FINAL | Gonzaga 3, Arkansas 9
Jacob Burton comes in for Zach Morris. Burton walks one, but that's all Gonzaga can manage in the ninth as the Hogs take game two.
Bottom 8 | Gonzaga 3, Arkansas 9
Kjerstad reaches with two out, but he's picked off at first to end the inning.
Top 8 | Gonzaga 3, Arkansas 9
Zach Morris comes in and works a seven pitch inning to retire the Zags in order.
Bottom 7 | Gonzaga 3, Arkansas 9
Christian Franklinhits a one out double and Casey Opitz hits him in with a home run that bounces off the back of the right field bullpen. Opitz is a double away from the cycle.
Top 7 | Gonzaga 3, Arkansas 7
Marshall Denton comes on to pitch for the Razorbacks in the seventh.
Denton walks one, but gets out of the inning with a groundout to third base
Bottom 6 | Gonzaga 3, Arkansas 7
Opitz triples off the right field wall to start off the sixth inning. It looked like the right fielder Sullivan reached above the wall and knocked the ball back into play, but I haven't seen a clear look yet to definitely tell.
Austin Walks, runners on the corners with nobody out.
Moore singles through the right side. Opitz scores and Austin goes first to third. Moore advances to second on the throw. Two runners in scoring position with no outs for Webb.
Webb hits a long fly ball to right field, but it's caught. Austin scores. 1 Out
Kjerstad grounds to first and the first baseman elects to go home. Moore is thrown out there after the tag is applied. 2 Out.
Goodheart strikes out to end the inning.
Top 6 | Gonzaga 3, Arkansas 5
Noland walks Sullivan to lead off the sixth.
Hughes makes Noland pay for the walk by bouncing one off the boxcar suits beyond the left field bullpen in the Hog pen. 5-3 Arkansas
Noland bounces back by getting two groundouts and a strikeout.
Reagan Haas in to pitch for the Bulldogs as we enter the bottom of the sixth.
Bottom 5 | Gonzaga 1, Arkansas 5
Opitz singles up the middle.
Austin follows with a single of his own. Runners on 1st and 2nd. 0 Out.
Robert Moore squares to bunt, Gonzaga runs the wheel play and vacates the left side of the infield. Moore pulls the bat back and grounds it right where the shortstop had left. Opitz scores. 2-1 Arkansas.
Webb bunts it up the first base side, the pitcher can't field it. Austin scores. 3-1 Arkansas.
Kjerstad squares to bunt and reaches on a single. Bases loaded 0 Out for Matt Goodheart.
Lardner bounces a ball off the plate and it gets by the catcher. Moore scores from third 4-1 Arkansas.
Goodheart works a 12 pitch at-bat, but pops up to third. 1 Out
Casey Martin is intentionally walked, bases loaded for Christian Franklin.
Franklin flies out to center, Webb comes in to score 5-1 Arkansas. 2 Out.
Nesbit grounds out to the pitcher to end the inning.
Top 5 | Gonzaga 1, Arkansas 1
Morenco flies out to center. 1 Out.
Bristyan flies out to right. 2 Out.
Yake singles through the four hole.
Yake steals second and the throw is in the dirt. Moore can't glove the throw and and Yake goes to third base.
Brett Harris singles up the middle and the score is tied 1-1.
Noland gets the next batter Rando to ground out. Nesbit made a diving stop to his left, got up and threw a strike over to first to get Rando for out number three.
The run will go in the book as unearned. The decision is up to the official scorer.
Bottom 4 | Gonzaga 0, Arkansas 1
Kjerstad swings at the first pitch and grounds out to first. 1 Out.
Matt Goodheart is hit by a pitch.
Martin tries to bunt for a hit, but he's thrown out at first. Goodheart advances to second.
Christian Franklin works the count and gets an RBI single up the middle for the first run of the game.
Lardner gets Nesbit to strikeout for the second time today.
Hogs get on the board with Franklin's fifth RBI on the season.
Top 4 | Gonzaga 0, Arkansas 0
Land gets a two out single on a ball that Martin got to deep in the hole at short, but couldn't make the throw. Robert Moore makes a smooth play at second though to retire Machtolf and end the inning.
Bottom 3 | Gonzaga 0, Arkansas 0
Arkansas gets there first base runner with a two out Robert Moore walk, but Lardner bounces back and strikes out Webb for his fifth strikeout of the day.
Top 3 | Gonzaga 0, Arkansas 0
Ernie Yake gets a one out single and steals second base, but he's stranded there after two consecutive groundouts to third base.
Bottom 2 | Gonzaga 0, Arkansas 0
Arkansas goes in order again. Lardner gets Martin to pop out, Franklin to groundout and Nesbit to strikeout.
Top 2 | Gonzaga 0, Arkansas 0
Casey Martin just whiffs on a ball at shortstop. The ball kicks off his throwing hand and Stephen Land is aboard with nobody out after the error.
Martin's error is erased after the Hogs get a 3-6-3 double play.
Noland gets Marenco to strikeout swinging for his second strikeout of the day.
Bottom 1 | Gonzaga 0, Arkansas 0
Marc Lardner strikes out the side, getting Webb and Goodheart looking and getting Kjerstad looking.
Top 1 | Gonzaga 0, Arkansas 0
Noland gets the first two batters before walking the next two. He gets the next man to pop out to end the top of the first inning.
Pregame Lineups
Gonzaga
ss 15 YAKE, Ernie
3b 30 HARRIS, Brett
dh 25 RANDO, Tyler
rf 40 SULLIVAN, Ryan
1b 45 HUGHES, Gabriel
c 31 LUND, Stephen
lf 24 MACHTOLF, Jack
2b 16 MARENCO, Mason
cf 3 BRISTYAN, Josh
Pitcher: Mac Lardner - Left handed
Arkansas
lf 8 Braydon Webb
rf 18 Heston Kjerstad
dh 10 Matt Goodheart
ss 15 Casey Martin
cf 25 Christian Franklin
3b 5 Jacob Nesbit
c 12 Casey Opitz
1b 16 Cole Austin
2b 1 Robert Moore
Pitcher: Connor Noland - Right handed