FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas has needed a pitcher to shut things down at the end of games and junior Zebulon Vermillion and sophomore Elijah Trest proved to be up to the task Sunday.
Vermillion pitched three innings of hitless ball while fanning six in a tied game that ended when Heston Kjerstad hit a walk-off home run with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Razorbacks a 5-3 victory over South Alabama at Baum-Walker Stadium.
Kjerstad, whose homer was sixth of the season, was impressed with the jobs Trest and Vermillion did keeping Arkansas in the game.