Razorbacks Tame Tigers, Clinch Second Straight Top-15 Series Win
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 19 Arkansas Razorbacks propelled to a 4-1 win vs. No. 11 Missouri Sunday afternoon at Bogle Park to clinch their second consecutive top-15 series win.
Arkansas improves to 28-10 overall and 7-5 in league play. The victory marks the Hog’ third ranked series win and seventh ranked win of the season. The Razorbacks claimed their first series win against Missouri since 2018.
It was a scoreless affair until the fifth inning. RHP Morgan Leinstock (10-2) earned the win, her second of the weekend, after effectively spinning 6.2 frames and checking the Tigers to just one run on five hits while fanning seven batters. The Scottsdale, Ariz., product worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the first and kept Missouri off of the board until the fifth. After a single plated the Tigers’ lone run, Leinstock worked around a runner at second with two down by dialing up a strikeout to limit the damage. Leinstock retired the final six batters she faced before turning the keys over to LHP Robyn Herron in the top of the seventh with two outs. Facing the top of Missouri’s lineup, Herron forced a groundout to Hannah Gammill at third base to close out the game.
The Hogs outhit Missouri at a 6-5 clip led by Cylie Halvorson’s 2-for-3 day that included a team-high two RBI, a solo home run and a double. Arkansas overcame a 1-0 deficit in the fifth after Halvorson and Nia Carter – who blasted her first career home run – catapulted back-to-back solo homers in the bottom of the fifth to put the Razorbacks in front 2-1.
Hannah Gammill logged her fifth multi-hit performance this season after finishing 2-for-3 with a double and RBI single. Reagan Johnson went 1-for-3 with an infield single to third in the third.
How It Happened
T5 | Missouri’s Alex Honnold broke up the scoreless affair with an RBI single to center field for a 1-0 lead.
B5 | Cylie Halvorson tied the game at 1-1 on a solo home run – her eighth home run of the year.
B5 | Nia Carter followed suit with a solo home run to give Arkansas a 2-1 lead.
B6 | Hannah Gammill’s RBI single to right plated Ally Sockey from second for a 3-1 advantage.
B6 | Cylie Halvorson smacked an RBI double down the left field line to score Rylee Cloud from second for a 4-1 lead.
Up Next
Arkansas hits the road to No. 25 South Carolina on April 12-14 at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field. Friday’s series opener between the Razorbacks and Gamecocks is slated for 5 p.m. CT on SEC Network.
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