Jacob Sprout is a smart husband. After diving on the concrete to grab one of the greatest home run balls in Arkansas baseball history, it was immediately presented to his wife.
“He dove between two people,” Jaylin Sprout said. “He passed it off to me. It’s mine.”
It won’t be hers for long. She will give it to Charlie Welch, the now legendary pinch-hit star for the Razorbacks who socked it into the seats.
Welch hit a three-run homer beyond the Arkansas bullpen in the eighth inning to seal a 6-2 victory over Nebraska for the championship of the NCAA Fayetteville Regional.