FAYETTEVILLE — The start of the College Baseball Showdown is being pushed back a day.
That means Arkansas’ season opener against No. 4 Texas Tech won’t be played until Saturday at 7 p.m., and games against No. 10 Texas and No. 11 TCU will also be played one day later than originally scheduled.
The game against Texas is now scheduled for Sunday at 7 p.m. and the game against TCU for Monday at 6 p.m.
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All three games will be played at Globe Life Field, the climate-controlled home of the MLB’s Texas Rangers in Arlington.
Single-day tickets purchased for games Saturday and Sunday will still be honored on those days, while single-day tickets purchased for Friday can be used to access games Sunday or Monday, according to the Rangers.
A winter storm has shut down the campuses of the six teams that will participate in the College Baseball Showdown and blanketed the host city with several inches of snow. The city is forecasted to receive snow and sleet into Wednesday.
Travel conditions for all six teams — Arkansas, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Texas, Texas Tech and TCU — are expected to be more favorable as temperatures increase above freezing later in the week.
It is the second time in three seasons the Razorbacks have had a change to their opening-day schedule. In 2019, Arkansas played a season-opening doubleheader against Eastern Illinois due to rain.
College Baseball Showdown Schedule
Saturday
Mississippi State vs. Texas, 11 a.m.
Ole Miss vs. TCU, 3 p.m.
Arkansas vs. Texas Tech, 7 p.m.
Sunday
TCU vs. Mississippi State, 11 a.m.
Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss, 3 p.m.
Texas vs. Arkansas, 7 p.m.
Monday
Mississippi State vs. Texas Tech, 11 a.m.
Ole Miss vs. Texas, 2:30 p.m.
Arkansas vs. TCU, 6 p.m.
(Home team listed second)