It was Saturday in Fayetteville and Ole Miss, trailing Arkansas 3-1 in the top of the fifth inning, appeared to be sliding out of contention in the SEC West. The Rebels had lost to the Hogs on Friday, their third defeat in the past four games after dropping a surprise series at Mizzou last week. A loss on Saturday would slide them to 3-5 in conference play and at least four games out of the division lead. An Ole Miss team that ranked top 10 two weeks ago would probably find itself out of the top-25 entirely.
Then Rebel third baseman Tyler Keenan mashed a homer to right field and, an inning later, first baseman Cole Zabowski* annihilated a ball over the fence in dead center.