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In an expansive mood with his Arkansas Razorbacks deep in the pre-Major League Baseball Draft stage of their roster management, Coach Dave Van Horn spent time in reflection on what ailed his 2024 club late in the season during a lengthy video conference on Wednesday.
“I wish we would have pitched better the last couple of games, but we didn’t,” Van Horn said in one of several references to the lack of quality starting pitching the last month of the season.
Arkansas went 3-7 in its final games ahead of the NCAA Tournament, losing road series at Kentucky and Texas A&M, which both made it to the College World Series semifinals.
The Razorbacks still managed the No. 5 national seed and hosting opportunities through the super regionals due to their sizzling start.
However, the Razorbacks didn’t get through the NCAA Fayetteville Regional.
After building an 8-0 lead against regional No. 4 seed Southeast Missouri State, they had to rally from an 8-8 tie in the fifth inning to win 17-9 in their NCAA opener.
Kansas State scored six runs on ace Hagen Smith in a bizarre fifth inning and held on for a 7-6 victory in the winner’s bracket game.
Then SEMO bounced back for a 6-3 win at Baum-Walker Stadium to cap Arkansas’ season with a 44-16 record.
So, while the Razorbacks won five of the last six SEC West titles and advanced to the College World Series three times in that span, they have now lost in consecutive home regionals.
