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Smith, Tygart invited to Team USA tryouts

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas freshman pitchers Brady Tygart and Hagen Smith have been invited to tryouts for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.

According to a release, as many as 50 players will be invited to the tryouts in Cary, N.C., which is located about 15 miles from where Tygart and Smith played during the Chapel Hill (N.C.) Super Regional on June 11-12.

Tryouts will include a five-game intrasquad series in North Carolina at ballparks in Cary, Durham and Charlotte. The USA team will play games beginning June 9 against teams representing Japan, Italy, Cuba, the Netherlands and Curacao in Haarlem, Netherlands.