Pinch-hitter Kacie Hoffman belted a three-run home run in the top of the sixth inning to rally the No. 12 Arkansas Razorbacks to a 4-3 victory over No. 15 Tennessee in the SEC opener Friday night at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn.
Winning pitcher Mary Haff (6-2) worked around an error in the seventh inning to allow the Razorbacks (18-4, 1-0) to stretch their winning streak to 10 games. Haff struck out 11, walked 5 and gave up 6 hits.
Tennessee (19-7, 0-1) took a 3-0 lead in the third inning on Lair Beautae’s three-run home run. Arkansas got one run back in the fifth inning on Taylor Ellsworth’s RBI single.
Hannah Gammill was hit by a pitch to start the sixth. Sam Torres reached on a one-out single before Hoffman connected on her fourth home run of the season.
Arkansas finished with seven hits, including a 2-for-4 effort by Danielle Gibson.