Hogs walk off Game 1, split doubleheader vs. Arizona

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Junior catcher Hannah Gammill’s heroic walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh lifted No. 8 Arkansas (9-3) to a 3-2 victory over No. 19 Arizona (8-4) in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader at Bogle. Park.

The Razorbacks fell 5-2 to Arizona in the nightcap.

Bogle Park set an opening day attendance record of 2,696, surpassing the previous mark set in 2022 (1,306).

Game 1

In game one, Redshirt senior Chenise Delce threw her first complete game of the season after tossing 7.0 innings and recording a season-high 12 strikeouts for her fourth win of the year. The Oklahoma City native gave up a pair of runs on four hits. Delce kept Arizona scoreless through the first six innings of the game before the ‘Cats put up two runs to tie the game in the seventh.

Junior Cylie Halvorson paced the Hogs offensively, registering her second consecutive multi-hit game to finish 2-for-3 with a run scored. Sophomore Spencer Prigge drove in a team-high two runs in one with two outs in the second. Hannah Gammill, Reagan Johnson and Rylin Hedgecock compiled a hit each.

Arkansas grabbed an early 2-0 lead in the second on Spencer Prigge’s RBI single to right.

Arizona evened it up in the top of the seventh on a home run.

Bogle Magic occurs in the seventh. Reagan Johnson started the inning by reaching for the third strike on a wild pitch. Kristina Foreman moved Johnson to second on a sac bunt. Hedgecock followed with a one-out walk before Kacie Hoffmann grounded out to the first advance runner to second and third with two outs. Hannah Gammill fought nine pitches before smacking the game-winning, RBI single to right center to plate Johnson and seal the 3-2 win.

Game 2

Freshman LHP Robyn Herron (3-1) got the start in game two, throwing 3.1 innings and giving up three runs on three hits. The Tampa product also struck out five, marking his third straight start in which he notched 5+ strikeouts. Redshirt junior LHP Callie Turner threw 3.2 innings in relief where she gave up one run on two hits while striking out four. Turner didn’t give up any earned runs after stranding runners on third in the fourth, sixth and seventh frames.

Freshman Reagan Johnson led the Hogs offensively after scattering two singles and scoring a run to push her hitting streak to five games. Hannah Gammill, Cylie Halvorson and Kristina Foreman recorded the other three hits for Arkansas.

Arkansas got going in the fourth on Halvorson’s RBI single to right that scored Johnson. The Razorbacks added the game late on an Arizona throwing error that allowed Gammill to cross home.

Arizona took a 4-2 lead in the top of the fifth on a three-run blast and a fielding error. The Wildcats added to their lead and broke for the fifth and final game in the fifth.

Until Next Time

Arkansas has another twin bill scheduled for Friday. The Razorbacks face Drake at 1:30 pm before ending the day with a 4 pm first pitch against Arizona. Arkansas is set to play Drake again on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. before concluding the Razorback Invitational against the Bulldogs on Sunday at 11 a.m.