Walks, wild pitches and hit batters gave Arkansas a slim edge over South Carolina baseball through most of their NCAA Super Regional opener on Saturday.
Then the Hogs blew the game open, and now the Gamecocks' season is on the brink after they lost 9-3 to start the best-of-three series.
In front of 11,722 raucous fans at Baum Stadium, USC (36-25) got off to a strong start. Junior ace Adam Hill needed just eight pitches to roll through the first inning, and senior second baseman Justin Row got a check-swing single in the second, then scored two batters later when senior catcher Hunter Taylor caught a 1-1 offering from Arkansas junior starter Blaine Knight and launched it into the left-center field gap.