FAYETTEVILLE — An announced crowd of 8,463 received a thrill Sunday from a rare occurrence at Baum-Walker Stadium.
Arkansas right fielder Heston Kjerstad blasted a game-winning two-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Razorbacks a 5-3 victory over South Alabama. Arkansas (9-5) won the weekend series after losing the opening game Friday.
Kjerstad hit Arkansas’ first walk-off home run since James McCann’s beat LSU in April 2011.
It was Kjerstad’s third career game winner. He also had walk-off singles to beat Auburn in 2018 and Eastern Illinois last year.
“I’ve had a few walk-off hits, singles or whatever, but I’ve never hit a ball out to end the game,” said Kjerstad, who went 2-for-3 and extended his hit streak to 15 games.