ATHENS, Ga. -- Entering the final series of the regular season on the road against a Georgia team desperate to secure a spot in the SEC Tournament, Arkansas Coach Dave Van Horn anticipated the Bulldogs' best shot against his 20th-ranked Razorbacks.
He didn't forecast his road-savvy bunch to help Georgia out.
Four Arkansas (31-20, 15-12 SEC) fielding errors and a dominating performance by Bulldogs (26-26, 10-17) starting pitcher David Sosebee ended the Razorbacks six-game road winning streak 10-1 in front of 2,200 at Foley Field.
"We kind of shot ourselves in the foot," Van Horn said. "It's just really disappointing on our side that we couldn't overcome some things, but you've got to give them credit."
The Razorbacks committed two errors -- both on pickoff attempts -- and starter Trey Killian walked two to help the Bulldogs score four times in the first inning.
Van Horn argued with second base umpire Jeff Head after the second error when shortstop Michael Bernal was called for obstruction.
It would have ended the inning without a run scored.
"We still have to get out of the inning," Van Horn said.
That was enough run support for Sosebee, who earned his fourth victory of the season -- the last three against ranked opponents.
"The offense scoring 10 runs made my job easy," he said.
The junior, who missed nearly a month earlier this season because of a spinal injury, struck out seven in seven innings.
"We missed some fastballs and then he started going with that slider," Van Horn said. "He tied our right-handers up all night. They didn't hit the ball hard on him at all really."
Killian fell to 2-4 on the year, giving up 5 runs, 4 earned, and committing 2 errors.
National Player of the Year contender Andrew Benintendi came into the game on a remarkable roll, going 11 for 14 with three home runs in his past four games. Sosebee got the sophomore out twice, including a flyout to center that stranded two in the fifth.
Benintendi, who entered the game as the conference's leading hitter (.412), finished 1 for 3 with a single and a walk.
"He was our don't-let-him-beat-you guy of the weekend, so you respect that kind of bat," Sosebee said. "At the same time, you can't walk him every time. You've got to challenge him a little bit, so that's what we did."
The fifth inning was one of missed opportunity.
Having notched seven come-from-behind victories in the past 15 games, the Razorbacks tried to mount another charge.
Trailing 5-0 with two on and no outs, catcher Alex Gosser bunted back to Sosebee, who fired to third to initiate a 1-5-3 double play to nix the rally.
"Bad pitch to bunt at, it was high," Gosser said. "I should have pulled back but I didn't."
Arkansas came away with a run when Joe Serrano singled to center field, but Benintendi couldn't find a hole in the defense behind Sosebee.
The Razorbacks went quietly from there.
Georgia added five runs in the seventh, where the Razorbacks helped out again. Gosser had a throwing error and Bulldogs freshman Mitchell Webb's double drove in two.
Georgia relievers Taylor Hicks and Austin Wallace pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth to close out the victory.
"I wouldn't want to play us right now," Sosebee said. "I wouldn't have said that earlier in the year, but right now we're on a roll and we're playing well."
Arkansas remains a game ahead of Missouri for fifth in the SEC after the Tigers lost to Kentucky. Victories by Florida and Texas A&M locked Arkansas into Tuesday's single-elimination round.
The Georgia victory kept the Bulldogs one game up on Tennessee, who beat Mississippi State on Thursday, for the 12th and final spot in next week's SEC Tournament.
The Razorbacks turn to right-handed starter Keaton McKinney today to avoid dropping their first series in seven weekends.
The freshman is 4-0 with a 1.89 earned run average over his past five starts.
"He usually throws it around the plate and gives us a chance," Van Horn said. "You know, if we don't play any better it will a long day because that was a disappointing effort."
McKinney faces Georgia lefty Ryan Lawlor (5-6, 3.31 ERA).
Sports on 05/15/2015