Arkansas pitcher Brady Tygart walks toward the dugout during a game against Mississippi State on Sunday, April 3, 2022, in Fayetteville.
FAYETTEVILLE — The pivot point of last weekend’s series at Auburn, as University of Arkansas pitching coach Matt Hobbs saw it, came in the sixth inning of Friday night’s opener.
The Tigers, who led 5-0 through four innings, had scored in three consecutive innings when left-hander Evan Taylor came in for Kole Ramage moments after Jace Bohrofen’s two-run homer had drawn the Razorbacks within 6-4.
Arkansas needed some shutdown innings to give its offense space to operate against an Auburn bullpen that was minus closer Blake Burkhalter.