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Hogs top Pokes 7-3, advance to Super Regional
STILLWATER, Okla. — With the bases loaded, one out and a two-run lead in the eighth inning Monday night, Arkansas freshman left-handed pitcher Hagen Smith was in trouble.
Two strikeouts later, all the momentum was in the Razorbacks’ dugout, and they carried it to a 7-3 victory over Oklahoma State to clinch the Stillwater Regional and a fourth consecutive appearance in the super regional round.
Oklahoma State right-handed pitcher Ryan Bogusz and Arkansas junior lefty Zack Morris exchanged three scoreless innings to begin the contest. It was senior designated hitter Brady Slavens who busted the deadlock with a leadoff homer in the fourth.
The Razorbacks made the Cowboys pay for a walk and a hit batter with a pair of two-out knocks later in the frame. Senior shortstop Jalen Battles notched two RBIs with his single to left, and he advanced to second on the throw home.
That set him up to score on freshman first baseman Peyton Stovall’s seventh single of the regional.
The two squads traded runs in the sixth to make it 5-1. The Hogs picked up an unearned run on Stovall’s second RBI knock in as many at-bats.
Battles walked and moved into scoring position on an errant pickoff attempt, giving Stovall the chance to drive him in, but Oklahoma State first baseman David Mendham took senior righty Kole Ramage deep in the bottom of the inning to get the run back.
After 2 2/3 innings of one-run ball, Ramage hit a wall in the seventh, surrendering a pair of singles and a ground-rule double to make it 5-2.
Senior right-hander Zebulon Vermillion came on with two runners in scoring position and the tying run at the plate with nobody out, and he limited the damage to a sacrifice fly.
Vermillion surrendered a leadoff single to begin the eighth, prompting the change to Smith. After a hit batter, a 5-6 fielder’s choice and a walk, he faced a bases-loaded jam.
Smith fanned nine-hole hitter Chase Adkison, only to face the red-hot Roc Riggio at the top of the order. Riggio went down on strikes as well, and a very fired-up Smith went back to the dugout with the two-run lead intact.
Graduate catcher Michael Turner gave the Razorbacks a four-run cushion with his two-out, two-run double to right field in the ninth. The RBIs were his 10th and 11th of the NCAA Tournament, and he earned Stillwater Regional Most Outstanding Player honors for his eight-hit performance.
Smith polished off his two-inning save with a pair of strikeouts in the ninth, and Arkansas moved on to its fourth straight super regional.
The Hogs are scheduled to meet the No. 10 North Carolina Tar Heels in Chapel Hill later this week. The first game will be played Friday or Saturday, and the winner of the best-of-three super regional will head to Omaha, Nebraska, for the College World Series.
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What the Hogs, Cowboys said after Sunday night’s win by OSU
STILLWATER, Okla. — It was a wild and crazy nightcap finish to what was a record-setting day for Oklahoma State.
But now they have to do it one more time and Arkansas is standing in the way tonight at 6 p.m. in the Stillwater Regional.
The winner goes on to a Super Regional. The loser goes home.
Here’s what both teams said after last night’s 14-10 win by the Cowboys.
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Cowboys rally late to force Game 7 with Razorbacks
STILLWATER, Okla. — Arkansas scratched and clawed to erase late deficits Saturday night, but a Cowboy four-spot in the 10th gave No. 7 Oklahoma State a season-saving 14-10 win over the Razorbacks.
It took the Hogs all of two pitches to get a run across the plate. Senior center fielder Braydon Webb doubled the other way, and he scored on senior designated hitter Brady Slavens’ RBI single.
The Cowboys responded with three runs in the top of the second, beginning with a leadoff homer off the bat of first baseman David Mendham. A walk and three singles produced two more runs, and sophomore right-handed pitcher Jaxon Wiggins’ day was done after just nine hitters. He was charged with three earned runs, allowed four hits, walked two batters and struck two out in an inning and a third.
Arkansas got a run back in the bottom of the second. Senior shortstop Jalen Battles reached on an infield single, advanced to second on another knock, moved up to third on a sacrifice bunt and score on Webb’s RBI groundout.
Oklahoma State upped the lead to three runs in the fourth with a two-run homer by second baseman Roc Riggio, his second in as many games against Arkansas.
The clubs exchanged leadoff bombs in the fifth, one from Cowboy designated hitter Griffin Doersching and one from Razorback third baseman Cayden Wallace. The sophomore hit his fifth solo shot in the last four games, bringing the score to 6-3. He drove in two more runs with a two-out single in the sixth, cutting the deficit to one.
Senior left-hander Evan Taylor relieved sophomore righty Will McEntire in the seventh, following 5 1/3 innings of relief. He paid for a leadoff walk and two throwing errors in the eighth, as an Oklahoma State sacrifice fly made it 7-5.
Webb scored from second on an errant throw in the eighth, bringing the Hogs back within a run, before graduate catcher Michael Turner sent Hog fans into a frenzy. His two-run homer put Arkansas on top 8-7.
Senior righty Connor Noland got the call for the ninth, but he was not nearly as effective as he was in the win over Grand Canyon. He allowed two hits and two walks, giving the Cowboys a 10-8 lead.
Down to their final out, the Razorbacks tied it at 10 on a two-run single by Slavens, but Oklahoma State exploded for four runs in the 10th to force a seventh game.
The Hogs and Pokes are set for one last tussle at 6 p.m. Monday. The winner will advance to the super regional round against the winner of VCU-North Carolina.
