When you play for a team that is beginning to hit the ball well, you want to do whatever you can to join the fun.
On Tuesday, Braydon Webb no longer feels left out.
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th inning, Webb stepped to the plate with a chance to score the necessary two runs to give his team the run-rule win over Grambling to begin the two-game mid-week set.
When given the change, he went above and beyond. Webb hit a grand slam to right field to give Arkansas the 14-4 win over Grambling Tuesday night at Baum-Walker Stadium.
WEBB WALKS IT OFF!!! pic.twitter.com/3tkh9C58NN
— Arkansas Baseball (@RazorbackBSB) March 16, 2022
For Webb, that would be his first hit of the season in 24 at-bats. It was also the third grand slam hit by the Razorbacks in as many games. Cayden Wallace earned SEC Co-Player of the Week after he hit two grand slams in the series with UIC last weekend.
Grambling took an early lead over the Razorbacks in the 1st inning on a double by Shemar Page. With two outs in the inning, Cameron Bufford walked and later scored on the double by Page to give the Tigers the 1-0 lead.
Arkansas answered in the bottom of the 2nd inning by scoring three runs on just one hit. After two walks to Razorback hitters and a fielding error in the inning, Dylan Leach earned an RBI by taking a hit by pitch with the bases loaded to tie the game at 1-1. Cayden Wallace gave the Razorbacks the lead on a sacrifice fly to center field in the next at-bat, scoring Jaden Battles to pull Arkansas ahead, 2-1.
The lone hit of the inning came off the bat of Peyton Stovall, who hit a single up the middle to plate Braydon Webb, which ended the inning with Arkansas leading, 3-1.
Arkansas would extend their lead in the 5th inning. Stovall would lead off the inning with a double to right field, and ended up at 3rd base after the Grambling right fielder misplayed the ball. Two pitches into the next at-bat, Michael Turner hit his 4th home run of the year over the right field fence, bouncing off the videoboard at Baum-Walker Stadium to extend the Arkansas lead to 5-1.
Those two would collaborate again in the 6th inning to score two more runs. Leach and Wallace would lead off the inning with walks. Leach scored on a single by Stovall, and Wallace would come home on a sacrifice fly by Turner, giving Arkansas the 7-1 advantage.
Brady Slavens would add his name to the stat sheet in the 8th inning, scoring two runs on a bases-loaded single to extend the Razorback lead to 9-1.
Mark Adamiak earned the win on the mound, striking out six batters while allowing two hits and one earned run in 4.0 innings pitched. He anchored a unit that struck out 13 batters on the night. Elijah Trest and Zebulon Vermillion combined to throw two innings of perfect baseball, striking out three total batters. Gabriel Starks had the best outing of his season to this point. In his third appearance of the season, striking out four batters in 2.0 innings of work.
The final game of the two-game series with Grambling is set for 4 p.m. CDT Wednesday at Baum-Walker Stadium.
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