FAYETTEVILLE - Arkansas reliever Travis Hill pumped his right fist in the air after striking out the final batter he faced Wednesday evening.

It was only fitting that the Razorbacks closed out their 2-1 win over Kansas in Baum Stadium by getting a Jayhawks batter to swing at a pitch and miss.

After all, there was plenty of that going on during Arkansas' first midweek game of the season.

The Razorbacks used six pitchers to record a season-high 16 strikeouts, and they flustered the Jayhawks while limiting them to just four hits in front a crowd of 1,334.

All the Hogs (4-0) needed was a two-run single by center fielder Brett Eibner in the bottom of the sixth inning to break open a scoreless game. Arkansas' bullpen took care of the rest.

"I knew we struck out a lot of their hitters," Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn said, "but I didn't know we struck out 16 and mixed it up amongst (six) pitchers."

Freshman James Mahler, who struggled in his debut last Friday as Arkansas' opening-day starter, set the tone by striking out three of the first five batters he faced.

Stephen Richards continued the trend after taking the mound in the top of the fourth inning. And by the time fellow sophomore Mike Bolsinger struck out all three of Kansas' hitters in the fifth, the Razorbacks were on pace for a record-breaking day.

They fell just short, though.

Arkansas' 16 strikeouts were the most by the team since Jess Todd set a Southeastern Conference-record by striking out 17 batters in a 6-0 win over South Carolina on May 24, 2007.

"I think we have one of the best bullpens around," said Bolsinger (1-0), who earned his first win of the season by recording five strikeouts, giving up only one hit and surrendering no runs in two innings of relief.

"Like we've said before, the starting pitching only has to go four innings and our bullpen can come in and finish off the rest of the game."

Bolsinger then stopped to consider the high number of strikeouts recorded against Kansas (2-4), which had been batting .261 heading into Wednesday.

"I'm a little surprised," Bolsinger said. "That's a lot of strikeouts."

The Razorbacks also had trouble mustering much offense a day after their game against Southeast Missouri State was canceled because of below-freezing temperatures.

Arkansas recorded only four hits, but two of them came during its lone rally in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead for good.

Eibner drove in the Hogs' only two runs with two outs when he smacked a shot at Kansas third baseman Tony Thompson, who couldn't handle the ball after it hit his glove.

The ball rolled to left field, giving Logan Forsythe and Casey Coon enough time to score.

"For a split second, I saw it hit his glove and I just started running," Eibner said. "And then I looked up again and it had gone past him, so I was just running to get safe."