FAYETTEVILLE — Evan Lee was cold and soaked from head to toe when he got the call from the Arkansas dugout well after 2 a.m. on June 5th.
Dave Van Horn was turning to the true freshman lefthander to close out Missouri State and extend Arkansas’ season at least one more game.
That he did. The Bryant native struck out the Bears’ Justin Paulsen at 3:12 a.m. to end the wild, controversial 11-10 marathon game and set up a rematch 15 hours later with a Super Regional berth on the line.
“I respect him so much for giving me that opportunity, and I wasn’t about to let him down,” Lee said Saturday at Arkansas' annual baseball media day.