HOOVER, Ala. — On the third pitch of the game Eric Cole hit a hard chopper off of Brady Singer’s right throwing hand for a leadoff single. Seven pitches later Chad Spanberger launched a 2-2 fastball out of the Hoover Met and that was just the beginning of the worst loss the Gators (42-16) suffered all season. The Razorbacks (42-16) advanced to the SEC Tournament final with a 16-0 run rule win over Florida.
Singer walked the next batter after the home run and Kevin O’Sullivan went to the mound to check on his sophomore hurler.
“I asked him multiple times about (his hand),” O’Sullivan said of the mound meeting and then again in the dugout between the first and the second innings.