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Season Preview: Diamond Hogs Return to the Field

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With plenty of sunshine, the baseball game is set to have near perfect temperatures of 72 degrees when the Arkansas baseball team takes on Central Michigan at 3:00 pm on Friday, February 19th.

Although the Hogs are ranked out of Baseball America’s Preseason Top 25 after a trip to last year’s College World Series, the expectations remain high in Fayetteville. They return just 4 starting position players and have to replace the whole outfield after losing Andrew Benintendi, Joe Serrano and Tyler Spoon.

However, the Hogs return two starting pitchers, right-handers Keaton McKinney (6-2, 3.21 ERA) and Dominic Taccolini (6-4, 4.