Morgan Leinstock Earns SEC Pitcher of the Week

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (arkansasrazorbacks.com) – No. 14 Arkansas softball’s Morgan Leinstock has been named SEC Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.

Earning her first career SEC weekly honor, Leinstock is the first Arkansas pitcher to receive SEC Pitcher of the Week since Chenise Delce did on Feb. 27, 2023.

The redshirt senior RHP from Scottsdale, Ariz., was instrumental in the Razorbacks’ series win against No. 11 Missouri on April 5-7 at Bogle Park. Leinstock went 2-0 in the circle with a 1.54 ERA, limiting the Tigers to just three runs on 10 hits with 14 strikeouts across 13.2 innings. Of the 10 hits surrendered, only one went for extra-bases.

In the series opener vs. Missouri on April 5, Leinstock twirled her fifth complete game of the season after spinning 7.0 frames and allowing just two runs on five hits while punching out seven. She worked around a walk and kept the Tigers scoreless on three hits until the seventh inning.

In Sunday’s rubber match, Leinstock earned her second win of the weekend after effectively throwing 6.2 innings and checking the Tigers to just one run on five hits while fanning seven batters. She worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the first and kept Missouri off of the board until the fifth. After a single plated the Tigers’ lone run, Leinstock worked around a runner at second with two down by dialing up a strikeout to limit the damage. Leinstock retired the final six batters she faced before turning the keys over to LHP Robyn Herron in the top of the seventh with two outs.

Leinstock has secured four top-15 ranked wins in her last four outings in the circle. In conference-only play, she ranks amongst the SEC’s best in several categories including wins (2nd – 5), batters struck out looking (2nd – 14), ERA (6th – 2.25) and total strikeouts (6th – 43).

Up Next

Leinstock and the Razorbacks hit the road to No. 25 South Carolina on April 12-14 at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field. Friday’s series opener between the Razorbacks and Gamecocks is slated for 5 p.m. CT on SEC Network.