Bob Holt
Razorbacks Beat Reporter
Bob Holt is a Razorbacks beat reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, emphasizing in basketball.
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Recent Stories by Bob Holt
SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: Top SEC baseball seeds yearn to square off, but when?
posted: 05/21/2013 3:52 a.m. Discuss
Vanderbilt and LSU are the nation’s top-ranked college baseball teams, but the SEC superpowers have yet to play this season.
UA pitching rotation to stay same for SEC
posted: 05/21/2013 3:36 a.m. Discuss
Arkansas Coach Dave Van Horn said the Razorbacks plan to use the same pitching rotation for the SEC Tournament they used their final nine conference series. That means junior right-hander Barrett Astin (4-4, 2.02 ERA) will start Arkansas’ 9:30 a.m. opener Wednesday when the No. 14 Razorbacks (35-19, 18-11 ) will play either Ole Miss (36-20, 15-15 ) or Kentucky (30-24, 11-19 ). Ole Miss and Kentucky are playing a first-round elimination game today with the winner advaning to play Arkansas. Van Horn said junior right-hander Ryne Stanek (8-2, 1.54 ERA) will start for the Razorbacks on Thursday. If Arkansas is still playing on Friday, senior left-hander Randall Fant (5-1, 2.08) will start. Astin went 6 1/3 innings in Arkansas’ 3-0 loss at Auburn last Thursday night and threw 94 pitches. Stanek went 7 2/3 innings with 124 pitches in the Razorbacks’ 1-0 Friday night. “He’s obviously our freshest pitcher,” Van Horn said of Astin. “So he’ll be good to go. He wants to pitch.” Fant lasted 2 1/3 innings a
Hogs enjoying road trip, rest
posted: 05/20/2013 4:15 a.m. Discuss
Some Arkansas baseball players will end up playing professionally, and right now they’re getting a taste of life on the road with an extended stay in Alabama.
SEC BASEBALL: UA gives up eight in 5th, drops series
posted: 05/19/2013 4:45 a.m. Discuss
There are big innings, and then there is what Auburn did to Arkansas on Saturday at Plainsman Park.
Ole Miss or Kentucky up next for Arkansas
posted: 05/19/2013 4:39 a.m. Discuss
Arkansas will play Kentucky or Ole Miss in the Razorbacks’ SEC Tournament opener at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Ala.
SEC BASEBALL: Single run wins it for Arkansas
posted: 05/18/2013 4:43 a.m. Discuss
Auburn starting pitcher Michael O’Neal said he knew what he was up against when Arkansas scored a run in the third inning of Friday night’s game at Plainsman Park.
SEC BASEBALL: Big hit escapes Hogs in opener
posted: 05/17/2013 12:31 a.m. Discuss
Auburn is making it tough on Arkansas again.
Arkansas scores on play at plate
posted: 05/16/2013 4:34 a.m. Discuss
Jake Wise had a quiet freshman season in 2011 as Arkansas’ backup catcher to James McCann.
Arkansas eyes No. 3 SEC seed
posted: 05/15/2013 4:52 a.m. Discuss
If Arkansas Coach Dave Van Horn knew in February the Razorbacks would be 17-9 in SEC play going into the final regular-season series at Auburn this week, he’d have figured they had a good shot to win the conference championship.
Loss to Vols acts as alarm for Hogs
posted: 05/14/2013 3:22 a.m. Discuss
Tennessee’s 8-3 victory over No. 11 Arkansas last Friday night at Baum Stadium seemed to do more for the Razorbacks’ resolve than the Volunteers’ confidence.
