Baseball

Where: Cliff Hagan Stadium.
Game Times: Friday, 6 p.m., Saturday, 5 p.m., Sunday, 1 p.m.
TV/Radio: None
The series: Arkansas leads the series 5-6
Last meeting: Arkansas won 11-4 in Fayetteville last year.

Kentucky(19-24, 7-14)

Probable Lineup:SS Andy Green .255, 1 HR, 21 RBI2B David Cheatle, .378, 2 HR, 25 RBIRF Josh Loggins .377, 10 HR, 45 RBICF Jason Colemire .314, 9 HR, 37 RBIDH Justin Bunch .267, 5 HR, 16 RBI1B John Wilson .304, 5 HR, 22 RBI3B Aaron McGlone .319, 5 HR, 37 RBIC Jason Pasero .322, 1 HR, 7 RBILF Andy Bendix .307, 11 HR, 31 RBI

Starting Pitchers:Friday, Matt Borne (RHP, 2-4, 7.27)Saturday, Brandon Webb (RHP, 3-3, 7.28)Sunday, Jason Chaney (LHP, 2-5, 7.71)Rankings: unrankedCoach: Keith Madison (604-474-4 in his 20th season at Kentucky)

Arkansas(29-13, 9-9)

Probable lineup:2B Mark Burnett .278, 0 HR, 10 RBICF Jack Welsh .345, 6 HR, 36 RBIRF Ryan Lundquist .338, 13 HR, 52 RBI1B Rodney Nye .369, 10 HR, 51 RBI3B Eric Hinkse .367, 4 HR, 45 RBILF Brian Kirby .307, 7 HR, 32 RBIC Brent Caldwell .381, 4 HR, 42 RBIDH Ike Pohle .303, 2 HR, 12 RBISS Joe Jester .233, 2 HR, 14 RBI

Starting PitchersFriday, Rob Quarnstrom (L, 3-1, 5.52)Saturday, David Walling (R, 8-2, 4.40)Sunday, Dan Wright (1-3, 7.38)Rankings: 23rd in USA Today/Baseball America Top 25 pollCoach: Norm DeBriyn (1,024-534-6 in 28-plus seasons at Arkansas)

Game Notes

UK has won six of its last eight games, including a season-high four straight.

UK won two of three at Georgia last weekend.

Junior Josh Loggins is riding a season-high 11-game hitting streak.

UK has homered in nine straight games and has double-digit hits in the last four games.

There are only two more weeks of SEC regular-season play at this weekend.

UK’s team earned run average has dropped 0.90 since the Florida series on April 3-5.

Arkansas has won five in a row, including a win at Tennessee last Friday. The rest of the series was rained out.

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