Tide tops No. 1 Hogs 4-3 in 10 innings

Arkansas pitcher Jake Faherty committed an error allowing Alabama’s Mason Swinney to score from second base in a 4-3 10-inning loss Saturday night.

Alabama (23-12, 5-9) had almost ended Arkansas’ 11-game winning streak an inning earlier until Peyton Holt hit a two-out solo home run to tie the game at 3 and force extra innings. In the bottom of the 10th, Kade Snell doubled to start the inning. That is when Swinney was inserted to run for him. The move paid off as Swinney scored on Faherty’s error. Faherty bobbled a grounder by TJ McCants and then threw it away at first base.

The teams started the game off exchanging solo home runs. The Tide took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second when first baseman Will Hodo hit a Mason Molina pitch over the fence in right field.

Alabama moved to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third when Gage Miller hit another solo home run. Arkansas cut the lead in half in the top of the fifth when Peyton Stovall hit a solo home run.

Jared Sprague-Lott tied the game at 2 in the top of the sixth with a solo shot over the fence in left center.

The game stayed tied until the bottom of the eighth. With one out, Justin Lebron walked. He then went to third on a two-out single by Snell. McCants doubled Lebron home for a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the eighth.

Arkansas (30-4, 12-2) got the solo home run by Holt to tie it with two outs in the ninth. Holt had gotten the start in left field and had three hits in four at bats. He just recently got a start in the outfield. He was expected to be Arkansas’ third baseman this season, but Sprague-Lott has won that job.

Alton Davis II (3-1) got the win for Alabama. He worked two innings, allowed one hit, the home run to Holt and struck out three. He was the third Alabama pitcher in the game.

Faherty (0-1) took the loss for Arkansas. Molina got the start and worked six innings, allowing five hits, two runs and struck out six. Christian Foutch, Stone Hewlett and Gage Wood also pitched for the Hogs.

The two teams will play at 1 p.m. tomorrow.