SCHEDULED GAME TIME Thursday, 6 p.m.
WHERE Bogle Park, Fayetteville
RECORDS Arkansas 27-9, 8-4 SEC; Georgia 29-7, 9-2 SEC
LAST 10 Arkansas 7-3; Georgia 9-1
STREAK Arkansas won 4; Georgia lost 1
COACHES Arkansas: Courtney Deifel — 265-137 in eighth season at Arkansas and 292-164 in ninth season overall; Georgia: Tony Baldwin — 72-25 in second season at Georgia and overall.
SERIES Georgia leads 38-22
LAST MEETING Arkansas defeated Georgia 5-2 on April 18, 2021, to sweep a three-game series in Athens, Ga.
TELEVISION The game will be streamed by SEC Network-Plus and can be accessed on WatchESPN.com and via the ESPN app (carrier login required).
TV ANNOUNCERS Brett Dolan (play-by-play) and Dorian Craft (analyst)
PITCHING MATCHUP Arkansas RHP Chenise Delce (14-4, 1.76 ERA in 99 1/3 innings) vs. Georgia RHP Madison Kerpics (11-5, 1.74 ERA in 92 1/3 innings)
FORECAST According to the National Weather Service, Thursday will be clear with a high of 60 degrees and a low of 39 degrees in Fayetteville. Northeast winds are expected to blow around 10 mph.
TEAM COMPARISONS
ERA: Arkansas 2.23; Georgia 1.99
Runs Scored Per Game: Arkansas 6.14; Georgia 6.64
Batting Average: Arkansas .282; Georgia .332
Opponent Batting Average: Arkansas .198; Georgia .206
Slugging Percentage: Arkansas .485; Georgia .609
On-Base Percentage: Arkansas .391; Georgia .407
Fielding Percentage: Arkansas .973; Georgia .972
NOTABLE Arkansas is No. 8 in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll, which is the poll of record for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette….Former Arkansas standout Danielle (Gibson) Whorton is in her first season as a volunteer coach for Georgia, following an All-America campaign for the Razorbacks in 2022.... Replica shirt jerseys of Gibson’s No. 41 uniform from her Arkansas playing days will be given to the first 750 fans in attendance....Georgia leads the SEC in slugging percentage (.609), hits (319), triples (13), home runs (61) and total bases (585)....The last time Georgia visited Bogle Park was in 2017, when it won two of three games against the Razorbacks....Georgia’s pitching staff has tallied 13 shutouts, including four against SEC competition....Bulldogs right-handed pitcher Madison Kerpics has 17 starts this season, tied for second in the SEC....Kerpics is tied for sixth in the league in wins (11), seventh in batters struck out (87) and seventh in innings pitched (92 1/3)....Georgia right-handed pitcher Shelby Walters ranks sixth in the SEC in ERA (1.30), third in innings pitched (107 1/3), second in wins (14) and first in appearances (26)....Georgia right fielder Jayda Kearney (13 home runs) and third baseman Sara Mosley (12 home runs) are third and fourth in the SEC in home runs….Seven different Bulldogs are batting at least a .300 average, with Kearney’s .390 average leading the way....Arkansas is 5-6 against Georgia under Courtney Deifel.