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Arkansas used a six-run fifth and an eight-run sixth to finish off a sweep of the McNeese State Cowboys 18-5 in seven innings. “You’ve got to show up and you’ve got to get after it,” coach Dave Van Horn said. “I think we did a great job of really being into every game mentally. I think the team grew a little bit as a team this weekend, a little more emotion. It was fun in the dugout with these guys.”
After squandering a four-run lead and trailing by one in the fifth, the Razorbacks got some incredible good fortune to tie the game. With two on and one out Sprague-Lott hit a grounder to third. third baseman Gage Trahan aggressively charged the ball and had the ball trickle under his glove and into left, allowing the tying run to score. That opened the floodgates to reclaim a massive lead, Ty Wilmsmeyer roped a two-RBI single to left with the bases loaded. Ross Lovich hit his first homer in a Razorback uniform, a 360-foot three-run bomb to right to stretch the lead back out to 10-5. The Missouri transfer finished the day hitting .417 on the season with nine RBIs in just 24 at-bats.
There was no panic in our dugout,” Lovich said. “We knew they were a good team. But we just have so much self-belief and we knew we were going to get it done. We were going to do whatever it takes to get it done.
Mason Molina didn’t have a crisp outing, laboring his way through four innings. The Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. native had a bizarre first inning, the Sunday starter didn’t give up a hit but was called for the first Razorback balk of the year. The Texas Tech transfer also walked a batter before subsequently picking him off. Despite throwing 22 pitches and only 11 strikes in the first inning, nothing came across
The pitch count calmed down in the third after Molina retired the side in just six pitches.
The Cowboys starter Alexis Gravel retired the first seven Hogs but six of the next seven Razorbacks reached to open up the game. Hudson White walked for the first baserunner. Wilmsmeyer followed with the first hit, a single to left. Peyton Stovall opened the scoring with a single to right. Wehiwa Aloy followed with a five-hopper up the middle to plate another. Ben McLaughlin doubled the lead, 4-0 with a two-RBI single. The Razorbacks batted around and continued their station-to-station approach.