Omaha, Neb. – Razorbacks are in essential mode at the College World Series.
The Arkansas (48-14) plays Murray State (44-16) in an elimination match at 1 p.m. Monday, June 16, in Charles Schwab Field Omaha. Mike Monaco (Play-By-Play), Ben McDonald (Analyst), Chris Burke (Analyst) and Dani Wexelman (Field) call the game on ESPN.
The Razorbacks lost their opening match of the World Series against the LSU, 4-1, Saturday evening to fall into the support of the losers. The runners, on the other hand, lost against the UCLA, 6-4, Saturday afternoon.
The loser of the Monday match between the Arkansas and Murray’s state will be eliminated from the College World Series, while the winner will advance to play the loser of the match on Monday evening between LSU and the UCLA in an elimination match on Tuesday, June 17.
World Series College schedule
Friday June 13
Game 1: Coastal Carolina 7, Arizona 4
Game 2: Oregon State 4, Louisville 3
Saturday June 14
Game 3: UCLA 6, Murray State 4
Game 4: LSU 4, Arkansas 1
Sunday June 15
Game 5 (elimination): Arizona against Louisville, 1 p.m., espn
Game 6: Coastal Carolina vs Oregon State, 6 p.m., ESPN2
Monday June 16
Game 7 (elimination): Murray state vs arkansas, 1 p.m., espn
Game 8: UCLA against LSU, 6 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, June 17
Match 9 (elimination): winner of match 5 against match 6 Loser, 1 p.m., ESPN
Match 10 (elimination): Winner of match 7 against match 8 Loser, 6 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday June 18
Match 11: Winner of match 6 against the winner of the match 9, 1 p.m., ESPN
Match 12: Winner of match 8 against the winner of the match 10, 6 p.m., ESPN
Thursday June 19 (if necessary)
Match 13 (elimination): Winner of match 11 against match 11 Loser, TBD, ESPN
Match 14 (elimination): winner 12 of the match against match 12 Loser, TBD, ESPN
Saturday June 21
Match 1: 6 H, ESPN finals
Sunday June 22
Game 2: 1:30 p.m. finals, ABC
Monday, June 23 (if necessary)
Game finals 3: 6.30 p.m., ESPN
On the mound
Sunday June 16
Arkansas – Rhp Gage Wood (3-1, 5.02 ERA)
Murray State – RHP Isaac Silva (9-2, 5.09 ERA)
Settle
Mike Monaco (Play-By-Play), Ben McDonald (analyst), Chris Burke (analyst) and Dani Wexelman (Field) have the call of the World Series match on Monday afternoon between the Arkansas and the State of Murray.
Arkansas World Series Games can be heard on Learfield’s Razorback Sports Network, including locally in Fayetteville on 92.1 FM or via the Razorback application, with Phil Elson (Play-By-Play) and Razorback Great and former Big Leguer Bubba Carpenter (Analyst) on the call. A complete list of radio affiliates is available here.
History lesson
Entering the match on Monday in Omaha, Arkansas on Monday, is 8-0 against Murray State. Under Dave Van Horn, the razorbacks are 6-0 in total against the runners.
The Razorbacks swept the Racers in Home series in 2021 and 2024.
Four victories in four days
Since the NCAA adopted the current World Series format in 2003, only Oregon State (2006 and 2018) and South Carolina (2010) qualified for the championship series after falling into the losers’ tranche before their second match.
Only the 2006 team of Oregon State did what the Arkansas tries to do by winning four games in four days. The South 2010 Carolina team won four games in five days, while the 2018 Oregon State team won four games in six days while sailing in the Losers support.
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