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No. 12 Hogs' heavy hitters help sweep No. 20 Wildcats

219 days ago
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LEXINGTON, Ky. - No. 12 Arkansas (34-12) tamed the No. 20 Kentucky Wildcats (26-15-1) with a doubleheader sweep to capture its 11th consecutive SEC road series win Saturday at John Cropp Stadium.

Arkansas defeated Kentucky, 8-1, in the series opener before slamming by Kentucky, 14-6 (5 inn.), in game two for the series win. The Razorbacks combined for 22 runs on 28 hits Saturday.

Game 1

Arkansas set the tone in Saturday's series opener, which was rescheduled from Friday night due to inclement weather.

Redshirt senior RHP Chenise Delce (17-5) earned her 10th ranked win of the season after silencing a hot Kentucky offense. Spinning her 14th complete game, Delce surrendered just one run on six hits and struck out six batters. The Oklahoma City product gave up one extra-base hit - a solo home run in the third. Delce kept Kentucky scoreless across the last four frames. Delce has thrown a complete game in her last eight starts.

The Razorbacks outhit Kentucky at a 14-6 clip. Arkansas scored at least one run in each of the last four frames.

Freshman Reagan Johnson shined offensively for the Hogs. Johnson tied her career high in hits after finishing 4-for-5 with two RBI and one run scored. Hannah Gammill, Lauren Camenzind and Kacie Hoffmann joined Johnson with multi-hit performances. Gammill went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. Camenzind finished 2-for-4 with an RBI. Hoffmann went 2-for-3 and scored a run.

Game 2

Redshirt junior designated player Rylin Hedgecock exploded against the Wildcats, mashing a career high three home runs and matching her career high in RBI with seven. Hedgecock reached base in all four plate appearances after getting hit by a pitch in the fifth.

Freshman LHP Robyn Herron (8-4) picked up the nightcap victory after spinning 3.2 innings, surrendering zero runs on one hit and working around a walk. The Tampa native struck out four in 51 total pitches.

Every Razorback starter compiled at least one base hit. Reagan Johnson registered back-to-back three-plus hit games after finishing 3-for-4 with two runs scored.

Raigan Kramer wrapped up a 2-for-4 outing two runs scored. Atalyia Rijo catapulted her third home run of the season - a three-run shot.

Up Next

Arkansas looks for a top-20 series sweep in Sunday's series finale at 1 p.m. ET on SEC Network+.