Arkansas 7, Grand Canyon 1 -- FINAL
Ramage allowed another two-out baserunner on a single by Weaver but induces a groundout to end the game.
Arkansas 7, Grand Canyon 1 -- End 8th Inning
Wallace struck out.
Turner grounded out. Lanzilli and Moore drew back-to-back walks with two outs.
Battles popped out to end the inning.
Arkansas 7, Grand Canyon 1 -- Middle 8th Inning
RHP Kole Ramage takes over on the mound.
He surrendered a two-out single to Aguilar but struck out his second batter to strand the runner.
Arkansas 7, Grand Canyon 1 -- End 7th Inning
Arkansas goes down in order.
Gregory and Slavens both struck out swinging.
Arkansas 7, Grand Canyon 1 -- Middle 7th Inning
Noland was drilled on the torso by a line drive back up the middle. He ran down the ricochet and made the out at first. He fell behind the next two hitters and allowed an infield single and a walk.
Noland took a second comebacker off the body and recovered to make the second out of the inning. Noland gave his body a break on the third out by recording a strikeout.
Arkansas 7, Grand Canyon 1 -- End 6th Inning
Slavens drew a leadoff walk and then advanced to second on a flyout from Wallace to left center. He comes around to score on a single from Turner. The Razorback catcher has now reached base 4 times and driven in 3 runs.
Stovall struck out to end the frame.
Arkansas 6, Grand Canyon 1 -- Middle 6th Inning
Three up, three down for GCU in the sixth. Noland's low pitch count sets him up nicely to continue.
Arkansas 6, Grand Canyon 1 -- End 5th Inning
Jalen Battles reached on a one-out single down the left field line. Gregory drew a two-out walk on a 3-2 breaking ball that missed low.
Both runners were stranded after Webb hit a shallow pop out.
Arkansas 6, Grand Canyon 1 -- Middle 5th Inning
After a pair of infield popouts, Grand Canyon looked to put together a two-out rally. However, Juan Colato made the last out at second base trying to stretch a single into a double. Zack Gregory recorded the outfield assist.
Arkansas 6, Grand Canyon 1 -- End 4th Inning
Wallace launched his second homer of the day with two outs in the inning. Turner followed the home run with a single into left but was stranded after Lanzilli flew out to left.
Turner and Wallace are now 4-4 at the plate with 5 RBI.
Arkansas 5, Grand Canyon 1 -- Middle 4th Inning
Aguilar drilled a 1-1 offering into the right field bullpen to start the fourth. The blast was his 21st home run of the year. Noland walked his second batter of the afternoon with one out but induced a pair of groundouts to end the threat.
Arkansas 5, Grand Canyon 0 -- End 3rd Inning
Robert Moore reached first on an error by GCU second baseman Jonny Weaver to leadoff. Jalen Battles laid down a sacrifice bunt but Moore was left stranded.
Stovall struck out swinging and Gregory flew out to right.
Arkansas 5, Grand Canyon 0 -- Middle 3rd Inning
Grand Canyon stranded a runner after a one-double to left field from Elijah Buries. Noland induced a pair of flyouts to end the inning.
Arkansas 5, Grand Canyon 0 -- End 2nd Inning
Robert Moore drew a leadoff walk. Grand Canyon returns the favor with a strikeout-caught stealing double play combo of its own.
Arkansas put on a two-out rally with two hits and a hit batter. Peyton Stovall singled and then came around to score on a bloop single by Braydon Webb. Zack Gregory advanced to third. Avitia walked Slavens to keep the line moving and load the bases.
His third walk of the afternoon ties a career-high. The Razorbacks added another run after Avitia is drilled by the pitch with the bases loaded. Michael Turner sends a drive back up the middle and plates two more runs. Six consecutive Razorbacks have reached base and that will end Avitia's day.
Lanzilli struck out on a 3-2 count to end the rally.
Arkansas 1, Grand Canyon 0 -- Middle 2nd Inning
Noland issued a leadoff walk to Tyler Wilson but the Antelopes failed to advance the runner. Wilson was caught stealing while Jonny Weaver struck out to end the frame.
Arkansas 1, Grand Canyon 0 -- End 1st Inning
Braydon Webb and Brady Slavens both struck out swinging.
Cayden Wallace demolished an 0-1 fastball way over the wall in left field to open the scoring. Following the home run, Avitia walked Michael Turner -- just his 17th free pass issued on the season.
The Grand Canyon ace struck out the side but Cayden Wallace's bomb has the Hogs on top early.
Arkansas 0, Grand Canyon 0 -- Middle 1st Inning
After two quick outs, Noland surrendered consecutive hits to Jacob Wilson and Tayler Aguilar. Wilson's line drive into left field likely would have been caught by Zack Gregory if he had not slipped while breaking toward the ball.
The Razorback starter racked up his first strikeout to strand the runners.
Pregame:
It is an ideal day for baseball in Stillwater, Oklahoma, with a sunny sky and temperature in the mid-70s. There is a slight breeze blowing out to left field.
Arkansas is on the road to begin postseason play for the first time since the 2015 campaign. The Razorbacks also traveled to Stillwater that year for an NCAA Regional before punching their ticket to their eighth College World Series appearance in program history.
The winner of today's game advances to play the winner of No. 1 seed Oklahoma State vs. No. 4 seed Missouri State at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Probable starters: Grand Canyon RHP Daniel Avitia (8-4, 3.59 ERA) vs. Arkansas RHP Connor Noland (5-5, 4.07 ERA)
Avitia, a freshman, was named the Pitcher of the Year in the Western Athletic Conference.
Arkansas lineup:
CF Webb
DH Slavens
3B Wallace
C Turner
LF Lanzilli
2B Moore
SS Battles
1B Stovall
LF Gregory