Baseball's back! Hogs outlast Texas Tech in wild season opener

Photo by James D. Smith/Special to the Democrat-GazetteArkansas and Texas Tech played a season-opening thriller Saturday night that spilled into Sunday morning.

The No. 8 Razorbacks scored five runs in the top of the ninth inning and defeated the No. 4 Red Raiders 13-9 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

Arkansas capped a 3-0 day for the SEC over the Big 12 at the College Baseball Showdown. Mississippi State defeated Texas 8-3 and Ole Miss defeated TCU 7-3. All six teams are ranked in the top 11 of the preseason USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll.

Arkansas and Texas Tech threw a first pitch more than an hour later than originally scheduled because the preceding game between Ole Miss and TCU…