FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas baseball coach Dave Van Horn is hopeful a blown lead late Tuesday night in a 14-13 loss to Missouri State will aid his second-ranked Razorbacks down the road.
The Bears scored 5 runs in the ninth to overcome a 13-8 deficit, and Nick Rodriguez led off the 10th inning with a solo home run to give Missouri State the victory in front of an announced crowd of 10,035 at Baum-Walker Stadium.
Arkansas (23-3) lost its first home game of the year and had an 8-game win streak snapped. The Razorbacks blew their largest late-inning lead since an 8-run eighth allowed Vanderbilt to overcome an 8-2 deficit and win 10-8 on May 19, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn.