After a week-long stay in Alabama, the Arkansas Razorbacks could not wait to get home.
Arkansas began their trip to Alabama on May 18 to begin the final SEC series of the year at Alabama. After playing three games in Tuscaloosa, the Razorbacks made the short drive to Hoover to begin their journey in the SEC Tournament.
By claiming the no. 3 seed in the tournament, the Razorbacks were guaranteed at least two games in Hoover, beginning with the Alabama Crimson Tide.
In their meeting with Alabama, the Crimson Tide jumped out to an early 3-0 lead through two innings. The Razorbacks got a run back on a solo home run by [autotag]Jalen Battles[/autotag]. After the Tide answered to move their lead back to three runs, [autotag]Chris Lanzilli[/autotag] hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 6th inning to trim the lead to 4-3. But, Alabama would silence Arkansas’ bats en route to a victory.
Arkansas’ next draw would be the Florida Gators, a team that took two-of-three from Arkansas during the season.
The game with Florida played out almost similar to the Alabama game, where Arkansas’ opponent would jump out to a large lead, and Arkansas running out of time in an effort to take the win.
Florida lead by as much as five runs before Arkansas got on the board. To lead off the 6th inning, [autotag]Cayden Wallace[/autotag] and [autotag]Michael Turner[/autotag] hit back-to-back solo home runs to cut the Florida lead to 5-2. The Razorbacks would score three runs in the 9th to bring the game within two, but would run out of outs. Florida eliminated the Razorbacks by grabbing a 7-5 win.
Next for Arkansas is the NCAA Regionals. The Razorbacks will learn their postseason fate on Monday afternoon.