FAYETTEVILLE — Walks have been at a minimum for Arkansas pitchers through the first two preseason baseball scrimmages, relative to what is common this time of year.
The Razorbacks issued 16 walks combined through 24 innings of work Saturday and Sunday. Of 15 pitchers who threw, seven did not walk a batter. Three pitchers — Connor Noland, Kole Ramage and Zack Morris — threw two innings without a walk.
The lack of free passes at this time of the preseason was a stat not lost on Arkansas pitching coach Matt Hobbs following Sunday’s 5 1/2-inning scrimmage at Baum-Walker Stadium.