FAYETTEVILLE – No. 11 Arkansas (31-12) homered twice in Sunday’s series finale as the Razorbacks swept UAB with a 6-0 win at Bogle Park.
In her 10th start this season, junior LHP Callie Turner (6-1) earned the win after twirling 5.0 productive innings, curbing the Blazers to zero runs on one hit while fanning five. Potent throughout the game, Turner did it in 60 total pitches. Freshman RHP Nikki McGaffin got the rock for the final two innings and continued to shut down UAB. McGaffin totaled two strikeouts and retired seven of eight batters faced. The Fort Collins, Colo., product did not allow a hit or walk.
Arkansas outhit the Blazers at a 9-1 clip. Several Hogs had big days at the dish, led by sophomore Raigan Kramer. Kramer was responsible for a three-run blast in the fourth and now has back-to-back games with a hit. Redshirt junior Rylin Hedgecock also had a day at the plate and finished 2-for-3 with a solo home run – good for her 15th tank of the season. Joining Hedgecock in a multi-hit day, freshman Reagan Johnson excelled and went 2-for-4 with a triple and infield single to extend her hitting streak to five games. Freshman Atalyia Rijo also drove in a run on a sacrifice bunt to the pitcher. Sophomores Kacie Hoffmann and Madi Conklin, fifth-year Kristina Foreman and junior Hannah Gammill each had a hit.
Arkansas outhit UAB at a 25-6 clip this weekend. The Razorbacks also limited UAB to one unearned run through 19 innings.
The Hogs first jumped on board in the third thanks to Reagan Johnson. Johnson ripped a one-out triple down the right field line and later scored on a wild pitch to give Arkansas a 1-0 lead.
In the fourth, Rijo laid down a beautiful sacrifice bunt that drove Foreman in for a 2-0 edge. Kramer then cracked a three-run home run for a 5-0 lead.
Hedgecock fulminated a solo home run in the fifth to grant the Hogs a 6-0 advantage.
Up Next
Arkansas hosts Texas A&M-Commerce for a single game at 4 p.m. Tuesday on SEC Network+. The Razorbacks hit the road to Lexington, Ky., for a three-game series at No. 16 Kentucky April 21-23.
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