Arkansas at Vanderbilt (Game 1)

masonchoate · Friday at 9:11 AM

The No. 2 Arkansas Razorbacks (23-3, 5-1 SEC) will start their second top-15 road series in Southeastern Conference play Friday at Hawkins Field against the No. 14 Vanderbilt Commodores (20-5, 4-2 SEC) in Nashville, Tennessee. The game is set to be televised nationally on SEC Network.

Arkansas won two of three games at a ranked Ole Miss team to open SEC play a couple weekends ago before the Hogs swept South Carolina last weekend in Fayetteville. The Razorbacks lost their first midweek game since 2023 on Tuesday with a 14-13 defeat against the Missouri State Bears.

Vanderbilt lost two of three games at Auburn in their SEC opening weekend series. The Commodores rebounded by sweeping Texas A&M last weekend and they added onto that with a 10-0 run rule win over Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday evening.

Arkansas is 35-33 all-time against Vanderbilt, including an even 15-15 record in games played in Nashville. Under head coach Dave Van Horn, the Razorbacks are 22-26 overall and 8-12 in Nashville against the Commodores.

"There's no foul territory, the benches are not too far from the fair/foul lines and, you know, a different background," Van Horn said of Hawkins Field on Wednesday. "But it's still a baseball field. Just got to get used to it a little bit. The surface is quick. It's all turf. They play their style of ball and they really do it well at home."

Van Horn and Vanderbilt head coach Tim Corbin entered the league together in 2003, and they are two of only four coaches in college baseball history, along with Mississippi State’s Ron Polk and Ole Miss’ Mike Bianco, to win 900-plus games at an SEC program.

With a series win this weekend in Nashville, Arkansas would start SEC play with three straight series wins for the seventh time since joining the league in 1992. The Hogs accomplished the feat in 2007, 2009, 2017, 2021, 2022 and 2024.

Below are details on how to watch, BetSaracen betting lines, links to stream and links to all of our coverage leading up to the game...

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How to Watch/Listen

Who: No. 2 Arkansas Razorbacks (23-3, 5-1 SEC) vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt Commodores (20-5, 4-2 SEC)

When: Friday, March 28 at 7 p.m. CT

Where: Hawkins Field — Nashville, Tennessee

TV/Stream: SEC Network / Watch ESPN (Tom Hart and Chris Burke for Game 1, Kevin Ingram and Andrew Harris for Games 2 and 3)

Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Phil Elson)
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Starting Pitchers

Arkansas – LHP Zach Root (3-1, 4.02 ERA)

Vanderbilt – JD Thompson (2-1, 4.06 ERA)
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BetSaracen Odds

Below are details on the betting odds for the game and Double R Prop bets. To get in on the action, visit BetSaracen.com and click on the Arkansas Specials tab.

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*All odds accurate as of the publishing of this story. They are subject to change.*

Moneyline

- Arkansas: TBA
- Vanderbilt: TBA

Run Line

- TBA

Over/Under

- TBA

Double R Props (More available in the BetSaracen app)

- Kuhio Aloy over 0.5 home runs (+125)

- Logan Maxwell over 0.5 runs scored and over 0.5 base on balls (+145)

- Charles Davalan over 0.5 home runs (+200)

- Arkansas team over 12.5 hits and opponent under 9.5 hits (+300)

- Arkansas team over 9.5 left on base and opponent over 7.5 left on base (+325)

- Cam Kozeal over 0.5 home runs (+575)
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