Gage Wood returns from injury as Arkansas baseball changes weekend rotation for Texas A&M

FAYETTEVILLE As promised from head coach Dave Van Horn, Arkansas baseball is shaking up its weekend pitching rotation.

Gage Wood will be the new game two starter for the No.

2 Razorbacks (33-5, 12-3 SEC) this weekend against Texas A&M (21-15).

The junior righty has been out with a shoulder injury since Feb.

23, but he's healthy and replaces Gabe Gaeckle, who is 2-1 with a 6.69 ERA in nine starts this season.Yeah, here come the Rooster pic.twitter.com/9Kv0x8fFZ1 Arkansas Baseball (@RazorbackBSB) April 16, 2025Gaeckle allowed five runs in two innings during a 7-6 loss to Georgia last weekend.

On the Arkansas pregame radio show the following day, Van Horn indicated that the Hogs would make an adjustment to their rotation.More: What Arkansas baseball coach Dave Van Horn wants his team to learn after walk-off loss to GeorgiaMore: Three takeaways as Arkansas baseball loses weekend series to Georgia on walk-off homerIt's been a disappointing sophomore season for Gaeckle, who entered the spring as one of the top prospects for the 2026 MLB Draft and the SEC Preseason Pitcher of the Year.

Now, he'll move back to the bullpen, where he logged seven saves and posted a 2.32 ERA in 4223 innings as Arkansas' closer last spring.Wood began the season as Arkansas' Sunday starter.

He had a 2.57 ERA through seven innings when he was abruptly removed from the Razorbacks' game against Michigan at the College Baseball Series in Arlington, Texas.

Wood felt pain in his shoulder while warming up before an inning, and Van Horn later said he sustained an impingement injury.Jackson Fuller covers Arkansas football, basketball and baseball for the Southwest Times Record, part of the USA TODAY Network.

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