FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Little Rock baseball coach
Chris Curry was disappointed in his team's pitching and defense in a 10-0 loss to No. 5 Arkansas Tuesday night. On Wednesday, he was pleased with the improvement in a 4-0 loss to the in-state rival Razorbacks (36-7).
"We aren't into moral victories, but we put an emphasis on pitching and not walking guys and better defense, and we did a better job of that tonight," Curry said.
Arkansas, with one of the more potent offenses in college baseball only led 2-0 after six innings.
"It was good for us to see a team like this again," Curry said. "If we get to an NCAA Regional, we will be playing a team like this. That's why we started playing [Arkansas] when we could in 2019. We played better tonight."
Senior
Noah Burkey took the loss, but had a strong outing giving up just 2 runs on 2 hits in 2.2 innings. In all, five Trojans took the mound.
Little Rock collected six hits, including two apiece by
Ty Rhoades and
Jayce Blalock.
The Trojans (18-22) resume Ohio Valley Conference play against SIUE Friday at Gary Hogan Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m., Saturday and 1 p.m., Sunday. SIUE is tied with SEMO for the conference lead.
