It’s usually pretty easy to gauge Arkansas baseball coach Dave Van Horn’s mood. It was a no-brainer on Tuesday night.

Minutes after his team suffered a 3-2 loss to South Dakota State, it was clear Van Horn was upset with the performance of his team. There’s good reason. The Razorbacks’ offense has been silent in the past two games, collecting 10 hits (all singles) and 2 runs in two losses.

“We played about like we did Sunday,” said Van Horn, who added he was concerned. “We didn’t do anything and I’m just really disappointed with it.”

Arkansas looked especially uneasy at the plate Tuesday night, following its 6-0 shutout loss at Cal on Sunday with another poor performance. The Razorbacks — who returned to Fayetteville from their West Coast trip on Monday evening — collected only four hits against the Jackrabbits. They had opportunities to score, though. Arkansas had the bases loaded with no outs in both the fifth and ninth innings, but only pushed one run across the plate in those situations.

The ninth inning was particularly painful for the Hogs. After the bases were loaded, Collin Kuhn took a called third strike for the first out in the inning. Pinch hitter Brett Eibner hit a sacrifice fly ball to centerfield — a deep ball Van Horn was sure would’ve gone out of the park if not for the stiff wind blowing in all day Tuesday — to score one run. Then lead-off hitter Jarrod McKinney struck out swinging to end the game.

The Razorbacks (8-3), who looked impressive at the plate in its three wins against Kansas and California last week, have now lost two straight for the first time this season. Van Horn said something must be done to ignite his struggling offense once again.

That will likely include some lineup changes for the second game of the two-game series against South Dakota State at Baum Stadium this afternoon at 3:05.

“We didn’t do much Sunday. We didn’t do much today,” Van Horn said. “When guys are getting in and getting an opportunity, they’re taking called strike threes and they’re just … Guys want an opportunity. When you get it, you need to do something with it and they’re not doing it.

“I’ll probably sit down a couple of guys and go with a couple of our older players.”