Zach Root and Gabe Gaeckle twirled a combined two-hitter to lift Arkansas (47-13) to a 4-3 win against Tennessee (46-18) Saturday at Baum-Walker Stadium in game one of the NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional.
With their super regional-opening win, the Razorbacks will play for the opportunity to advance to the College World Series tomorrow afternoon. First pitch in game two between the Hogs and Vols is set for 2 Sunday, on ESPN.
Root, who earned the win to improve to 8-5, turned in his second postseason gem in as many outings, firing seven innings of two-run ball (one earned) with six strikeouts against a dangerous Tennessee lineup. Gaeckle, meanwhile, closed out the final two frames, allowing a run and punching out a pair to card his second save of the season.
Arkansas opened the scoring in the bottom of the second, going up 1-0 on a wild pitch. Cam Kozeal, who reached on a leadoff single before advancing to third, scrambled home on the wild pitch to put the Razorbacks on the board first.
With a win tomorrow, Arkansas can advance to Omaha for the eighth time in the Dave Van Horn era (2003-pres.) and the 12th time in program history, also doing so in 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2022.
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