Charlie Welch Gives Hogs Baseball Postseason Juice

It’s a scene now etched in Arkansas baseball lore forever, and you likely missed the best part as it happened.

As the pandemonium of a newfound, late-game lead reached new heights, Dave Van Horn and Charlie Welch both saw an opportunity. Then, they spotted each other.

Arkansas finally took control of the do-or-die game of its draining Fayetteville Regional. And Nebraska reliever Jake Bunz had no choice, facing a 2-0 count, but to deliver a dead-red strike.

Van Horn gleefully greeted Christian Franklin, who had just scored on a wild pitch. He locked eyes with Welch, and gave his reserve weapon polite permission to swing freely.

Welch reversed the course of Bunz’s next pitch with the biggest and…