Arkansas’ first rough pitching outing of the season was too much for the quiet bats to overcome.
Southeastern Louisiana scored all of its runs in the sixth inning as the Lions surprised the Razorbacks on Friday afternoon, 7-3.
Arkansas pitchers had been excellent through the team’s first seven games, never giving up more than five runs in a single game. Things fell apart badly in just the one inning against SELA as the Lions had 10 batters reach base in the frame.
Arkansas starter Connor Noland worked 5 1/3 innings, allowing seven hits with no walks while striking out five and giving up three runs. He was pulled in the sixth after hitting the first batter of the inning and giving up a pair of singles.
His replacement, Kole Ramage, gave up a single, threw a wild pitch and walked two batters before he was pulled. Ramage didn’t retire a batter.
Isaac Bracken then tried his hand. He, too, hit the first batter, followed with a strikeout, but was pulled after walking the next Lions hitter.
Lefthander Zack Morris gave up a single to his first batter, walked the next and finally got Arkansas out of the inning by inducing a fielder’s choice.
For the frame, SELA had seven runs on just four hits.
Arkansas pulled two runs back in the seventh when Peyton Stovall walked with the bases loaded and Cayden Wallace plated another run with a sacrifice fly.
The two teams play a doubleheader on Saturday with the first pitch of the first game scheduled for noon.