The ball off Canyon McWilliams' bat hung in for seconds that seemed like minutes. It carried toward the scoreboard in right-center field, poised to sneak over the wall and tie the game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
Then it dropped, bouncing off the top of the maroon padding and onto the warning track with McWilliams at second instead of crossing home.
One pitch later, the game was over, and so too was Arkansas State University's 14-game Sun Belt Conference losing streak.
The Red Wolves escaped Gary Hogan Field with a 6-5 win against the University of Arkansas-Little Rock on Thursday night -- marking ASU's first conference win since May 20.