Hogs' bats explode to take game one over the four seed
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas won a slugfest with six homers to take down the Southeast Missouri State 17-9 off the back of five homers, including two from Ben McLaughlin, who finished the day with six RBIs.
After blowing an 8-0 lead, two of the streakier hitters on the team hit back-to-back homers in the bottom of the fifth to bail out a pitching staff that struggled with command. Wehiwa Aloy hit his team-leading 14th homer, a 427-foot shot down the left-field line, admiring his work before rounding the bases. Kendall Diggs followed with a wall-scraper that restored a two-run lead 10-8.
Poor defense gave the Arkansas bats the opening it needed to put up a crooked number. With runners on first and second and already a run in the frame, Ty Wilmsmeyer hit a potential inning-ending double play ball to the second baseman Kettering. However, Kettering botched the shovel to the second base bag to allow a run to score and the Hogs kept runners on the corners and stretched the lead to 3-0.
" coach Hobbs told me before the game crazy stuff happens in the postseason," Gaeckle said. "From the first pitch, I think we were all ready to go into the game. We just had to stay locked in the whole time."
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