Dietz Dominates Again as Razorbacks Roll to Fifth Straight Win

Hog hitters collected 13 hits and worked the count for nine walks while the Hatters were limited by Dietz and Cooper Dossett, who threw the final frame, to zero walks and four hits.

Arkansas center fielder Maika Niu led the attack by going 3-for-3 with a double, three RBIs and three runs. Second sacker Camden Kozeal was 3-for-4 with a two-bagger and two ribbies.

Third baseman Nolan Souza had two hits and three RBIs. Right fielder Kuhio Aloy chipped in with two RBIs.

Hogs are suddenly smoking, won last five by 50-5 margin

Arkansas outscored Stetson 20-1 in the first two games of the four-game series. Sunday's contest is scheduled at Baum-Walker for 1 p.m. with Monday's finale set for noon.

The Hogs (12-3) have won five straight by a margin of 50-5. Determined and rejuvenated following two losses in three games to Arkansas State and UT Arlington, Arkansas suddenly looks deserving of its No. 6 national ranking.

That turnaround has happened just in time as SEC action begins Friday at Baum-Walker with No. 4-ranked Mississippi State coming to town.

The Bulldogs were 14-2, 12-0 at home, and had a Saturday night game pending against Tulane.

Five of the top seven ranked teams are from the SEC, and 11 of 22. Like always, navigating the gauntlet that is SEC baseball will be a challenge for the best of teams.

Dietz untested against elite teams but has talent

Dietz has been the Hogs' starting pitcher on all four Saturdays this year after suffering through two seasons that were lost to injury. He threw only two-thirds of an inning in 2024 and again in 2025, suffering season-ending injuries in both years.

But Hogs coach Dave Van Horn and pitching coach Matt Hobbs knew they had a prized arm with Dietz and limited his innings in his first two starts while prepping him to be a mainstay in the SEC rotations.

Dietz threw only two innings against TCU in the Hogs' second game of the season and four in his second start against Xavier, neither of which was overly impressive.

He was particularly ineffective in his first start, giving up three hits, three walks and four earned runs against TCU. He was more comfortable the next outing while walking just one and whiffing nine but allowed five hits in four frames and two earned runs.

Against UT Arlington and Stetson, he worked 13 confident innings while allowing just six hits, no earned runs and one walk while fanning 20.

Dietz, a high school star in Trinity, Fla., was ranked by Prep Baseball Report as the nation's No. 20 overall prospect and the No. 4 left-handed pitcher in the class of 2023. Among all recruits that year in Florida, they rated him as the No. 5 overall prospect and the No. 2 left-handed pitcher.

Now Van Horn and Hobbs hope their top prospect blossoms into a winning pitcher against SEC competition. They'll find out for the first time next Saturday.

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