The 2019 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team represents the

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in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Razorbacks were coached by Dave Van Horn, in his 17th season with the Razorbacks, and played home games at

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. Arkansas ended the 2018 season as runners-up in the

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(CWS). Five starting fielders and two starting pitchers from the 2018 team had moved on to professional baseball or graduation. Expectations were high for the 2019 team, picked to finished third in the SEC West and ranked between #12-25 in preseason polls. Arkansas finished with a 46–18 (20–10 SEC) record, winning the SEC West and entering the postseason ranked #4-6 nationally. The Razorbacks swept the Fayetteville Regional and defeated Ole Miss in the Fayetteville Super Regional to clinch the school's tenth CWS, making back-to-back trips for the first time in school history. Arkansas lost two one-run games in Omaha.

Preseason

Arkansas scheduled two preseason exhibition games in Fall 2018 following a rule change by the NCAA. The first was scheduled against

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at L. Dale Mitchell Park on September 22, but was cancelled due to rain. The Razorbacks played

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(coached by longtime Arkansas assistant coach Todd Butler) at home on October 5, playing 14 innings. The Razorbacks traveled to Little Rock to play the

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for a second exhibition game. The exhibition match-up at

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was the first for the Razorbacks against an in-state opponent in program history. The final week of fall practice was a best-of-five annual intrasquad Fall World Series. In November, it was announced pitching coach

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has been hired by the

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. Arkansas hired Matt Hobbs, who had coached the previous four seasons at Wake Forest. Head coach Dave Van Horn was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in January 2019.

Preseason All-American teams

''1st Team'' *Matt Cronin - Relief Pitcher (

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) *Heston Kjerstad - Outfielder (Perfect Game) *Heston Kjerstad - Outfielder (D1Baseball) *Heston Kjerstad - Outfielder (

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) *Casey Martin - Shortstop (D1Baseball) *Casey Martin - Shortstop (NCBWA) ''2nd Team'' *Casey Martin - Third Baseman (Perfect Game) *Matt Cronin - Relief Pitcher (Perfect Game) *Matt Cronin - Relief Pitcher (D1Baseball) *Dominic Fletcher - Outfielder (Baseball America) ''3rd Team'' *Matt Cronin - Relief Pitcher (NCBWA) *Dominic Fletcher - Outfielder (Perfect Game) *Heston Kjerstad - Outfielder (Baseball America) *Casey Martin - Shortstop (

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SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Razorbacks predicted to finish in third place in the Western Division.

Preseason All-SEC teams

''1st Team'' *Casey Martin - Shortstop *Heston Kjerstad - Outfielder *Dominic Fletcher - Outfielder *Matt Cronin - Relief Pitcher

Roster

Schedule and results

SEC Tournament

Fayetteville Regional

Fayetteville Super Regional

College World Series

Record vs. conference opponents

Rankings

2019 MLB draft

References

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