page_title: Arkansas Razorbacks baseball
section_title: 2012 College World Series
hierarchical_section_title: Arkansas Razorbacks baseball / History / 2012 College World Series
caption_attribution_description: English: Bo Bigham bats for the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team against the University of South Carolina at the 2012 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska
context_page_description: The University of Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, sometimes referred to as the Diamond Hogs, are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Southeastern Conference, and are coached by Dave Van Horn. The program started in 1897, and is in its 96th season of play in 2019. Arkansas is one of only four schools in the SEC to turn a profit from its baseball program in recent years, along with SEC Western division rivals LSU, Mississippi State and Ole Miss. Many large schools such as Iowa State, Colorado, and Wisconsin have dropped their baseball programs because of financial losses.
  The Diamond Hogs have been to 31 NCAA tournaments and ten College World Series: 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019.
context_section_description: Arkansas began the 2012 season with high expectations, including a consensus top ten ranking and D. J. Baxendale, Nolan Sanburn, Dominic Ficociello, and Ryne Stanek receiving preseason All-America honors. The team began the season playing well in non-conference games, and finished with a 16-14 SEC record. After a quick two losses at the SEC tournament, it was announced the Hogs would play in the Houston Regional, hosted by Rice University. Arkansas defeated the Sam Houston State Bearkats twice and Rice once to advance to the Waco, Texas Super Regional against Baylor. The Razorbacks dropped the first game to Baylor, 8-1. Facing elimination, Arkansas won game 2 after consecutive hit by pitches with the bases loaded gave the Hogs the tying and winning runs. Arkansas won game 3 when Jake Wise drove in Brian Anderson with a double in the 10th inning, pushing across the game's only run and sending the Hogs to Omaha.
  Arkansas won their first game of the 2012 College World Series, an 8-1 victory over Kent State Golden Flashes. DJ Baxendale pitched into the seventh inning, with Joe Serrano, Brian Anderson, Bo Bigham, and Jake Wise all collecting multiple hits.  Two nights later the Razorbacks faced SEC foe and two-time defending champion the South Carolina Gamecocks, who came into the game with a 22-game postseason win streak.  A Dominic Ficociello RBI in the first inning gave Arkansas a 1-0 lead, as they never trailed, winning a 2-1 pitcher's duel.  Stanek pitched six innings, allowing just one run on three hits.  Reliever Barrett Astin pitched the final three innings allowing no runs, and just one hit.
caption: Bo Bigham bats for Arkansas at the 2012 College World Series.
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