It took extra innings, but Arkansas baseball was able to get past the Texas A&M Aggies 6-5 to advance in the SEC Tournament. They’ll advance to take on the No. 5 LSU Tigers at 4:30 tomorrow.
The Diamond Hogs got off to a very slow start offensively on Wednesday, and dug themselves in a decently large hole. But the Razorbacks were able to do what they’ve done numerous times already this season – get big hits from the top of their lineup in crunch time.
Arkansas didn’t have a lead until the bottom of the seventh inning when [autotag]Jared Wegner[/autotag] hit a bomb into left field for a grand slam. It was his 13th of the season and put the Hogs up 5-4. They wouldn’t trail the rest of the game.
“Offensively we struggled a little bit. I felt like we started taking better at-bats the second half,” [autotag]Dave Van Horn[/autotag] said after the game. “We were down four runs or three runs, and we had a catcher’s interference, a walk in there, and then Jared [Wegner] got him a fastball in, and I’m sure he was hunting it after his previous at-bat, and he got it and he didn’t miss it.”
[autotag]Kendall Diggs[/autotag] was able to do what he has done countless times at Arkansas, and put an end to things in the 11th inning. Diggs went deep into right field for a solo walk-off home run – his 11th homer on the year.
“Exciting way to end the game,” said Van Horn. “Walk-off homer is about as good as it gets, and just proud of the guys for hanging in there.”
Arkansas’ win came in dramatic fashion and social media was on fire following the Diggs walk-off. Here’s what Razorbacks fans had to say about Wednesday’s win in Hoover.