kostyshock returns to the mound for Arkansas in the sixth inning.
Arkansas 2, Wichita State 1 - Middle 5th Inning
Kostyshock entered in relief of Campbell and retired the side in order. He had to work to sit down Katzfey, who eventually struck out on the eighth pitch of the at-bat. Alex Jackson popped up to Casey Martin at short and Luke Ritter grounded out to first to end the top half.
Franklin, Nesbit and Goodheart are due up for the Razorbacks.
Arkansas 2, Wichita State 1 - End 4th Inning
Dominic Fletcher led off the home fourth with a strikeout, and first baseman Jordan McFarland, who went down swinging in his first plate appearance, doubled down the line in left for the Razorbacks fourth hit of the night.
Kenley then went down on strikes for the second out of the inning and Opitz went down looking to leave a man stranded. McGinness is at seven strikeouts through four, nearly matching Campbell, whose night is done. Kostyshock is in to pitch for Arkansas.
Arkansas 2, Wichita State 1 - Middle 4th Inning
After picking up his seventh strikeout of the night, Campbell gives up a one-out double to Hunter Gibson that one-hops the wall in left. Christian Franklin's throw to second is a bit late, and the tying run stands in scoring position.
Campbell then struck out Jordan Boyer for his eighth strikeout before Vanvooren grounded out to end the threat. If that is Campbell's final batter, he allowed four hits over four innings and fanned eight against one walk and an earned run. Jacob Kostyshock is warming up in the Arkansas bullpen.
Fletcher, McFarland and Kenley are due up for the Razorbacks in the home fourth.
Arkansas 2, Wichita State 1 - End 3rd Inning
Matt Goodheart struck out swinging to lead off the home third, bringing Shockers starter Clayton McGinness to three strikeouts thus far. Kjerstad, in his second at-bat of the night, went down swinging as well after he was ahead in the count 3-0.
Martin then flew out to right to end the inning. He's 0-for-2 tonight. Isaiah Campbell is heading back to the mound for what could be his final inning of work. Van Horn said Thursday that Campbell would work 3-4 innings and be on a pitch count.
Arkansas 2, Wichita State 1 - Middle 3rd Inning
The Shockers have scratched a run back off of Isaiah Campbell in the third courtesy of Luke Ritter. Campbell allowed a one-out single to Jacob Katzfey, who then stole second off Opitz.
Paxton Wallace flew out to left and Campbell tallied his sixth strikeout to cap the top of the third. Goodheart, Kjerstad and Martin are due up for the Razorbacks in the home third.
Arkansas 2, Wichita State 0 - End 2nd Inning
Opitz opened the home second with a first-pitch single to right-center. Franklin flew out to center on the second pitch he saw, then second baseman Jacob Nesbit grounded into a 1-6-3 double play to end the inning.
Campbell heads back to the mound in the third sitting at 36 pitches.
Arkansas 2, Wichita State 0 - Middle 2nd Inning
Isaiah Campbell struck out two more Shockers batters to bring his total to five through two innings. He's been very sharp so far. WSU's David Vanvooren grounded out to Casey Martin at short to end the half inning.
Casey Opitz, Christian Franklin and Jacob Nesbit are due up for the Razorbacks in the second.
Arkansas 2, Wichita State 0 - End 1st Inning
Sophomore Heston Kjerstad went opposite field for a two-run home run in his first at-bat of the fall. Leadoff man Matt Goodheart led off the home first with a walk.
Casey Martin struck out for the first out of the home first, then Dominic Fletcher singled sharply to right field over the glove of Shockers first baseman Garrett Kocis. Jordan McFarland then struck out on a terrible pitch in the dirt, bringing Jack Kenley to the plate.
Kenley flew out to center field to end the home first. Razorbacks get two runs, though, on Kjerstad's homer.
Arkansas 0, Wichita State 0 - Middle 1st Inning
Shockers leadoff man Alex Jackson reached base on an error by Jack Kenley to get things going. Campbell bounced back and struck out Jacob Katzfey, but Jackson advanced on the pitch in the dirt. Three-hole hitter Luke Ritter, who Dave Van Horn was very complimentary of Thursday, walked to put two men on for Paxton Wallace.
Campbell struck out Wallace looking for the second out of the inning before giving up an infield single to Noah Croft to load the bases. He then closed the Wichita State first with his third strikeout – second looking.
Goodheart, Kjerstad and Martin are due up for the Razorbacks in the home first.
Pregame
Pretty solid Friday night crowd for an exhibition game. Should be a pretty fun atmosphere tonight, even for a matchup that doesn't in any way count. Fans are a couple of rows deep in the Hog Pen, too.
Here is the Razorbacks' lineup for tonight:
DH Matt Goodheart
RF Heston Kjerstad
SS Casey Martin
CF Dominic Fletcher
1B Jordan McFarland
3B Jack Kenley
C Casey Opitz
LF Christian Franklin
2B Jacob Nesbit
Isaiah Campbell is starting on the mound for the Razorbacks. Clayton McGinness, who finished the 2018 season 2-0 with a 4.93 ERA over 34 innings, will get the ball to start things off for the Shockers.