Arkansas baseball's Saturday and Sunday starting pitchers struggled mightily in a series loss to Kentucky this weekend. Here are four takeaways from Hogs-Cats.

Arkansas lefty Mason Molina will return to the mound today. He did not pitch last week against Florida with an ankle injury and did not pitch well in his last outing at South Carolina two weeks ago.

Arkansas catcher Hudson White hit a two-run home run in the second inning on a 3-1 pitch from Kentucky starter Dominic Niman — with Nolan Souza on base after a walk — to give the Razorbacks a 2-0 lead. It was White’s first home run since Feb. 16 when the Razorbacks opened the season with a 6-4 victory over James Madison.

Hudson White was in the lineup at catcher during Arkansas' 7-4 loss at Kentucky on Sunday, marking the first time since 2022 he started three games at catcher in the same weekend. Copyright © 2024, Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WYMT) - No. 8 Kentucky baseball held off No. 2 Arkansas 7-4 on Sunday afternoon, taking first place in the Southeastern Conference. The Wildcats won the series following Sunday’s win and Saturday’s 11-3 win over the Razorbacks.

After losing in blowout fashion on Friday night in game one of their series with the Arkansas Razorbacks, Kentucky baseball got another shot in game two on Saturday. This time, things would be the other way around.

Second-ranked Arkansas opened its baseball series at No. 8 Kentucky on Friday night with a statement win. That statement was the Razorbacks securing sole possession of the best record in the Southeastern Conference this season, a title the Wildcats had claimed for weeks entering Kentucky Derby weekend at Kentucky Proud Park.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WYMT) - No. 8 Kentucky lost its first game of its three-game series to No. 2 Arkansas Friday night, 10-3. UK got on the board in the first behind a home run from Ryan Waldschmidt in the bottom of the third inning. In the fifth, Arkansas tied the game on a pair of doubles.