A nine-run first inning usually leads to wins. And in modern college baseball, it usually leads to seven-inning wins.
No. 6 Arkansas did that to Little Rock on Tuesday in the first of a two-game set with their Natural State counterparts. The Diamond Hogs sent 14 batters to the plate in the nine-run opener and dispatched the Trojans via run-rule, 21-5.
The only inning in which the Razorbacks didn’t score was the fifth. Kendall Diggs and Jace Bohrofen were a perfect 2 for 2 from the plate. Bohrofen hit a two-run homer in the third inning and finished with four RBI and three runs.
Arkansas starter Cody Adcock gave up two runs in four innings as the Razorbacks’ staff gave up 11 hits and allowed as many walks (6) as recorded strikeouts (6). That was of bigger concern in the grand scheme as Arkansas’ pitching staff carries an ERA of 5.03.
The teams will play one more on Wednesday before Tennessee visits Baum-Walker Stadium for a three-game SEC series.
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