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Kjerstad expects Arkansas to respond after poor weekend

HOUSTON — Arkansas slugger Heston Kjerstad expected his team would have a much different outcome in Houston, but the junior knows college baseball championships aren’t won in February and March.

So while an 0-3 showing at the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic at Minute Maid Park was not what he had in mind, he stressed the weekend had to be a lesson the Razorbacks learned from and moved on from quickly.

“It was a tough weekend,” Kjerstad said. “It was three close games against all those teams. All three teams we played (had) really great defense and had timely hitting and those are things we lacked at times.