re: By the numbers: Hagen Smith v Paul Skenes

The pitching began to collapse in the regional when Arkansas gave up 8 runs to NJIT. This forced DVH to get some of his better pitchers back in the game when those arms should have been saved for the next few days. Arkansas won the regional but it was a sign that the pitching was becoming unglued and DVH had to rely on Kopps more to the point that he became the starter in game three against NCST. However the bats got very cold and it put immense pressure on Kopps in a 2-2 game when he should have gotten more help from the bats.