FAYETTEVILLE — No. 21 Vanderbilt is adding a dangerous left-hander to its starting pitching rotation this weekend at the University of Arkansas, and the Commodores plan to unleash freshman Devin Futrell right out of the gate.
The No. 4 Razorbacks (36-12, 16-8 SEC) will send veteran right-hander Connor Noland (5-3, 2.99 ERA) to the mound tonight at 6:30 at Baum-Walker Stadium to face Futrell (8-1, 2.03) in his first SEC game.
Arkansas will enter the weekend with a two-game lead in the SEC West over LSU and Texas A&M, with a chance to pump up its resume against the Commodores (32-15, 12-12 SEC), who have the nation’s No.