The SEC’s dominance in college baseball is well-known. Over in softball, it’s almost the same.
So as Arkansas lost the series two games to one against Georgia over the weekend, there was little shame. Especially with the way things ended.
The ninth-ranked Razorbacks beat the No. 8 Bulldogs in walk-off fashion in the third game of the set on Saturday as Cylie Halvorson’s solo home run in the seventh sent the second largest crowd in Bogle Park history into a frenzy as Arkansas won, 4-3.
Halvorson’s homer was her sixth, second most on the team. And it came just one inning after Hannah Gammill hit her fifth of the year to tie things, also with a solo shot.
Georgia had plated a run in each of the first three innings against Arkansas starter Chenise Delce on the way to a 3-0 lead. Delce would give up just three more hits the rest of the way to give her hitters a chance.
The Razorbacks popped for two in the fourth on Reagan Johnson’s two-run single. After going down in order in the fifth, Gammill evened the game with her ball over the left field fence to set the stage for the final-inning dramatics.
Arkansas sits in fourth in the SEC at 9-6 in conference play. The Hogs are off the league-play bent for a while as they host Central Arkansas, Alabama-Birmingham and Texas A&M-Commerce through April 18. Arkansas is back to the SEC on Friday, April 21 when the Razorbacks travel to Kentucky for three games.
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