Arkansas baseball is mostly used to rolling through its nonconference schedule with sweeps. There may be an occasional two-out-of-three here or there, but generally Dave Van Horn teams run roughshod over teams from non-power conferences.
That hadn’t been the case in 2022 until Sunday. Cayden Wallace’s eighth-inning grand slam turned a two-run deficit into a two-run lead before the Flames re-tied things in the ninth.
In the bottom of the ninth, after Michael Turner’s double, Chris Lanzilli walked-off with a two-run shot to left-center, lifting the Diamond Hogs to a 10-8 and a four-game sweep.
The third-ranked Diamond Hogs are back at it Tuesday and Wednesday for a two-game set with visiting Grambling. SEC play begins Friday at Baum-Walker Stadium with three games against Kentucky.