FAYETTEVILLE — Casey Opitz’s first home run in more than two months was the University of Arkansas’ 100th of the season and it got the No. 1 Razorbacks off the deck and pointed toward a 6-2 win in Monday’s regional championship game against Nebraska.
Opitz homered off starter Cade Povich to lead off the fifth inning and cut Arkansas’ deficit to 2-1 after the Hogs had accumulated one hit and one walk through four innings.
“Casey has one home run going into the game, and we’ve seen Casey hit a bunch of balls out of here,” Arkansas Coach Dave Van Horn said.