SCHEDULED GAME TIMES Saturday, 1 p.m.; Approximately 5:15 p.m.
WHERE Swayze Field in Oxford, Miss.
RANKINGS Arkansas 2; Ole Miss 3
RECORDS Arkansas 24-4, 7-2 SEC; Ole Miss 23-6, 7-2 SEC
LAST 10 Arkansas 9-1; Ole Miss 8-2
STREAK Arkansas won 4; Ole Miss won 2
COACHES Arkansas: Dave Van Horn - 724-393 in 19th season at Arkansas and 1,044-552 in 27th season overall in Division I; Ole Miss: Mike Bianco - 790-446-1 in 21st season at Ole Miss and 890-517-1 in 24th season overall.
SERIES Tied 51-51
LAST MEETING Arkansas defeated Ole Miss 14-1 on June 10, 2019, in Fayetteville during the third game of a super regional.
RADIO Razorback Sports Network can be accessed through local FM and AM affiliates, via the Arkansas Razorbacks Gameday app, via the TuneIn app or on ArkansasRazorbacks.com. Blackouts may apply.
TELEVISION Game 1 will be televised by SEC Network and Game 2 will be streamed by SEC Network-Plus. Both games can be accessed via WatchESPN.com and the ESPN app (carrier login required).
ANNOUNCERS Richard Cross (play-by-play) and Matt McLaughlin (analyst)
GAME 1 PITCHING MATCHUP
Arkansas LHP Patrick Wicklander (1-1, 2.13 ERA in 25 1/3 innings) vs. Ole Miss RHP Gunnar Hoglund (3-1, 2.47 ERA in 43 2/3 innings)
GAME 2 PITCHING MATCHUP
Arkansas RHP Peyton Pallette (1-1, 3.25 ERA in 27 2/3 innings) vs. Ole Miss LHP Doug Nikhazy (2-1, 2.25 ERA in 24 innings)
FORECAST According to the National Weather Service, Saturday afternoon is expected to be gradually clear with a high of 73 degrees in Oxford, Miss. Southeast winds could gust up to 15 mph.
TEAM COMPARISON
ERA: Arkansas 3.78; Ole Miss 3.45
Earned Runs Per Game: Arkansas 7.67; Ole Miss 7.35
Batting Average: Arkansas .278; Ole Miss .285
Opponent Batting Average: Arkansas .214; Ole Miss .228
Slugging Percentage: Arkansas .503; Ole Miss .453
On-Base Percentage: Arkansas .395; Ole Miss .396
Fielding Percentage: Arkansas .981; Ole Miss .973
Strength of Schedule: Arkansas 4; Ole Miss 72
NOTABLE The series opener between the teams that was scheduled for Friday was postponed due to rain and thunderstorms forecast for Oxford....The second game of Saturday's doubleheader will begin 1 hour, 15 minutes after the conclusion of the first game....Arkansas and Ole Miss are tied atop the SEC West standings with a conference record of 7-2 through three weeks….The Razorbacks have not won a series at Swayze Field since 2010….Ole Miss has won the past four regular-season series against Arkansas, but the Razorbacks won a best-of-three-game super regional in Fayetteville in 2019. Arkansas and Ole Miss had a 4-4 record against each other in 2019, when they also met twice at the SEC Tournament….The Game 1 starting pitchers, Patrick Wicklander of Arkansas and Gunnar Hoglund of Ole Miss, were the starters the last time the teams met in Game 3 of the 2019 super regional….Saturday's games will be the 65th and 66th career games that Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn and Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco have coached against each other. That will tie the 66 career meetings between the SEC’s two winningest coaches all time, Skip Bertman of LSU and Ron Polk of Mississippi State and Georgia. Bianco leads the all-time series against Van Horn, 38-26….Arkansas enters the series tied for the NCAA lead with 50 home runs….Ole Miss starting first baseman Tim Elko will miss the series with a torn ACL that was suffered Monday. Elko was the NCBWA national hitter of the month for March and led the SEC with 36 RBI at the time of his injury. Elko was batting .340 with 9 home runs and 7 doubles….Ole Miss is 16-3 this season at Swayze Field….Arkansas is 8-1 this season away from home, including 5-1 in true road games. The Razorbacks defeated Texas Tech, Texas and TCU at a neutral field in Arlington, Texas, to open the season, and won road series at Louisiana Tech and Mississippi State….The state of Mississippi has lifted all covid-19 attendance restrictions. Ole Miss had a three-game attendance of greater than 28,000 for its last SEC home series against Auburn two weeks ago....Both teams have been ranked No. 1 in multiple polls this season. The No. 2 vs. No. 3 matchup is the highest in the Razorbacks' baseball history.