Going home: Late run from Texas Tech causes Arkansas to be eliminated from College World Series
After losing the championship series in heartbreaking fashion last season, Omaha wasn’t too kind to the Arkansas Razorbacks this time around, either.
The Hogs fell 1-0 to Florida State in their College World Series opener on Saturday, and on Monday, an eighth-inning run scored by Texas Tech eliminated the Razorbacks via a 5-4 loss.
A triple in the bottom of the eighth inning broke a 4-4 tie, and you can see that hit here:
Texas Tech takes the lead with an RBI triple! #CWS | @TTU_Baseball pic.twitter.com/HPEjgsQ3P8
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) June 17, 2019
The Hogs got two runners on in the top of the ninth, but couldn’t push the tying run across the plate, and ended up losing.
That’s two losses, after the Hogs lost to Florida State earlier in the tournament, so their College World Series stay is done. This is a team that has a lot of talent, though, so it wouldn’t be a surprise to see them compete for another spot in Omaha this time next year.
I did not see that coming. Arkansas had a good team this year and I guessed they would go further. I guess there can’t be an all SEC final.
You, like most SEC fans, didn’t see it coming because you can’t see outside of that thick SEC bubble. TT is a solid team.
You took a comment about Arkansas and read it as a slight against Tech. I never said TT wasn’t a solid team. In fact, I saw TT in person in Frisco when they played State at the beginning of the season. My comment to a TT guy there that day (while we were freezing), “We could see each other again in Omaha.”
I think your hatred of the SEC is causing you to misconstrue comments or discussions. Arkansas was in the championship game last year and one of the best offensive teams in the country. The only slight was from you.
I think that if you don’t see college athletics from an SEC viewpoint, you probably should not be on an SEC board.
On a 1-1 pitch from Matt Cronin (2-2), Grenier popped the ball high behind first base and toward the stands. There was plenty of room to make the catch, and second baseman Carson Shaddy, first baseman Jared Gates and right fielder Eric Cole converged. No one took charge and the ball hit the ground.
“I was running and didn’t hear anybody call it, and I overran it,” Shaddy said.
Going back to last year, Shaddy we still remember……….
Dude, Shaddy was a 23 yo kid. Nobody called it so nobody caught it. Its over and done with. OSU pitched lights-out and where clearly the better team. Also, it was last year. Get over it!
It’s a tough break Hogs, this Dawg is sorry to see you go.