Arkansas rallied from a five-run deficit, then pulled away from 18th-ranked Auburn on Friday at Plainsman Park.
The third-ranked Razorbacks won 11-8 in the series opener between teams atop the SEC West standings. The teams are scheduled to play again Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
Arkansas (35-11, 15-7 SEC) scored multiple runs in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings after falling behind 5-0 in the fourth.
Jace Bohrofen, Kendall Diggs and Robert Moore hit multi-run home runs to quickly turn a four-run deficit into a five-run lead.
Diggs’ three-run homer in the seventh gave the Razorbacks an 8-6 lead and Moore’s three-run homer in the eighth pushed the lead to 11-6.