“And you can call them the Omahogs!”
Those words were exclaimed by Phil Elson, the radio voice of Arkansas Baseball, following [autotag]Brady Slavens[/autotag]’ walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th inning that lifted Arkansas over North Carolina on Sunday afternoon to clinch a spot in the College World Series for the 11th time in program history.
North Carolina broke the 2-2 tie in the top of the 9th inning on an RBI single to take the 3-2 lead, hoping that it would be enough to beat Arkansas and force a winner-take-all game three on Monday.
As they have proven all postseason, the Razorbacks were not going to go away that easily.
The inning started with back to back singles by [autotag]Jalen Battles[/autotag] and [autotag]Peyton Stovall[/autotag]. In the next at-bat, [autotag]Kendall Diggs[/autotag] would reach on a walk, loading the bases for [autotag]Braydon Webb[/autotag]. Webb hit a grounder that resulted in a fielder’s choice, allowing Battles to score from 3rd base to tie the game again at 3-3.
With two on and no outs, Slavens delivered the game winning hit that would send Arkansas to Omaha.
WOO PIG!!!! WALK-OFF MAGIC!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯#MCWS x @RazorbackBSB pic.twitter.com/IB8xv8BeeB
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 12, 2022
Here is how the walk-off sounded from the voice of Elson:
.@PhilElsonPxP does not miss 🔊 pic.twitter.com/5dfZK8iQq4
— Arkansas Baseball (@RazorbackBSB) June 13, 2022
Arkansas will face the winner of Monday’s Stanford Super Regional between Stanford and UConn in the College World Series later this week at Charles Schawb Field in Omaha, Nebraska. Official dates and times will be released at a later time.
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