The No. 7 Arkansas baseball team kicked the 2020 season off with a bang, rolling to a 5-1 victory over Eastern Illinois on Friday afternoon at Baum-Walker Stadium.
The Razorbacks (1-0) used three homers and 13 strikeouts to stay perfect under head coach Dave Van Horn on Opening Day. Arkansas hasn’t lost its season opener since 1994, facing the Panthers (0-1) in the first series for the second consecutive year.
Hesten Kjerstad hit two home runs in the win.
Sophomore right-handed pitcher Connor Noland got the Opening Day starting nod from coach Van Horn and was electric, tossing 6 2/3 innings to set the tone for the Hogs on Friday. The Greenwood native struck out half of the batters he faced, fanning a career-high 11 while allowing just two hits and one run, unearned, to cap a solid first outing.
The Razorbacks are back in action on today at 2 p.m. at Baum-Walker Stadium, for game two of the three-game set against the Panthers.
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