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Noland's 11 strikeouts pace Hogs in season opener

FAYETTEVILLE — Baseball is all about the numbers, especially fun when your team is winning.

Sometimes they are validation of what you already knew. Sometimes they just provide a little more perspective.

How about these for providing confirmation that Connor Noland picked the right sport: Compare his strikeouts (11) in the season opener Friday, to his completion total (10) in his one start in football in 2018.

“I kinda like that,” Noland said after a sterling performance as No. 5 Arkansas rolled past Eastern Illinois for a 5-1 victory at Baum-Walker Stadium in the season opener.