Arkansas baseball shut out, eliminated from College World Series with loss to Ole Miss

Christina Long, Fort Smith Times Record
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OMAHA, Neb. — Arkansas baseball's 2022 season ended short of its third College World Series final when the Razorbacks fell 2-0 to Ole Miss on Thursday.

The Razorbacks (46-21) forced an extra game with a close win over the Rebels (40-23) on Wednesday, but Ole Miss won the pitchers' duel to advance to the best-of-three final against Oklahoma.

Arkansas starter Connor Noland threw just 67 pitches in his start on Saturday. On Thursday, he followed it up with another efficient start. He threw 84 pitches in eight innings and struck out seven.

Noland was stellar, but Ole Miss starter Dylan DeLucia was better. DeLucia started Saturday, too, but threw 114 pitches. If he was feeling fatigued Thursday, he didn't show it. The righthander threw a complete-game shutout, striking out seven on 113 pitches.

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Offense spoils Noland's start

The Razorbacks looked to have something going in the seventh after Robert Moore singled with two outs and Jalen Battles reached on an error by Ole Miss shortstop Jacob Gonzalez. But Brady Slavens grounded out on the first pitch to strand both runners.

It was the last scoring opportunity the Razorbacks got.

Arkansas put five runners on base. All reached with two outs, and all were stranded. The Razorbacks couldn't manufacture runs to back up Noland's effort on the mound.

Christina Long covers the Arkansas Razorbacks. You can email her at clong@swtimes.com or follow her on Twitter @christinalong00.

This article originally appeared on Fort Smith Times Record: Ole Miss eliminates Arkansas baseball from College World Series