FAYETTEVILLE -- University of Arkansas shortstop Casey Martin worked LSU starter Ma'Khail Hilliard for seven pitches before putting the Razorbacks on the board in the first inning Friday.
Hilliard got ahead 0-2 as Martin took a strike then fouled off a pitch. Hilliard delivered a couple of high pitches for balls, then Martin fought off two more offerings for foul balls. Hilliard's seventh pitch came into Martin's wheelhouse, and he pulled it over the left-field fence, where it ricocheted back onto the field and into the glove of left fielder Daniel Cabrera.
Hilliard allowed his third home run of the season, but he would serve up more two-run shots to Casey Opitz and Dominic Fletcher before his night ended after the third inning.